Technical Lead, Technical Production

Worldwide Events and Experiences brings the best of Apple to life showcasing our products services and the values that drive our company. From global product launches and tailored creator experiences to impactful partner engagements and inspiring internal events this team is responsible for managing end-to-end planning production in-person experiences and all the unique details that make these events exceptional. The team includes professionals with backgrounds in event design management operations broadcast and production. Were looking for inventive and collaborative people from a variety of creative and technical seeking a Technical Lead Technical Production to lead the technical infrastructure and systems backbone for live events and activations including concerts corporate events and global product moments. This role owns the critical technical systems - fiber LED comms network audio lighting camera and power - that make large-scale no-fail live productions possible.

The Technical Lead Technical Production will lead the strategy design and execution of core technical systems supporting live events and activations across Worldwide Events. This role owns end-to-end infrastructure planning - from fiber backbone and network drops to LED wall routing/switching comms systems live audio and lighting systems camera systems and power design - ensuring every show runs on a resilient well-documented and scalable technical will be the technical authority responsible for producing signal flow and infrastructure drawings coordinating with venue and vendor partners and leading a team through the planning and on-site execution of complex high-visibility live events. This role requires deep technical expertise across broadcast AV infrastructure IP-based media transport power systems technical design and the ability to operate flawlessly under executive-facing no-fail conditions.

Lead technical infrastructure planning and execution for live events and activations including concerts corporate events and global product document and manage fiber runs and network topology across event sites including redundant paths and failover LED wall systems architecture including routing and switching design processor configuration and signal distribution to ensure reliability and visual and manage comms systems (wired and wireless intercom IFB RF coordination) to support production stage management and crew communication across large and deploy network drops and IP infrastructure across event spaces coordinating with venue and IT partners on connectivity VLANs and bandwidth live audio systems architecture including Dante network design and troubleshooting signal routing and support for spatial/immersive audio lighting infrastructure planning including lighting power distribution and operation/programming oversight of consoles such as grandMA ensuring safe and reliable power for lighting camera system planning across productions including spatial capture formats and workflows ensuring appropriate format routing and signal integration into the broader show power design and management for large-scale shows including load calculations distribution planning UPS backup systems generator sizing and coordination and failover/redundancy strategy for mission-critical and maintain detailed signal flow drawings and technical documentation for all event systems serving as the single source of truth for vendors crew and with the larger Technical Production and Broadcast team to align infrastructure design with overall execution strategy including SMPTE ST 2110 and IP-based media location/venue technical surveys assessing power availability network access rigging points and infrastructure relationships with fiber network power LED audio and lighting vendors including scoping quoting and on-site lead and mentor a technical production team establishing clear roles responsibilities and on-site budgeting and forecasting for technical infrastructure across assigned events including vendor management and cost continuous improvement of technical standards documentation templates and infrastructure playbooks across the and ability to travel globally as required.

10 years of experience in technical production broadcast engineering or systems integration for live events concerts or corporate expertise designing and deploying fiber power and network infrastructure for live events including redundancy and failover knowledge of LED display systems including routing switching processor configuration (e.g. Megapixel ROE Barco) and signal experience designing and managing comms/intercom systems (e.g. Clear-Com RTS) and RF coordination for large-scale knowledge of live audio systems including Dante network design/troubleshooting and support for spatial/immersive audio with lighting power distribution and lighting consoles such as knowledge of camera systems and formats including spatial capture of SMPTE ST 2110 and IP-based video/audio transport workflows including network infrastructure (VLANs switches routing).nnStrong understanding of power distribution for live events including load balancing UPS systems generator backup and failover creating signal flow and system architecture drawings using tools such as Vectorworks AutoCAD or ability to lead technical execution in high-pressure executive-facing no-fail leading venue technical surveys and assessing infrastructure feasibility across diverse ability to lead cross-functional and vendor teams translating complex technical concepts into clear communication.

Experience supporting global keynote events concerts or large-scale corporate with broadcast infrastructure and live streaming/encoding working in highly confidential environments with strict security and quality written and verbal communication skills with strong ability to influence and align stakeholders across operating in fast-paced ambiguous environments while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.