About the Role
The Field Operations Engineer – Vision Guarantee (F1) is responsible for assuring the reliable technical delivery of Sky-owned field production technologies on Sky Sports’ Formula 1 outside broadcasts.
Acting as the onsite technical guarantee, the role provides hands‑on engineering support across live events, maintaining signal integrity, system resilience, and rapid fault resolution in high‑pressure production environments.
This role requires extensive worldwide travel and working at Osterley, and includes weekends.
What you will do
- Own the end‑to‑end performance and integrity of the vision chain across assigned events.
- Configure, align, and validate video systems including cameras, routing, monitoring, and signal paths.
- Ensure all vision infrastructure is deployed to defined standards and is fully operational ahead of transmission.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks to on‑air quality and system performance.
- Lead the technical delivery of vision systems on site during live events.
- Act as a key escalation point for complex vision‑related faults, driving rapid diagnosis and resolution.
- Support pre‑event testing, commissioning, and post‑event review to improve reliability and consistency.
- Work closely with MCR and control room teams to ensure seamless signal acquisition and delivery.
- Rig, configure, and support field‑based broadcast infrastructure including SDI/IP video systems and associated connectivity.
- Support integration of third‑party systems, ensuring compatibility with Sky standards and workflows.
- Maintain accurate technical documentation, schematics, and signal flow diagrams.
- Contribute to standardisation of deployment models and engineering practices across events.
- Work in partnership with Production, MCR, and wider Engineering teams to deliver cohesive end‑to‑end services.
- Provide operational feedback into system design, tooling, and workflow improvements.
- Support the adoption and embedding of new technologies into live operational environments.
What you will bring
- Strong technical expertise in live broadcast vision systems and signal workflows.
- Proven experience supporting outside broadcasts or field‑based production environments.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues under live broadcast constraints.
- Good working knowledge of audio, comms, and networked broadcast systems.
- Experience working with third‑party vendors and integrated broadcast solutions.
- Clear and effective communication skills across technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Accountable for the quality and reliability of vision systems within assigned events or deployments.
- Applies sound technical judgement to resolve issues and maintain on‑air integrity.
- Consistently delivers high‑quality technical outcomes in live and time‑critical environments.
- Identifies opportunities to improve workflows, reliability, and operational efficiency.
- Contributes to the development of standards and best practices within Field Operations.
- Maintains compliance with engineering, safety, and broadcast standards.
Benefits
- Sky Q: All‑in‑one TV experience.
- Sky Glass at an exclusive rate.
- Generous pension package.
- Private healthcare.
- Discounted mobile and broadband.
- Wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences.
Inclusion
We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer and welcome applications from all candidates. We will ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments where appropriate.
Notice
If your application is successful, we will ask you to complete a criminal record check. Depending on the role and nature of any convictions, we may withdraw the offer.
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The Field Operations Engineer – Vision Guarantee (F1) is responsible for assuring the reliable technical delivery of Sky-owned field production technologies on Sky Sports’ Formula 1 outside broadcasts.
Acting as the onsite technical guarantee, the role provides hands‑on engineering support across live events, maintaining signal integrity, system resilience, and rapid fault resolution in high‑pressure production environments.
This role requires extensive worldwide travel and working at Osterley, and includes weekends.
What you will do
- Own the end‑to‑end performance and integrity of the vision chain across assigned events.
- Configure, align, and validate video systems including cameras, routing, monitoring, and signal paths.
- Ensure all vision infrastructure is deployed to defined standards and is fully operational ahead of transmission.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks to on‑air quality and system performance.
- Lead the technical delivery of vision systems on site during live events.
- Act as a key escalation point for complex vision‑related faults, driving rapid diagnosis and resolution.
- Support pre‑event testing, commissioning, and post‑event review to improve reliability and consistency.
- Work closely with MCR and control room teams to ensure seamless signal acquisition and delivery.
- Rig, configure, and support field‑based broadcast infrastructure including SDI/IP video systems and associated connectivity.
- Support integration of third‑party systems, ensuring compatibility with Sky standards and workflows.
- Maintain accurate technical documentation, schematics, and signal flow diagrams.
- Contribute to standardisation of deployment models and engineering practices across events.
- Work in partnership with Production, MCR, and wider Engineering teams to deliver cohesive end‑to‑end services.
- Provide operational feedback into system design, tooling, and workflow improvements.
- Support the adoption and embedding of new technologies into live operational environments.
What you will bring
- Strong technical expertise in live broadcast vision systems and signal workflows.
- Proven experience supporting outside broadcasts or field‑based production environments.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues under live broadcast constraints.
- Good working knowledge of audio, comms, and networked broadcast systems.
- Experience working with third‑party vendors and integrated broadcast solutions.
- Clear and effective communication skills across technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Accountable for the quality and reliability of vision systems within assigned events or deployments.
- Applies sound technical judgement to resolve issues and maintain on‑air integrity.
- Consistently delivers high‑quality technical outcomes in live and time‑critical environments.
- Identifies opportunities to improve workflows, reliability, and operational efficiency.
- Contributes to the development of standards and best practices within Field Operations.
- Maintains compliance with engineering, safety, and broadcast standards.
Benefits
- Sky Q: All‑in‑one TV experience.
- Sky Glass at an exclusive rate.
- Generous pension package.
- Private healthcare.
- Discounted mobile and broadband.
- Wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences.
Inclusion
We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer and welcome applications from all candidates. We will ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments where appropriate.
Notice
If your application is successful, we will ask you to complete a criminal record check. Depending on the role and nature of any convictions, we may withdraw the offer.
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