marine engineering technician

Marine engineering technicians carry out technical functions to help marine engineers with the design, development, manufacturing and testing processes, installation and maintenance of all types of boats from pleasure crafts to naval vessels, including submarines. They also conduct experiments, collect and analyse data and report their findings.

The most in-demand skills for this role include engineering principles, material mechanics, mechanics of vessels, mathematics, physics, engineering processes. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives marine engineering technician 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.