Also called: Robotaxi Technician, Sensor Calibration Technician
Maintains self-driving vehicles, cleaning and calibrating their lidar, cameras, and computers.
Each night robotaxis come to your depot. You inspect sensors, swap a damaged lidar unit, run calibration routines, and send the car back out before morning.
Estimated; a new job category.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Automotive or electronics associate degree or certificate; company training on AV systems.
Ways in: 2-year college, Trade school, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Automotive Technology, Electronics Technology, Mechatronics.
Growing much faster than average. Growing with robotaxi expansion.
Low risk for 10 years. Robotaxi fleets need hands-on cleaning, calibrating and repair; this job grows as autonomy spreads.
Classes: Auto tech CTE, Electronics, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-2096.
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