Where a mechatronics engineering technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mechatronics engineering technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Mechatronics engineering technicians collaborate with engineers in the development of mechatronic devices and applications through a combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, and computer engineering. They build, test, install, and calibrate mechatronics and solve technical problems.
Also known as mechatronic device technologist, mechatronic device technician, technician in mechatronics, mechatronics technician, technologist in mechatronics, technologist in mechatronic devices, mechatronics technologist, technician in mechatronic devices.
Technicians and associate professionals 63 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: robotics engineering technician, 78%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A mechatronics engineering technician needs 28 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- simulate mechatronic design concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
- follow standards for machinery safety assisting and caring
- install mechatronic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- assemble mechatronic units handling and moving
- test mechatronic units constructing
- computer engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- control engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- interpret circuit diagrams information skills
- robotics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- read assembly drawings information skills
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mechatronics engineering technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- robotics engineering technician 81% covered · difficulty 27.8
- automation engineering technician 79% covered · difficulty 30.1
- electronics engineering technician 67% covered · difficulty 43.3
- electromechanical engineering technician 63% covered · difficulty 47.8
- instrumentation engineering technician 55% covered · difficulty 55.6
- marine mechatronics technician 53% covered · difficulty 56.8
- computer hardware engineering technician 51% covered · difficulty 59.1
- sensor engineering technician 48% covered · difficulty 60.9
- mechatronics assembler 48% covered · difficulty 60.3
- microelectronics engineering technician 44% covered · difficulty 64.5
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How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a mechatronics engineering technician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.