Broadcast Engineer

Gallery automation engineer / specialist

6-month contract – Outside IR35

West London – Onsite

We're looking for a Gallery Automation Engineer / Specialist to support and enhance automated gallery workflows within a live broadcast environment.

This role sits at the heart of live and near-live production, working closely with editorial, production and technical teams to ensure automation systems operate reliably during transmission-critical output.

Key responsibilities

• Configure, maintain and troubleshoot rundown-driven automation workflows
• Support automation of vision mixer control, graphics triggering, clip recall and source recall
• Work closely with editorial and production teams to support live and near-live broadcasts
• Diagnose and resolve issues across newsroom, automation and gallery systems
• Participate in testing, validation and operational readiness activities for automation updates and gallery changes
• Support template management, workflow optimisation and operational improvements

Essential experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Ross OverDrive in live broadcast environments
• Experience working with Caprica automation systems
• Proven knowledge of newsroom-to-gallery workflows using OpenMedia, Ross Inception and/or iNews
• Deep understanding of MOS workflows and editorial metadata flow
• Experience supporting live production environments where reliability and rapid troubleshooting are critical
• Ability to investigate and resolve issues across editorial, automation and gallery layers during live output

Desirable experience

• News production environments
• Graphics integration including VizRT, Chyron or Unity
• Template-driven automation design
• Gallery standardisation initiatives
• Exposure to AWS and modern cloud-based operational environments

Contract details

• 6-month initial contract
• Outside IR35
• West London
• Onsite working
• Normal office hours

If you have a strong background in Ross OverDrive, newsroom integration and live gallery automation, I'd be keen to speak with you.