radio engineer

Wireless transmission specialist

A radio engineer designs, builds, or maintains equipment for transmitting and receiving radio signals.

The work ranges from broadcast infrastructure to telecommunications systems to radar technology.

In recording studios, a radio engineer may handle audio production for broadcast: She worked as a radio engineer at the local NPR station for fifteen years.

Related

broadcast · on the air · signal · signal boost · static · dead air · wavelength · tuning · modulation · ham · ham operator · call sign · shortwave · oscilloscope · soldering · circuits · amplifier · tower

Opposites
technical vs. on-air role

radio engineerdisc jockey

Plays recorded music professionally

radio host · on-air personality · talk show host · radio announcer · morning show host

builder/maintainer vs. destroyer/disruptor

radio engineersignal jammer

Broadcasts interference to block signals

technical specialist vs. non-technical role

radio engineerprogram director

Oversees media content scheduling

station manager · radio listener

Family

radio, engineer, radios, radiate, radiant, radiation, radiator, radial, radius

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G