Autonomous Vehicle Technician
Also posted as Also posted as: Autonomous Vehicle Tech, Specialist, Maintenance Tech, Service Tech
An autonomous vehicle technician maintains, calibrates, and repairs autonomous vehicles and their sensor systems, blending traditional vehicle skills with cameras, lidar, and compute. It's a hands-on job in AV depots and test fleets, and most people start with a certificate or short, hands-on training program, not a four-year degree.
Below: what it pays, what you'd do, the skills you need, and how to become one.
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How much does it pay?
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Maintain AV platforms
Service the vehicle base plus the sensors and compute stacked on it.
Calibrate sensors
Align and verify cameras, lidar, and radar so the vehicle sees true.
Troubleshoot systems
Diagnose faults across vehicle, electrical, and autonomy hardware.
Support fleet operations
Prep, inspect, and recover vehicles to keep the fleet in service.
What skills do you need?
Three core skills sit at the heart of this role. You can learn all of them through short, hands-on training.
Electrical
Installing, testing, and troubleshooting electrical circuits and components safely.
Electronics
Testing, repairing, and replacing circuit boards, sensors, and electronic assemblies.
Diagnostics
Systematically isolating faults using test equipment, software tools, and logic.
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