Augmented & Virtual Reality Engineer

We are hiring a creative and enterprising Augmented and Virtual Reality Engineer, to assist in leading the groundbreaking development of News, Elections, and Weather data-driven immersive environments for live broadcasts. This encompasses all technical aspects of developing and integrating an industry-leading, fully immersive, virtual, and augmented reality system across CBS News and Stations. Understanding of the entire live broadcast chain from newsroom to studio to playout servers and transmitters. Detailed Knowledge of AR/VR technology Ability to Design, Engineer, and implement next-generation AR/VR solutions based on guidelines and requirements. Deploy AR/VR Technology infrastructure and deliver support with high availability, reliability, and agility. Implement standards for software and environment architecture to ensure enterprise level system design meets requirements for redundancy, security, and performance. Collaborate with other technology teams and team leaders, business partners, news, weather, and creative service departments, in developing and implementing AR/VR solutions. Collaborate with colleagues by offering technical training and fixing technical issues. Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment. Effective written and verbal communication is highly valued.

CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S. markets, the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Streaming local platforms, local websites and cbsnews.com, under one umbrella. CBS News and Stations is home to the nation's #1 news program 60 MINUTES, the CBS News Streaming Network, the first 24/7 digital streaming news network, the award-winning broadcasts CBS MORNINGS, CBS SATURDAY MORNING, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O'DONNELL, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CBS WEEKEND EVENING NEWS, 48 HOURS and FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN. CBS News and Stations provides news and information for the CBS Television Network, CBSNews.com, CBS News Radio and podcasts, Paramount +, all digital platforms, and the CBS News Streaming Network, the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service that is available free to everyone with access to the internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations' top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. CBS News' streaming services, across national and local, amassed more than 1.01 billion streams in 2021. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+. The service is available live in 91 countries. CBS News and Stations is dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in today's digital age. CBS News earns more prestigious journalism awards than any other broadcast news division.