Also called: Field Service Technician, Service Engineer
Travels to factories to install, fix and upgrade the specialized machines your company sells.
Monday you fly to Ohio to install a new packaging machine; Wednesday you're in Texas tracking down an electrical fault that's had a plant down for a day. You live out of a rental car and a toolbox, and customers treat you like a hero when the line starts up again.
Estimated; overtime and travel pay push many techs past $100k.
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 electromechanical technology or a bachelor's in engineering; heavy factory training.
Ways in: 2-year college, 4-year college, Military, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Electromechanical Technology, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection; strong demand as machines get more complex.
Low risk for 10 years. Remote diagnostics and AI help, but installing and fixing machines at customer sites stays hands-on.
Classes: Electronics CTE class, Physics, Shop class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-2094.
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