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Market evidence report — mechanical-engineering-technician
Source: 32 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 32), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-17. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 27 | 84 % |
| n/a | 3 | 9 % |
| senior | 2 | 6 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ArduPilot | 3 | 9 % |
| 2 | AUTOCAD | 3 | 9 % |
| 3 | Betaflight | 3 | 9 % |
| 4 | hand tools | 3 | 9 % |
| 5 | power tools | 3 | 9 % |
| 6 | PX4 | 3 | 9 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | troubleshooting | 7 | 22 % |
| 2 | blueprint reading | 5 | 16 % |
| 3 | fabrication | 4 | 12 % |
| 4 | machining | 4 | 12 % |
| 5 | mechanical assembly | 4 | 12 % |
| 6 | bill of materials creation | 3 | 9 % |
| 7 | calibration | 3 | 9 % |
| 8 | manufacturing process design | 3 | 9 % |
| 9 | mechanical maintenance | 3 | 9 % |
| 10 | production workflow development | 3 | 9 % |
| 11 | uav assembly | 3 | 9 % |
| 12 | uav testing | 3 | 9 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | equipment maintenance | 3 | 9 % |
| 2 | safety compliance | 3 | 9 % |
| 3 | technical documentation review | 3 | 9 % |
| 4 | tool maintenance | 3 | 9 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 32 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
32 ads.
Top hard skills:
- troubleshooting — 22 % (7 ads)
- blueprint reading — 16 % (5 ads)
- fabrication — 12 % (4 ads)
- machining — 12 % (4 ads)
- mechanical assembly — 12 % (4 ads)
- bill of materials creation — 9 % (3 ads)
- calibration — 9 % (3 ads)
- manufacturing process design — 9 % (3 ads)
- mechanical maintenance — 9 % (3 ads)
- production workflow development — 9 % (3 ads)
Top tools:
- ArduPilot — 9 % (3 ads)
- AUTOCAD — 9 % (3 ads)
- Betaflight — 9 % (3 ads)
- hand tools — 9 % (3 ads)
- power tools — 9 % (3 ads)
- PX4 — 9 % (3 ads)
- 3D printing — 6 % (2 ads)
- microscopes — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 6 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 84 % · n/a 9 % · senior 6 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering Technician | 8 |
| Engineering Technician | 4 |
| Associate Mechanical Engineering Technician | 2 |
| ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (MECHANICAL) | 2 |
| Senior Mechanical Engineering Technician | 2 |
| Associate Mechanical Engineering Technician Job Details | Leonardo DRS, Inc. |
| Automation Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technician II | 1 |
| Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical | 1 |
| Engineering / Industrial Lab Technician | 1 |
| Engineering Technician - 12hr nights | 1 |
| Engineering Technician - AutoCAD | 1 |
| Engineering Technician - Mechanical-Monroeville,Pennsylvania | 1 |
| Engineering Technician Mechanic | 1 |
| General Mechanical Technician | 1 |
| Maintenance/Engineering Technician - Mon - Thursday 6 AM to 6 PM | 1 |
| Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians | 1 |
| Mechanical/Industrial Engineer Technician | 1 |
| Senior Engineering Technician | 1 |
| Test Engineering Technician | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.