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Robotics Engineer Career Market Report 2026

1,408 active jobs. 294 companies. Median salary $146K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,408
Active Job Openings
294
Companies Hiring
$146K
Median Salary (US)
80%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Robotics Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 80% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $146K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $88K to $220K.

Robotics is the most-demanded skill at 100%

AI/LLM demand rose +9.6pp — fastest-growing skill

Amazon leads hiring with 194 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Lead (+$55K, +35%)

Salary increase: +$55K · Sample: Senior → Lead

AI automation risk: low (score 30/100)

Score: 30/100 · AI/LLM demand: 81% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior35$121K$160K$220K
Staff26$150K$166K$254K
Mid-Level20$80K$129K$210K
Junior16$66K$99K$130K
Manager9$150K$150K$191K
Lead5$190K$215K$254K
Director4$142K$238K$272K

What jumps out

Senior → Lead: +$55K (35%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States145$150KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site8.5%
Remote3.6%
Hybrid1.4%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Robotics
100%
AI/LLM
51%
Python
29%
Linux
12%
PLC Programming
10%
Commercial Real Estate
8%
Project Management
7%
CI/CD
6%
R
6%
Data Analysis
5%
PyTorch
5%
Rust
5%

Skills on the Rise

AI/LLM ↑+9.6ppPython ↑+8.9ppR ↑+6.3ppPyTorch ↑+5.4ppRust ↑+5.2pp

Declining in Demand

Mental Health ↓-19.1ppScheduling ↓-15.5ppElectrical ↓-13.2ppJournalism ↓-7.3ppSupply Chain ↓-6.5pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Amazon19413.8%
Jll564.0%
Andurilindustries443.1%
Hyphenconnect402.8%
impactkids362.6%
Analogdevices342.4%
Nvidia231.6%
Jj181.3%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States714
Germany30
Singapore22
Remote19
United Kingdom18
Ireland18
China17
Canada16

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree60.3%680
Master's Degree11.0%124
PhD / Doctorate8.2%92
Bachelor's Degree6.4%72
MBA0.3%3

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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