Also called: P25 Radio Engineer, Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Engineer
Designs and maintains the radio networks police and firefighters depend on to talk during emergencies.
Radio engineers plan tower sites, test coverage inside buildings and tunnels, keep encrypted P25 systems running, and fix problems fast when a channel fails during a big incident.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in electrical engineering or extensive radio technician experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Military, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Electrical Engineering, Electronics Technology.
Growing about average. Ongoing radio system upgrades nationwide.
Low risk for 10 years. Coverage modeling software helps; tower sites, in-building testing and fixing outages stay human.
Classes: AP Physics, AP Calculus, Electronics CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2072.
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