Also called: Robot QA Engineer
Puts robots through tough tests to find where they fail before customers use them.
You run a warehouse robot through 500 practice picks, record every drop and stall, and work with software engineers to fix the causes. Some days you build obstacle courses to test how robots react to surprises.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in mechanical, electrical or robotics engineering; some start as robotics technicians.
Ways in: 4-year college, 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Robotics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering.
Growing faster than average. Growing with warehouse and humanoid robots.
Low risk for 10 years. More robots means more testing in real labs; breaking robots on purpose and judging failures stays hands-on.
Classes: AP Physics, Robotics CTE, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2199.
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