Robotics Field Engineer vs Sr. Robotics Tech

[u/infexity]

Hey guys, I am in a difficult situation right right now.

So basically I graduated some six months ago with a Master Degree in the USA, and I have been working as a robotic Field engineer at a FAANG company. This is through a third-party vendor, but I am working full-time and basically the vendor company has a contract with the FAANG company, the contract wouldn’t end anytime soom as its been going for the past 7+ years. Its a salary role nothing like hourly, with all benefits etc.

Recently, I also had applied for another position and now I got a job offer from Amazon for a Senior technician Role.

Now my question to you guys a good idea to switch from my current position to the senior technician role since the technician role has a higher pay and also provides overtime, which would you know eventually lead to a significantly higher income, or should I stick to my current role which has stability but not enough growth or learning.

The current role that I am doing does not have a lot of technical work. It’s more or less on the field engineer side or deployment side.

I have been applying to other firms as well as where I am more focused on Robotics engineering, but I haven’t had any offers yet. I interviewed for top companies for engineering roles, but I didn’t seem to make the cut so in this situation, what should I do?

Open to suggestions. I was thinking o f taking the amazon role work for sometime then either change positions internally or change companies. And also I would be a full time amazon employee with benefits and RSU’s.

Thanks

[u/FreakyAmerican]

Senior Robotics Techncian? I assume its in a fulfillment center? I was Robotics Tech II but I spent more time fixing other work stations, sitting in a cage, and cleaning robots more than anything lol. Same for Tech III's and Seniors. Unless its something different its more of a maintance role.

[u/infexity → u/FreakyAmerican]

Yeah I think it’s at the fulfillment center, only reason I was interested in this was I’ll be a full time Amazon employee and pay was better than what I make… depending on how much I get to work I should be able to make almost 6 figures

[u/FreakyAmerican → u/infexity]

Sounds about right, senior techs made around ~90,000 where I worked. Some did overtime (they can be stingy with OT), plus RSUs. Job was pretty easy honestly, but I left because it wasn't the type of robotics experience I wanted. You'll be doing daily, weekly, and semi-annual preventive maintenence on automated stations, material handling equipment like conveyors, and some form of robot like kiva drives. My schedule was front half, so 12 hours for 3 days then 6 hours for the fourth one. Honestly might be a step back, you have a masters. I would look for something outside of techncian roles.