Compare A Civil Engineering Technician ↔ B Mechatronics Engineer
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No pay difference shown for this route: mechatronics Engineer: OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Controls Technician: license depends on the work (Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8)).
- Move 2, to Mechatronics Engineer: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Mechatronics Engineer hold one).
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Civil Engineering Technician to Controls Technician
- O*NET lists Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.59 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8)).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Controls Technician to Mechatronics Engineer
- O*NET lists Mechatronics Engineers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.78 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Mechatronics Engineer hold one).
Side by side
Mechatronics Engineer: 58% work more than 40 hours a week, about 3.9 times the share for Civil Engineering Technician (15%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
OEWS pay for an 'All Other' group; not specific to this occupation.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +10.0% Texas, 560 openings a year
B +11.7% Texas, 690 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.1 / 5-0.51.6 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather-2.16Outdoors, all weather: A 3.52, B 1.36
- Very hot or cold-1.38Very hot or cold: A 2.64, B 1.26
- Hazardous equipment-0.57Hazardous equipment: A 2.92, B 2.35
- High places-0.44High places: A 1.67, B 1.23
- Walking or running-0.41Walking or running: A 2.27, B 1.86
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 18% do).
B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 67%).
License
A No license for this job title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).
B Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 8 years, up to and including 10 years (O*NET: 31%).
B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 29%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Mathematics
- Monitoring
To build: 6
- Technology Design +1.37
- Operation and Control +0.88
- Quality Control Analysis +0.88
- Learning Strategies +0.87
- Complex Problem Solving +0.76
- Judgment and Decision Making +0.76
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