Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
Design and implement radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems used to track shipments or goods.
Also known as: Antenna Engineer, Cardiac Device Specialist, Deployment Engineer, Device Test Engineer, DSP Engineer (Digital Signal Processing Engineer), Electrical Engineer, Electro Magnetic Compatibility Test Engineer, Engineer, ...
Annual Salary
Median annual wage (May 2024)
Job Outlook
Projected growth, 2024–2034 (Faster than average)
What You'd Do
- Verify compliance of developed applications with architectural standards and established practices.
- Read current literature, attend meetings or conferences, or talk with colleagues to stay abreast of industry research about new technologies.
- Provide technical support for radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.
- Perform systems analysis or programming of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.
- Document equipment or process details of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.
- Train users in details of system operation.
- Analyze radio frequency identification device (RFID)-related supply chain data.
- Test tags or labels to ensure readability.
- Test radio frequency identification device (RFID) software to ensure proper functioning.
- Select appropriate radio frequency identification device (RFID) tags and determine placement locations.
- Perform site analyses to determine system configurations, processes to be impacted, or on-site obstacles to technology implementation.
- Perform acceptance testing on newly installed or updated systems.
- Identify operational requirements for new systems to inform selection of technological solutions.
- Determine usefulness of new radio frequency identification device (RFID) technologies.
- Develop process flows, work instructions, or standard operating procedures for radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems.
- Determine means of integrating radio frequency identification device (RFID) into other applications.
- Define and compare possible radio frequency identification device (RFID) solutions to inform selection for specific projects.
- Create simulations or models of radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems to provide information for selection and configuration.
- Install, test, or maintain radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems.
- Integrate tags, readers, or software in radio frequency identification device (RFID) designs.
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Salary data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. Outlook data: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–2034.
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