Also called: Autonomous Robot Field Tech, Robot Fleet Technician
Travels to sites to fix delivery robots, robot lawnmowers, cleaning robots and autonomous vehicles.
You drive a van full of spare parts to a hospital whose floor-cleaning robots keep getting lost. You recalibrate their sensors, swap a broken wheel motor, and update the map they use to navigate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Certificate or associate in electronics or robotics; on-the-job training.
Ways in: Trade school, 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Robotics Technology, Electronics Technology.
Growing faster than average. Grows with robot deployments.
Low risk for 10 years. More robots in the world means more field repairs; remote diagnostics help, but driving out and fixing hardware stays human.
Classes: Electronics CTE, Auto shop, Computer science, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-2094.
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