Also called: Field Service Engineer (Robotics)
Travels to customers' factories to install, fix and upgrade robots and automated equipment made by their company.
You get a call Monday morning: a bakery's packing robot is down. You fly out, spend the day diagnosing a failed servo drive, replace it, and train the night-shift crew on what to watch for. You're home Thursday with a few new airline miles.
Estimate; travel pay and overtime can push it higher.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate degree in electronics or mechatronics plus manufacturer training.
Ways in: 2-year college, Military, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Electronics Technology (2-year), Mechatronics Technology.
Growing faster than average. Grows with robot installations.
Low risk for 10 years. Robot installs keep growing; AI and remote diagnostics help, but someone still has to show up and fix the machine.
Classes: Electronics CTE class, Physics, Shop class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-2094.
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