Where robotics takes you
Michigan Robotics graduates go on to careers across industry, academia, and government, building the future of autonomous systems, AI, medical devices, manufacturing, and more. Whether you're exploring what a robotics degree can do or actively job searching, we have resources to help.
Undergraduate outcomes
Founded in 2022, the Department of Robotics is young, but early outcomes are strong. As of spring 2025, 74 students have graduated with a Robotics degree. Graduates are entering industry roles across automotive, aerospace, autonomous systems, and technology, while many continue to graduate school at top programs.
Selected employers
- Automotive & mobility
- Bosch, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Gentex Corporation, Hyundai America, Nuro, Pratt Miller, Stellantis, and Tesla
- Aerospace & defense
- Draper, General Atomics, NASA JPL, Northrop Grumman, SpaceX, and Williams International
- Tech & software
- Amazon, Google, Intel, Renesas Electronics, Walmart, and Wazuh
- Robotics & industrial automation
- Amazon Robotics, Caterpillar, FANUC, Symbotic, VRSI, and wheel.me
- Medical & health
- AbbVie, Medtronic, Seoul National Hospital, and Stryker
- Energy & sustainability
- Our Next Energy and Remora
- Research & academia
- Carnegie Mellon and University of Michigan
Common job titles
- Robotics and Automation Engineer
- Autonomy Engineer
- Controls / Systems and Controls Engineer
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Software Engineer
- Integration and Test Engineer
- Infrastructure Engineer
Graduate school destinations
- University of Michigan (many through SUGS)
- Carnegie Mellon University
- École Polytechnique
- Georgia Tech
- MIT
- Stanford University
- UIUC
- University of Pennsylvania
Explore other data
The Robotics major is new, so program-specific undergraduate salary data is not yet available. The Engineering Career Resource Center publishes salary, employer, and graduate school data for all Michigan Engineering programs. Robotics-specific salary data is not yet included, but employer and graduate school destination data is available.
Graduate outcomes
Michigan Robotics PhD and MS graduates are leaders in academia, industry research labs, and startups around the world. Our alumni hold positions at organizations including major tech companies, national labs, and top-tier universities. Explore alumni-reported data through the Engineering Career Resource Center.
Selected employers
- Automotive & mobility
- Aptiv, Applied Intuition, Aurora Innovation, Bosch, DENSO, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Gentex Corporation, Honda, Hyundai Mobis, Kodiak Robotics, Lear, Magna, May Mobility, Motional, Rivian, Stellantis, Tesla, Toyota, Toyota Research Institute, Tusimple, Waymo, and Zoox
- Aerospace & defense
- Aurora Flight Sciences, Blue Origin, Boeing, Collins Aerospace, GE Aviation, General Dynamics, Honeywell, Johns Hopkins APL, Lockheed Martin, NASA JPL, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Shield AI, and SpaceX
- Tech & software
- Amazon, Apple, Dell, Deloitte, Google, IBM, Intel, KLA, KPMG, MathWorks, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Samsung, Texas Instruments, and Virtualitics
- Robotics & industrial automation
- Boston Dynamics, FANUC, Gideon Brothers, Kuka, National Instruments, Parker Hannifin, Path Robotics, RIOS Intelligent Machines, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, and Symbotic
- Medical & health
- Eli Lilly, Epic, Intuitive Surgical, Johnson & Johnson, and Stryker
- Energy & manufacturing
- Consumers Energy, John Deere, Our Next Energy, Procter & Gamble, and Whirlpool
- Research & academia
- Battelle, Sixth Extinction, Southwest Research Institute, SRI International, and University of Michigan
Common job titles
- Applied Scientist
- Research Scientist
- Software Engineer
- Robotics Software Engineer
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Perception Engineer
- Computer Vision Engineer
- Controls Engineer
- Autonomy Engineer
- SLAM Engineer
- Research Engineer
- Data Scientist
Alumni spotlight: Gideon Billings
BS ECE '16, MS ROB '19, PhD ROB '21
Gideon Billings develops autonomous underwater robots at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute that can explore under Arctic ice for months at a time.
Read his story (opens in new tab)Postdoc & faculty placements
- University of Washington
- Stanford University
- UC Berkeley
- Arizona State University
- Brigham Young University
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Iowa
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- UIUC
- Vanderbilt University
- University of Alabama
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Ohio Northern University
- Cleveland Clinic
- Penn State University
- Syracuse University
- Harvard University
- MIT
- Northeastern University
- Hospital for Special Surgery
- UC Louvain
- ETH Zurich
- Empa (Switzerland)
- Military Institute of Engineering (Brazil)
- Yonsei University
- Incheon National University
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- US Naval Academy
- Virginia Tech
- Ohio State University
- Sungkyunkwan University
- Wayne State University
- Oklahoma State University
- University of Rochester
- University of Maine
- SUNY at Buffalo
Career resources
Engineering Career Resource Center
Career fairs, resume reviews, mock interviews, job postings, and career counseling for all Michigan Engineering students.
Pathways speaker series
What can I do with a robotics degree? Professionals from a variety of robotics career paths share their experiences, followed by Q&A. Held every other Wednesday.
Alumni outcomes
See where Michigan Robotics graduates have landed across industry, academia, and government.
Robotics jobs MCommunity
The Robotics Jobs MCommunity (opens in new tab) is an email list with curated internship opportunities, full-time positions, and research openings posted by employers and faculty. Learn how to join an MCommunity group (opens in new tab) to subscribe.
Hire our students
Michigan Robotics students are trained to work across sensing, computation, control, hardware, and human interaction. Through structured concentrations in areas like perception and reasoning, dynamics and control, and hardware and sensors, graduates bring both systems-level thinking and focused technical depth. They are prepared for roles spanning robotics engineering, autonomy, controls, software, and machine learning.
Job postings should be sent to the Engineering Career Resource Center (ECRC), which hosts an online system accessible to all of our students.