Also called: UAS Assembly Technician
Assembles drones on a production line for drone makers, installing motors and wiring flight controllers, then testing each one and fixing failures.
You install motors, wire flight controllers and test-spin every drone in a netted cage before packaging. When a drone fails a test, you find and fix the problem before it moves on.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; soldering skills help.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Trade school. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Electronics Assembly (certificate).
Growing faster than average. Growing with US drone manufacturing.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Automated assembly and testing lines grow as drone factories scale; fewer hand-build jobs per drone.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to drone makers' production lines; they train you to build and test
Classes: Electronics CTE, Shop class, Algebra, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-2028.
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