Audio-Video (A-V) Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Job Description (JD)_Audio-Video (A-V) Subject Matter Expert (SME):

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish, maintain, and distribute the master project installation schedule.
• Direct progress meetings, capture all action items, and distribute meeting minutes to the designated government team.
• Responsible for the technical discovery, space mapping, regulatory compliance, and master blueprint drafting for the conferencing spaces.
• Translate physical room constraints into approved engineering layouts and compiles the structural Bill of Materials (BOM).
• Perform detailed field surveys and physical site verifications to gather exact architectural measurements.
• Create and submit final technical installation and electrical drawings in standard PDF format rendered at an exact scale.
• Map all electrical requirements, data drops, and signal paths to pass along to the building’s General Contractor for hardwire execution.
• Build a comprehensive, itemized BOM detailed down to the specific manufacturer part number, product line, and unit price.
• Receive and cross-verify all incoming hardware shipments against billing invoices.
• Unload freight deliveries and inspect all items for physical damage within a strict framework to trigger immediate remediation orders.
• Safely wrap, pack, and secure the custom Planar wall modules and delicate ceiling array hardware for one building to another.
• Deploy building protection materials, including durable runners, corner guards, and padding, to prevent scuffs or damage to floors or structural drywall.
• Enforce clear circulation pathways and remove all shipping boxes, foam, debris, and trash off-site daily using non-facility dumpster receptacles.
• Engineer all layouts to strictly comply with federal and municipal codes, including ADA, Architectural Barriers Act (ABA), ICT accessibility standard, NIST, NESC, FCC, and FISMA.
• Lead the physical teardown, rigging, cabling infrastructure, and precision structural mounting of all contract components across both designated facilities.
• Ensure that physical deployments meet stringent safety metrics and aesthetic guidelines.
• Execute the safe uninstallation and structural decommissioning of the custom Planar Video wall, Extron speakers, and Shure mic arrays from one facility to another.
• Procure, cut, and secure appropriate wall backer boards to meet structural testing regulations for safe display attachment.
• Securely mount 23 commercial monitors (ranging from 65" to 85") to wall surfaces at approved mounting heights using VESA-compliant hardware brackets.
• Rig and anchor Logitech Rally Mic Pods using pendant ceiling mounts, positioning them to optimize voice capture across room floorplans.
• Pull, terminate, test, and conceal all system low-voltage cabling inside walls and raceways, executing clean wire management so zero cables are visible to room occupants.
• Responsible for configuring, programming, commissioning, and system tuning across all newly procured and relocated hardware lines.
• Ensure that complex legacy audio arrays and advanced multi-display architectures integrate seamlessly into a cohesive, uncompromised end-user environment.
• Program and integrate the high-end Planar Modular Video Wall into Conference Room, aligning it with the newly deployed Logitech Rally Bar system.
• Perform audio DSP tuning, beamforming zone mapping, and signal routing for the 6 relocated Shure MXA910W Ceiling Array Microphones across rooms.
• Interface, program, and tune the 12 relocated Extron FF220T Flat Field Speakers to establish balanced room-wide frequency responses matching the primary video bars.
• Configure display profiles, EDID management, self-diagnostics, HDMI-ARC communication, and automated power-saving or real-time clock triggers on all TV monitors.
• Provide testing metrics to hand over to the Customer for final Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) configuration on the NUC compute engines.
• Formulate and update an ongoing punch list organized by manufacturer, lead the post-installation walk-through, and finalize the official Client Acceptance Document.

Qualifications & Certifications:

• Education/Experience:

o   Technical Trade Certification with 5 years of physical field installation experience handling commercial structural rigging and AV hardware.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Software, or Systems Engineering is preferred, with 5 years of dedicated AV engineering experience.
• 5 years of experience deploying complex enterprise AV networks, digital signal processors (DSPs), and video matrix walls.
• Experience managing federal AV infrastructure or construction initiatives.
• Certifications:
• Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) preferred.
• AVIXA Certified Technology Specialist - Design (CTS-D) is highly desirable.

o   Shure MXA/Audio Network Certification,

o   Extron AV Associate or Configurator, and Crestron/Q-SYS certifications.