Creative Consultant - Broadcast Engineer

Career Area:

Marketing

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

This is Caterpillar

Caterpillar is seeking a highly skilled and technically advanced Creative Consultant - Broadcast Engineer to design, implement, and sustain complex broadcast and live production systems supporting global communications. This role will focus on the engineering, integration, and operation of broadcast environments, enabling large-scale corporate events, enterprise broadcasts, and live productions.

This position serves as a technical authority and strategic partner, ensuring reliability, scalability, and innovation across all live and recorded video ecosystems.

What You Will Do:

• Design, build, and maintain broadcast-quality video systems, including studio environments, control rooms, and mobile/live event infrastructure

• Engineer and operate multi-camera, multi-format live production systems for global broadcasts, town halls, and enterprise summits

• Lead the technical architecture of video signal flow, including routing, switching, encoding/decoding, transmission, and monitoring systems

• Support and optimize IP-based broadcast workflows (NDI, SMPTE ST 2110, etc.) and traditional SDI infrastructures

• Configure and manage live streaming platforms, encoding pipelines, and content distribution networks for internal and external audiences

• Serve as primary technical liaison with external production vendors, integrators, and technology partners

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex real-time issues across audio, video, networking, and control systems during critical live events

• Ensure redundancy, failover strategies, and system resilience for high-visibility productions

• Develop and document standard operating procedures, system diagrams, and engineering best practices

• Collaborate with creative and production teams to translate vision into technically executable solutions

• Evaluate emerging broadcast technologies and recommend strategic investments and upgrades

What You Will Have:

Advanced Broadcast Engineering Expertise

Deep knowledge of professional broadcast systems including:

• Video switchers, routers, and multiview platforms

• Audio consoles, intercom systems, and signal synchronization

• Recording, playback, and media asset workflows

Live Production Systems Engineering & Networking

• Proven experience designing and supporting large-scale live broadcast environments

• Expertise in signal flow design, system integration, and technical troubleshooting under pressure

• Strong understanding of network infrastructure for broadcast, including VLANs, QoS, multicast, and bandwidth optimization

• Experience with IP video standards and workflows

Technical Problem Solving & Collaboration

• Ability to rapidly diagnose and resolve critical production issues in live environments

• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Experience working cross-functionally with creative teams, IT, and external vendors

• Ability to align broadcast technology decisions with enterprise communication goals and long-term scalability

Preferred Skills:

• Experience engineering broadcast studios, control rooms, or enterprise video networks

• Hands-on expertise with platforms such as: 

  • Grass Valley, Blackmagic, or similar production systems

  • vMix, OBS, Wirecast or enterprise live production tools

• Experience with cloud-based production workflows and remote technologies

• Knowledge of video compression standards (H.264, H.265), streaming protocols (RTMP,

• SRT)

• Experience supporting large global broadcasts with distributed audiences

• Familiarity with cybersecurity considerations for broadcast/IP video systems

What Success Looks Like:

• Lead design and buildout of a control room for executive events.

• Deliver seamless, high-quality broadcasts to global audiences.

• Proactively identify and mitigate production risks with minimal downtime.

• Drive innovation in broadcast tech and capabilities (e.g., NDI, remote participation).

• Continuously improve workflows, systems, and cost-efficiency.

• Build clear documentation and best practices for scalability and repeatable success.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in and/or equivalent experience

Additional Info:

• The primary location for this position is Irving, Texas

• Sponsorship is not available

• International and Domestic travel up to 20%

About Caterpillar

For more than a century, Caterpillar has helped build a better, more sustainable world. With 2025 sales and revenues of $67.6 billion, Caterpillar Inc. is shaping the future as the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Backed by one of the largest independent global dealer networks and financing services through Cat Financial, the company’s primary business segments: Power & Energy, Construction Industries and Resource Industries are solving customers’ toughest challenges through commercial excellence and advanced technology, driven by a highly skilled, dedicated global team.

Final details:

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Summary Pay Range:

$97,530.00 - $146,290.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

       

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posting Dates:

June 30, 2026 - July 13, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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