Mechatronics Engineers

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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

16% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): This occupation appears difficult to replace end-to-end with current or near-future automation, including AI software and robotics. Roles in this range usually depend on human judgement, creativity, care, leadership, specialist expertise, or adapting to messy real-world situations. AI and machines may still change parts of the work, but the occupation is likely to remain a distinct human role.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Thinking creatively

Very important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Decision-making and problem solving

Very important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Instructing

Quite important
Why this matters
Teaching or coaching others—explaining steps, giving feedback, and adapting to different learners so they can do the work safely and correctly.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Quite important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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Developing objectives and strategies

Quite important
Why this matters
Sets long-term goals and chooses strategies and actions to reach them, weighing tradeoffs and adapting plans as conditions change.
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Active learning

Quite important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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Operations analysis

Quite important
Why this matters
Figure out what people need and what a product must do, then translate those requirements into a workable design.
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What users think

Based on 210 votes

29% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 16% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Mechatronics Engineers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

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Pay & outlook

Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Engineers, All Other was $117,750 ($57 per hour).

The median annual wage for Engineers, All Other was 137.9% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Engineers, All Other' job openings is expected to rise 2.1% by 2034

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 150,750 people employed as 'Engineers, All Other' within the United States.

This represents around 0.10% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 1 thousand people are employed as 'Engineers, All Other'.

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What people are saying (5)

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Zak Cullen (Uncertain)
11 Jun 2025 00:41
The decisions a mechatronics engineer makes are more formulaic/repetitive than in mechanical or electrical but less repetitive than in electronic... it's hard to make a judgement on this one. Anything management, realworld judgement and value based (as in wants/priorities decisions, not numeric meaning of values), is very difficult to replace with AI as AI can't want or experience the way humans do.
Mr. shaworma (Highly likely)
14 Jan 2024 17:02
just because the logaritmic (or exponential) nature of AI growth
Laitha (No chance)
17 Jun 2023 16:06
Without preparation there is nothing,no feed no grow,there must be something big which is more than AI,human brain canno be replaced,this is unlimited ,if you create anything that is upto limited according to your thought
mo (Low)
23 Oct 2022 23:11
Mechatronics is The creator, it's like the god of robots.
Bob (No chance)
30 Aug 2022 20:58
We are the ones who design, build, and program the robots. There is no chance in the next 20 years we will have self building & programming robots.
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Job description

Research, design, develop, or test automation, intelligent systems, smart devices, or industrial systems control.

O*NET-SOC code: 17-2199.05