Also called: Overhead Hoist Transport Technician, AMHS Technician
Keeps the robot shuttles running that zip along ceiling tracks in chip factories, carrying wafer pods between machines.
Hundreds of little robot carts race along tracks on the ceiling of a giant cleanroom, lowering wafer pods into machines. When one stalls, a whole area can stop, so you rush up a lift in a bunny suit to fix it. Between alarms, you swap worn wheels and update the software.
Shift pay adds more.
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 mechatronics, electronics or automation.
Ways in: 2-year college, Military, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Mechatronics, Electronics Technology, Automation Technology.
Growing much faster than average. Huge new fabs in Arizona, Texas, Ohio and New York need many techs.
Medium risk for 10 years. Systems flag their own faults, but fixing robots on ceiling tracks stays hands-on.
Classes: Electronics CTE class, Physics, Computer programming, Shop class.
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