Learn about the types of people who become robotics engineers. This page goes into detail about the employment, gender, and ethnic ratios of the workplace.
Employment Type Mix, 2025
69% of robotics engineers work in full-time roles while 31% work part-time.
Gender Mix By Career Interest, 2025
This graph shows the distribution of females and males that are interested in becoming a robotics engineer. Four or five star ratings on CareerExplorer indicate interest.
More men than women are interested in becoming robotics engineers at a ratio of 5.31 to 1.
Actual Gender Mix, 2025
19% of robotics engineers are female and 81% are male.
Gender Bias, 2025
This is one of the most compelling statistics we collect. Gender bias shows the difference between gender interest in being a robotics engineer and the actual gender mix of people in the career.
If there is a significant difference, then it means there is a gender imbalance between those interested in becoming a robotics engineer and those who end up becoming one.
In this case there are more men interested in becoming a robotics engineer than those actually working as one. It is hard to pinpoint the exact reasons why, but there are likely various forces at play, from changing interests over time to societal norms and biases.
Ethnic Mix, 2019
The largest ethnic group of robotics engineers are White, making up 37% of the population. The next highest segments are South Asian and Black or African American, making up 15% and 12% respectively.