Field Radio & Communications Engineer

Global Medical Response; California; Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Medical Response (GMR) is seeking a Communication System Engineer in California to support, maintain, and improve land mobile radio and RoIP infrastructure across field operations and dispatch centers. The role provides hands-on support for tower-site equipment, dispatch radio systems, networking components, radio programming, and FCC frequency coordination, with travel across the state as needed.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of LMR experience and must be willing to travel 50-75% to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) experience in public safety systems.
• Strong radio troubleshooting skills to isolate RF, network, console, antenna, and power issues quickly.
• RoIP experience with Motorola WAVE, ESChat, JPS, NXU gateways, or similar interoperability platforms.
• IP networking knowledge (TCP/IP, routing, switching, VPNs, VLANs, WAN) and network troubleshooting.
• Dispatch console experience (MCC7500, Mindshare, Avtec) and familiarity with radio consoles.
• Field and tower-site experience with travel up to 50-75% as required.
• Vendor coordination with tower owners, ISPs, contractors, and service providers.
• Radio programming with talk groups, code plugs, and user permissions.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot LMR systems, repeaters, base stations, dispatch consoles, antennas, and related infrastructure.
• Monitor outages impacting EMS, dispatch, and operations.
• Perform radio system testing, coverage validation, and verification after repairs.
• Travel to tower sites, communications centers, hospitals, and field locations for inspections and maintenance.
• Coordinate repairs with tower owners, contractors, vendors, and ISPs.
• Create and maintain documentation and CMDB records for radio systems and assets.

Job description

Global Medical Response (GMR) is seeking a Communication System Engineer in California to support, maintain, and improve land mobile radio and RoIP infrastructure across field operations and dispatch centers. The role provides hands-on support for tower-site equipment, dispatch radio systems, networking components, radio programming, and FCC frequency coordination, with travel across the state as needed.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of LMR experience and must be willing to travel 50-75% to