How to become an automotive engineering technician

Official title: Automotive engineering technician

Also called: Bus fleet engineering technician, Motor vehicle design checker, Vehicle production engineering technician, Master Technical Specialist, Section Supervisor/Foreman, Senior Technical Specialist, Senior Technician, Technical Specialist, Technician, Workshop Supervisor/Senior Foreman, Ÿ Bus fleet engineering technician

Automotive engineering technician performs technical tasks, normally under the direction of an automotive engineer, contributory to design, development and manufacture of road vehicles. He/she specialises in bodies, suspension systems, brakes and other mechanical components for road vehicles and may specialise in a particular type of vehicle or component.

Main tasks

• Providing technical assistance in research on and development of machines and mechanical installations, facilities and components, or testing prototypes related to transport equipment
• Designing and preparing layouts of transport equipment according to the specifications given
• Preparing detailed estimates of quantities and costs of materials and labour required for manufacture and installation according to the specifications given
• Monitoring technical aspects of manufacture, utilisation, maintenance and repair of transport equipment to ensure satisfactory performance and compliance with specifications and regulations
• Assembling and installing new and modified transport equipment’s mechanical assemblies, components, machine tools and controls, and hydraulic power systems
• Conducting tests of transport equipment, collecting and analysing data, and assembling and installing vehicle mechanical assemblies in support of transport and vehicle engineers
• Ensuring that transport equipment mechanical engineering designs and finished work are within specifications, regulations and contract provisions

Ways in

• Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Land Transport Engineering (Vehicle). You are employed by a company and study at ITE at the same time. Peernovo matched these from course names.
• Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Technical Engineer Diploma in Automotive Engineering. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $45,336 a year. The middle half earn $33,600 to $59,436 a year.
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Aeronautical engineering technician
• Marine surveyor (ship/nautical)
• Rolling stock engineering technician

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Questions people ask

How do I become an automotive engineering technician?

Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Work-study diploma.

How much does an automotive engineering technician earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $45,336 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $33,600 to $59,436.

Will AI change the work of an automotive engineering technician?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026