Workplace AV Engineer

About the role

This role is responsible for designing, standardizing, and evolving the technologies that shape how employees navigate, collaborate, and engage within VERSANT offices. The A/V Engineer will lead the technical design of conference rooms, collaboration spaces, executive environments, and large-format A/V installations.

Responsibilities

• Design, standardize, and evolve enterprise A/V and workplace technology environments at scale
• Evaluate, select, and standardize A/V hardware and control systems, including cameras, microphones, speakers, DSPs, codecs, room controllers, and displays
• Lead the technical design of conference rooms, collaboration spaces, executive environments, and large-format A/V installations
• Owning the engineering standards for digital signage, wayfinding systems, and workplace seating displays
• Define repeatable, scalable patterns that integrate A/V, collaboration platforms, and physical workplace experiences
• Collaborate with UComm, Network Engineering, Workplace Product & Operations, Facilities, and Cyber Security to ensure systems are secure by design, resilient, and operationally sound

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing and supporting enterprise A/V and workplace technology environments at scale
• Deep hands-on expertise with conference room and telepresence systems, including Zoom Rooms and Zoom-integrated A/V solutions
• Strong experience evaluating, selecting, and standardizing A/V hardware and control systems, including cameras, microphones, speakers, DSPs, codecs, room controllers, and displays
• Experience designing and supporting digital signage and wayfinding systems, including lobby and campus displays, room scheduling and seating visualization, and integration with workplace platforms and data sources
• Solid understanding of network architecture as it relates to A/V and signage, including QoS, VLAN design, bandwidth planning, latency, and redundancy
• Closer collaboration with network teams on transport dependencies
• Prioritize advanced troubleshooting skills across hardware, software, and network layers
• Experience operating in environments with formal security, compliance, and change-management requirements
• Experience contributing to HQ or flagship office builds used as global reference architectures
• Strong understanding of hybrid collaboration and in-office navigation challenges
• Security-aware approach to firmware and device lifecycle management, access control and system hardening, and secure integration with collaboration and workplace platforms
• Proven ability to define repeatable room, signage, and workplace experience standards and deploy them globally
• Proven ability to operate with high autonomy, translating architectural direction into technical execution
• Strong documentation skills, including room standards, signage patterns, diagrams, and operational handoffs
• Comfort mentoring other A/V engineers and serving as a technical escalation point

Desired Characteristics

• Experience contributing to HQ or flagship office builds used as global reference architectures
• Strong understanding of hybrid collaboration and in-office navigation challenges
• Security-aware approach to firmware and device lifecycle management, access control and system hardening, and secure integration with collaboration and workplace platforms
• Proven ability to define repeatable room, signage, and workplace experience standards and deploy them globally
• Proven ability to operate with high autonomy, translating architectural direction into technical execution
• Strong documentation skills, including room standards, signage patterns, diagrams, and operational handoffs
• Comfort mentoring other A/V engineers and serving as a technical escalation point

Additional Requirements

• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.