Role Overview

The Senior Broadcast Systems Engineer (Pre-Sales), EMEA is a strategic, customer-facing technical leader within NETGEAR's growing Broadcast business. Combining deep expertise in IP networking and broadcast workflows with strong commercial awareness, you will support partners, influence solution design, and drive adoption of NETGEAR solutions across EMEA.

As the technical face of NETGEAR in the broadcast ecosystem, you will work closely with OEM partners, system integrators, production facilities, and enterprise studios - validating solutions, supporting pre-sales engagements, and positioning NETGEAR as the trusted networking partner for modern IP-based media environments.

This is a UK-based role with regional responsibility across EMEA. Frequent travel, including internationally, of up to 60% is required.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the senior technical authority for IP networking within broadcast and live production environments across EMEA

Lead pre-sales engagements by designing and validating network architectures for broadcast and professional A/V customers

Collaborate with OEM partners (e.g., Riedel, EVS, Clear-Com, Panasonic, Grass Valley) to ensure interoperability and joint solution alignment

Design and support IP-based media workflows including AES67, Dante, Ravenna, SMPTE ST 2110, NDI, and IPMX

Build and maintain lab environments, testbeds, and demos for validation, partner enablement, and customer engagements

Partner with Sales, Business Development, and Alliances to drive technical win strategies and shape solution design early in the sales cycle

Deliver technical enablement for internal SE teams and partners through training, documentation, and best practices

Provide field feedback to Product and Engineering on switching performance, multicast behaviour, QoS, redundancy models, and timing-sensitive environments

Represent NETGEAR at industry events such as NAB, IBC, and InfoComm through demos, presentations, and thought leadership

Required Qualifications

Hands-on experience in broadcast, live production, or professional A/V environments combined with a strong foundation in IP networking

Practical knowledge of broadcast audio and IP video technologies: AES67, Dante, Ravenna, SMPTE ST 2110, NDI, and IPMX

Experience supporting production facilities, OB trucks, post-production, intercom systems, or enterprise studios

Prior customer-facing experience in pre-sales engineering, system design, or technical consulting

Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing teams

Willingness to travel frequently (up to 60%), including internationally across EMEA

Core Technical Skills

Layer 2/3 networking: VLANs, link aggregation, and network segmentation

Multicast design and troubleshooting: IGMP behaviour, scaling, and optimisation

QoS design for real-time media traffic, including prioritisation of latency- and timing-sensitive flows

Timing and synchronisation in IP media networks: PTP concepts, clocking considerations, and network impact

Redundancy and high-availability design for media networks

Bandwidth planning and traffic modelling for high-bandwidth video environments

Scalable network topologies including spine-leaf architectures

Monitoring and troubleshooting using packet capture, traffic analysis, and network telemetry tools

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with IP-based orchestration, control, or monitoring platforms (e.g., TAG, Nevion, Evertz)

Experience supporting or designing networks for live production environments such as studios, OB trucks, live events, or esports

Exposure to WAN or remote production workflows (e.g., contribution networks, latency-sensitive transport)

Familiarity with VXLAN/EVPN concepts in larger-scale network environments

Familiarity with REST APIs, automation, or scripting (e.g., Python) is a plus

This role is primarily hybrid but fully remote candidates based in England will also be considered.