Audio Engineer

Formula 1 covers a huge range of disciplines across a wide array of industry sectors, drawing the very best from our teams of technicians, engineers and media rights specialists and encouraging the creativity of experts in the fields of digital and traditional media, marketing and communications.

We are recruiting for an Audio Engineer for our Media Engineering team who would be based at our Media and Technology Centre in Biggin Hill. Do you have what it takes to be part of the world’s greatest sport and entertainment spectacle?

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• The ideal candidate for this position will be someone with a proven record of delivering high quality audio and comms under the pressures of a broadcast operation, either as a sound guarantee or mixer.
• Install, commission, maintain and operate F1’s inventory of audio and talkback equipment both at the Remote Technical Centre (Biggin Hill, UK) and at Grand Prix events.
• Together with the Media Engineering team and working closely with other departments, design & upgrade F1’s audio and talkback engineering infrastructure, both at the Remote Technical Centre (Biggin Hill, UK) and at Grand Prix events in order to continue to meet F1’s current and future broadcast requirements.
• Have a keen interest in future audio technologies and assist senior engineers with the design and implementation of projects.
• Provide engineering support during F1 events either at the Remote Technical Centre, Biggin Hill, UK or the Event Technical Centre, circuit.

About You:

• Essential experience within a live broadcast engineering team
• Ideally BSc or equivalent qualification in Broadcast Audio
• Self-motivated
• Highly organised
• Focused, thorough, resourceful, flexible
• Ability to prioritise
• Excellent time management
• Logical, with attention to detail and an ability to see the bigger picture
• Full UK/EU Driving License

Division:

Broadcast and Media