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Engineering & Science

Robotics Technicians

Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.

Sector: Engineering & Science
Preparation: Zone 3 — medium preparation needed
O*NET code: 17-3024.01

What you'll actually do

The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.

Working with Computers

central to the job — rated 90/100 for importance.
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment

a major part of the work — rated 84/100 for importance.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

a major part of the work — rated 80/100 for importance.
Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

a major part of the work — rated 79/100 for importance.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems

a major part of the work — rated 79/100 for importance.
Getting Information

a major part of the work — rated 79/100 for importance.

Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.

What it takes

Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.

Skills

Repairing

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Troubleshooting

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Critical Thinking

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
Reading Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.
Equipment Maintenance

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.

Knowledge

Computers and Electronics

Needed at expert level (75/100), and rated 84/100 for importance.
Engineering and Technology

Needed at a high level (71/100), and rated 84/100 for importance.
Mechanical

Needed at a high level (71/100), and rated 68/100 for importance.
Design

Needed at a solid working level (60/100), and rated 64/100 for importance.

Abilities

Deductive Reasoning

Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 78/100 for importance.
Written Comprehension

Needed at a high level (61/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Near Vision

Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Inductive Reasoning

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.

How people get in

O*NET places this occupation in Zone 3 — medium preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.

Education

Vocational training, an associate degree, or equivalent on-the-job experience.

Experience

One to two years of related experience is typical.

Training

Employers expect you to arrive with the core skill already.

What it pays

These are typical engineering compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for Robotics Technicians specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.

SpaceX · NVIDIA · Boeing

$120k – $200k+

Manufacturing Corps

$85k – $140k

Local Engineering Firms

$65k – $110k

How the work tends to run

Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.

Most of the day happens at a screen.From “Working with Computers”
Rules and standards are checkable and someone checks them.From “Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards”
You run equipment, and running it well is a skill in itself.From “Controlling Machines and Processes”

How FlightWay scores your fit against this

No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.

1. You answer a short quiz: Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
2. We correlate the two profiles: Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Robotics Technicians. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
3. The number you see is personality fit only: "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
4. Every factor is visible: You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.

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