Can AI Replace Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in 2026?

Lower exposure. AI could handle about 52% of today's electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians tasks by 2036, and there is a 21% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI both assists and takes over tasks.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

29%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

11% 2030 · 21% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

1.6 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Avionics Technicians10% risk by 2036 Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers6% risk by 2036 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General7% risk by 2036

Your plan

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Maintain system logs or manuals to document testing or operation of equipment".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Calculate design specifications or cost, material, and resource estimates, and prepare project schedules and budgets".Get visibly better at your human core: "Modify, maintain, or repair electronics equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Avionics Technicians.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Avionics Technicians — 10% chance of contraction by 2036
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers — 6% chance of contraction by 2036
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General — 7% chance of contraction by 2036

Similar occupations

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer · Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians · Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment · Electrical Engineers

Based on 30 O*NET tasks for "Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians" (SOC 17-3023.00). LLM alone: 19% of tasks; with AI tools: 62%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10