AV Network Design Engineer

Job Description

About the Role:

Control AV, LLC is a design-build systems integrator serving the cruise industry, delivering broadcast, entertainment, and communications infrastructure for both shipyards and vessel owners across newbuild construction and refit/drydock projects. 

We are seeking an AV Network Design Engineer to architect the IP network infrastructure that carries AV, broadcast, and media traffic across our shipboard systems.

This is a design engineering role, not network administration or IT support. The focus is planning, specifying, designing, and commissioning networks during design and construction, topology, redundancy, capacity, and standards compliance not day-to-day operation of a vessel's IT systems post-delivery. 

Key Responsibilities:

Network Architecture & Design

• Design IP network topology, VLAN segmentation, and multicast routing (IGMP/PIM) for AV and broadcast traffic, and specify switches, routers, and fiber/copper infrastructure sized for AV-over-IP protocols (SMPTE ST 2110, QLAN, Dante, NDI)
• Engineer QoS/traffic prioritization and PTP timing/synchronization to support real-time, low-latency media flows

Redundancy & Standards Compliance

• Design resilient, redundant network paths (e.g., SMPTE 2022-7 style dual-path protection) for mission-critical broadcast and production traffic
• Design network segmentation and produce topology documentation that clearly demarcates the AV/broadcast network from the vessel's safety-critical OT systems, supporting the ship's overall IACS UR E26/E27 compliance

Newbuild & Refit Execution

• Produce network architecture diagrams, IP addressing schemas, and port/cable schedules for shipyard installation teams
• Support FAT/SAT, commissioning, and sea trials — verifying multicast flows, latency, and redundancy failover performance

Documentation & Coordination

• Maintain as-built network documentation and asset inventories to support class and cybersecurity requirements
• Define integration and handoff points with the vessel's core IT/OT network, coordinating with (not operating) the owner's IT infrastructure team

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience
• 3+ years designing IP networks specifically for AV, broadcast, or media production environments — not general enterprise IT/network administration
• Strong grounding in network fundamentals: VLAN segmentation, multicast routing, QoS/traffic prioritization, redundant topology design
• Familiarity with AV-over-IP standards and protocols (SMPTE ST 2110, SMPTE 2022-7, AES67, QLAN, Dante, NDI)
• Ability to produce network architecture diagrams, IP addressing schemas, and port/cable schedules
• Willingness and ability to travel (10-25%), including international shipyards
• Valid passport or ability to obtain a passport as a condition of employment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in cruise (newbuild or refit) or themed entertainment industries.
• Familiarity with IACS UR E26/E27 cyber resilience requirements, particularly how they drive network segmentation and boundary documentation between IT/entertainment networks and OT/safety-critical systems
• Vendor certifications relevant to AV/media networking (e.g., SDVoE, Cisco, Arista, Audinate Dante)

Schedule/Work Location:

Employment Type: Full-time

Ability to Commute/Travel

Location: Miami, FL 33169

Monday to Friday – In person/Office

Benefits:

401(k)

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off