AV Event Technician | Focus on Network & IT Integration (80–100%) (a)

Location: Dübendorf or St. Gallen (Empa)

Your Mission

In a research environment where new ideas emerge daily, our IT infrastructure provides the stable foundation – and you ensure that it functions reliably. As an AV event technician with a focus on network & IT, you ensure that audio/video systems and networks run smoothly at our events – from setup through support of partially hybrid events to execution. Thanks to your technical know-how, you detect problems early, solve them efficiently on-site, and thus create a disruption-free experience for all involved. You also apply your knowledge in defining customer needs, designing network components, and sizing security-relevant configurations in the fields of measurement technology and IoT.

Your Impact on Our Research

• You technically support and assist research and large-scale events – including network planning, audio/video setup, and live support.
• You analyze, optimize, and resolve issues in complex network environments, especially in streaming and A/V areas.
• You plan, integrate, and maintain secure IoT and media technology systems – from sensors and cameras to comprehensive surveillance solutions in the campus network.
• You perform monitoring, performance analyses, and documentation using common tools.
• You work closely with IT security, server, and collaboration teams to ensure a stable and secure communication infrastructure.
• You actively participate in the setup, testing, and operation of media technology and bring your hands-on mentality.

• Completed training or studies in media technology, event technology, IT, or a comparable field.

• Solid knowledge in audio/video technology, AV system integration, and network technology (LAN, WLAN, streaming protocols, IP-based systems).
• Experience in planning, installing, and supporting complex AV and IoT systems, ideally also in large events or university environments.
• Confident handling of monitoring, analysis, and documentation tools as well as knowledge of network and IT security basics.
• Practical experience in troubleshooting, proactive problem solving, and hands-on AV engineering.
• Teamwork skills, communication strength, and independent working style – you can implement technical solutions independently and coordinate within the team.
• Interest in further development, process standardization, and taking responsibility in projects.
• Flexibility, commitment, and enjoyment of varied technical challenges, even at highly dynamic events.     

Why You Should Join Us

• Scope for Creativity: Your ideas count – we give you the space to implement them
• Meaningful Technology: You work on systems that support and partly enable research and innovation.
• Flexibility: As a reliable employer, we promote flexible working – for example, with two days of home office per week. At the same time, personal exchange within the institute is important to us because it makes our research lively and connects us as a team.
• Further Development: Courses, conferences, certifications, training, and new technologies are a matter of course
• Team Culture: Our team consists of people with very different backgrounds – what unites us is the shared passion for technology – regardless of origin or experience.

Technology Stack: Teams, Zoom, Cisco, Infoblox, VMWare, Palo Alto, Windows, Wireshark, SNMP, Panorama, M365