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Market evidence report — robotics-engineer
Source: 46 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 46), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 35 | 76 % |
| senior | 6 | 13 % |
| n/a | 2 | 4 % |
| junior | 2 | 4 % |
| lead | 1 | 2 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python | 9 | 20 % |
| 2 | C++ | 5 | 11 % |
| 3 | Linux | 5 | 11 % |
| 4 | ROS2 | 5 | 11 % |
| 5 | Docker | 4 | 9 % |
| 6 | Gazebo | 4 | 9 % |
| 7 | Matlab | 4 | 9 % |
| 8 | ROS | 4 | 9 % |
| 9 | ROS / ROS2 | 4 | 9 % |
| 10 | Isaac Sim | 3 | 7 % |
| 11 | ROS 2 | 3 | 7 % |
| 12 | SolidWorks | 3 | 7 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | system integration | 14 | 30 % |
| 2 | software development | 13 | 28 % |
| 3 | motion planning | 7 | 15 % |
| 4 | localization | 6 | 13 % |
| 5 | sensor integration | 6 | 13 % |
| 6 | path planning | 5 | 11 % |
| 7 | robotics | 5 | 11 % |
| 8 | troubleshooting | 5 | 11 % |
| 9 | control systems design | 4 | 9 % |
| 10 | kinematics | 4 | 9 % |
| 11 | perception | 4 | 9 % |
| 12 | requirements analysis | 4 | 9 % |
| 13 | software design | 4 | 9 % |
| 14 | software testing | 4 | 9 % |
| 15 | algorithm design | 3 | 7 % |
| 16 | data analysis | 3 | 7 % |
| 17 | dynamics | 3 | 7 % |
| 18 | hardware development | 3 | 7 % |
| 19 | mapping | 3 | 7 % |
| 20 | plc programming | 3 | 7 % |
| 21 | sensor fusion | 3 | 7 % |
| 22 | simulation | 3 | 7 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLAM | 5 | 11 % |
| 2 | agentic AI | 3 | 7 % |
| 3 | multi-agent coordination | 3 | 7 % |
| 4 | rapid prototyping | 3 | 7 % |
| 5 | version control | 3 | 7 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | software development | 8 | 17 % |
| 2 | system integration | 7 | 15 % |
| 3 | system testing | 5 | 11 % |
| 4 | algorithm implementation | 3 | 7 % |
| 5 | documentation | 3 | 7 % |
| 6 | problem solving | 3 | 7 % |
| 7 | software design | 3 | 7 % |
| 8 | software implementation | 3 | 7 % |
| 9 | technical documentation | 3 | 7 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 46 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
46 ads.
Top hard skills:
- system integration — 30 % (14 ads)
- software development — 28 % (13 ads)
- motion planning — 15 % (7 ads)
- localization — 13 % (6 ads)
- sensor integration — 13 % (6 ads)
- path planning — 11 % (5 ads)
- robotics — 11 % (5 ads)
- troubleshooting — 11 % (5 ads)
- control systems design — 9 % (4 ads)
- kinematics — 9 % (4 ads)
Top tools:
- Python — 20 % (9 ads)
- C++ — 11 % (5 ads)
- Linux — 11 % (5 ads)
- ROS2 — 11 % (5 ads)
- Docker — 9 % (4 ads)
- Gazebo — 9 % (4 ads)
- Matlab — 9 % (4 ads)
- ROS — 9 % (4 ads)
- ROS / ROS2 — 9 % (4 ads)
- Isaac Sim — 7 % (3 ads)
Seniority: mid 76 % · senior 13 % · n/a 4 % · junior 4 % · lead 2 %
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 |
|---|---|
| Robotics Engineer | 6 |
| 2026 Graduate - Subsea Robotics Engineer - Maritime Robotics | 1 |
| Automation Systems Engineer | 1 |
| Autonomous Systems Engineer | 1 |
| Controls Engineer, Robotics | 1 |
| Controls/Embedded Software Engineer-Robotics | 1 |
| Electrical Engineer- Robotics Engineering | 1 |
| Embedded Systems & Robotics Engineer | 1 |
| Field Robotics Engineer, Applications Onsite Troubleshooter | 1 |
| Junior Robotics Engineer | 1 |
| Lead Robotics/Controls Engineer | 1 |
| Manufacturing Robotics Engineer (PLC / Robotics) | 1 |
| Maritime Robotics Systems Engineer | 1 |
| Mechanical Engineer - Robotics | 1 |
| NIST PREP Robotics and Perception Engineer | 1 |
| Robotic Mechanical Engineer | 1 |
| Robotic Operations Engineer - Pharmaceutical | 1 |
| Robotics & Automation Project Engineer | 1 |
| Robotics & UAS Software Engineer | 1 |
| Robotics Engineer – Path Planning for Multi-Arm Systems | 1 |
| Robotics Engineer (Path Planning) | 1 |
| Robotics Engineer for Tailored Autonomous Systems | 1 |
| Robotics Engineer, Deployment | 1 |
| Robotics Engineer, Solar Innovation | 1 |
| Robotics Engineer: Autonomous Systems & Research | 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.