Audio Visual Design Engineer

🔍 Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Stanford, California, United States

📁: Information Technology Services

📅   : May 20, 2025 Post Date

📅   : 106482 Requisition #

Student Affairs seeks an experienced and talented Audio Visual Design Engineer to join our team to capture and model/map business requirements, and work with business partners to understand directions and priorities to assure the delivery of quality solutions. Serve as project leader on small to medium-sized projects or on a portion of a larger project, as assigned.

In this role, you will:

Act as a single point of contact between Learning Technologies & Spaces (LTS) and end-users or contractors, ensuring AV systems integrate well with overall building designs during classroom refresh processes.
Perform necessary business and system analysis by conducting site surveys to gather all pertinent data related to issues.
Collaborate with business partners to gather requirements and identify gaps between requirements and the design, assisting with determining deliverables, and creating system test plans.
Collaborate with developers on application speciﬁcations and system enhancements to ensure appropriateness of design and delivering resolution of issues; work with business partners to test and deploy resolution in a timely manner.
Review any lessons learned from previous projects to ensure continuous improvement in future AV system designs while aligning the team’s approach with best practices and evolving business needs.
Interact with team members, the user community and others on an ongoing basis to ensure accurate identiﬁcation and delivery of business requirements.
Make formal recommendations, and write application speciﬁcations, including conversion, upgrade and interface routines.
Develop functional speciﬁcations to ensure compliance with system development lifecycle methods. Team up with business partners and developers to set realistic response time and/or deliverable expectations.
Compile and present cost-benefit analysis with ample justification as required (competing features, resources, team vision).
Create functional specifications to ensure compliance with system development lifecycle methods, including wiring diagrams and design block diagrams that visually represent the flow of signals.
Coordinate with all Classroom Technology team members to participate in classroom support activities.

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

Bachelor's degree and eight years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.
Strong capabilities in the following: data mapping, conversion, table structure knowledge, running and analyzing traces, conﬁguration settings, page customizations, security updates, custom coding logics, issues analysis and recommendations, running SQL queries, documentation skills, test scripts development, functional analysis, coordination of user acceptance and sign-oﬀ, business process improvement, ﬁt/gap analysis, requirements documentation and process ﬂow charting, presentation of options and solutions facilitation.
Strong understanding of the components of web applications. Strong understanding of the software development life cycle. Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrated effectiveness to work collaboratively with minimum direction.
History of positive outcomes and ongoing development to establish eﬀective, relationships with clients, staﬀ, and management.
Proven success and continued ability to manage multiple competing priorities and work under pressure in high stress situations.

Working Conditions:

Work extended hours
Hybrid Eligible (Up to 1 day per week)
Able to work on evenings and weekends, as needed

The expected pay range for this position is $126,033 - $141,829 per annum.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

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How to Apply:
We invite you to apply for this position, please submit your résumé and a one-page cover letter along with your online application.

Why Stanford is for You
Imagine a world without search engines or social platforms. Consider lives saved through first-ever organ transplants and research to cure illnesses. Stanford University has revolutionized the way we live and enrich the world. Supporting this mission is our diverse and dedicated 17,000 staff. We seek talent driven to impact the future of our legacy. Our culture and unique perks empower you with:

Freedom to grow. We offer career development programs, tuition reimbursement, or audit a course. Join a TedTalk, film screening, or listen to a renowned author or global leader speak.
A caring culture. We provide superb retirement plans, generous time-off, and family care resources.
A healthier you. Climb our rock wall, or choose from hundreds of health or fitness classes at our world-class exercise facilities. We also provide excellent health care benefits.
Discovery and fun. Stroll through historic sculptures, trails, and museums.
Enviable resources. Enjoy free commuter programs, ridesharing incentives, discounts and more

The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact Stanford University Human Resources by submitting a contact form.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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