Works alongside automotive engineers to build, instrument and test vehicles and their components — assembling prototypes, running dynamometer and durability tests, fitting sensors and data loggers, and reporting the results that drive design changes. Sits between the design office and the workshop, and is distinct from the service-bay technician who diagnoses and repairs customer vehicles.
Pay
$48,400
Lower reported wage
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Not available in our data
$106,050
Upper reported wage
Annual U.S. salaries. Actual pay varies by location, employer, and experience. The lower and upper figures do not represent starting and senior salaries.
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Annual median review, October 27, 2026: The stored BLS occupation includes a broader population than this specialty, title, or credential. No separate annual median for this role has been verified in the reviewed source, so the broader occupation median is not presented as its own. O*NET identifies Automotive Engineering Technicians as 17-3027.01, within the broader Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians category 17-3027. Sources: https://www.bls.gov/oes/2025/may/oes_stru.htm . Existing employment and projection figures were not refreshed.
SOC 17-3027BLS OEWS May 2025 occupation scope review; role-specific annual median unavailableVerified 2026-10-27View on BLS
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