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mechatronics assembler

Mechatronics assemblers assemble and maintain complex mechatronic equipment and machines, such as robots, elevators, and advanced home appliances. They build the mechanical, electrical, and electronic components, install software, set the systems in operation, and maintain and repair the components and systems.

mechatronics assembler mechatronics assemblers assemble and maintain complex mechatronic equipment and machines, such as robots, elevators, and advanced home appliances. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include safety engineering, quality standards, electronics, computer equipment, mechatronics.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £31,919 a year for Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods) (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £26,562 to £40,274 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 8142). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Plant and machine operators and assemblers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only mechatronics assembler, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹18,618 a month
Rural India
₹16,257 a month
All India
₹17,301 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 8. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

safety engineering quality standards electronics computer equipment mechatronics apply soldering techniques apply assembly techniques monitor machine operations read assembly drawings troubleshoot

Frequently asked questions

What does mechatronics assembler do?

Mechatronics assemblers assemble and maintain complex mechatronic equipment and machines, such as robots, elevators, and advanced home appliances. They build the mechanical, electrical, and electronic components, install software, set the systems in operation, and maintain and repair the components and systems.

What skills does mechatronics assembler need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include safety engineering, quality standards, electronics, computer equipment, mechatronics, apply soldering techniques. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace mechatronics assembler?

Our AI-durability model gives mechatronics assembler a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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