Engineering
Robotics Technicians
Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.
Median salary
$70,760
Typical range
$48k – $110k
Job outlook
+1% (about average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Robotics Technicians
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Robotics Technicians
Entry / Junior
$47,770
~2 yrs to advance
Robotics Technicians
Established
$70,760
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Robotics Technicians
Senior
$90,170
Key skills
A typical day
- •Make repairs to robots or peripheral equipment, such as replacement of defective circuit boards, sensors, controllers, encoders, or servomotors.
- •Troubleshoot robotic systems, using knowledge of microprocessors, programmable controllers, electronics, circuit analysis, mechanics, sensor or feedback systems, hydraulics, or pneumatics.
- •Install, program, or repair programmable controllers, robot controllers, end-of-arm tools, or conveyors.
- •Maintain service records of robotic equipment or automated production systems.
- •Modify computer-controlled robot movements.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Engineering
Explore all- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Stanford University4% admit · $122,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- Georgia Institute of Technology16% admit · $99,000 grad pay
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign45% admit · $80,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.