BARBIE has proved she's got brains as well as beauty with a high-flying new job

Everyone's favourite doll has become a robotics engineer - and she's got a great new look to go with it.

©2017 Mattel. Barbie's got a serious new makeover for her very cool new job

The surprisingly youthful-looking 59-year-old has piled her platinum hair up into a high ponytail for her new role.

After all, she doesn't have the time to obsess over perfecting her long tresses any more.

And wearing it down just wouldn't be practical for work.

The last thing any engineer wants is their hair getting caught up in the machinery.

Barbie is now a robotics engineer and a new no-nonsense hairstyle

Barbie's also gone for a no-nonsense outfit - a white T-shirt, skinny jeans, white trainers and a denim, jacket.

The $14 dollar doll, which hasn't hit shelves in the UK just yet, comes in four skin tones with a pair of safety glasses completing Barbie's new look.

Also in the box is a toy laptop and a robot.

The new dolls are part of manufacturer Mattel's aim to encourage more girls into science jobs.

In Barbie's native US, only 24 per cent of science and technology workers are women, while in the UK, it's only around half that amount.

AP:Associated Press Barbie launched three dolls in its Inspiring Women range earlier this ear - Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo and Katherine Johnson

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Earlier this year, the company launched three new dolls in its Inspiring Women range - which included the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart.

Artist and activist Frida Kahlo and mathematics whizz Katherine Johnson - whose story was at the centre of the film Hidden Figures - completed the line up.

It also released a doll inspired by British Olympic boxing star Nicola Adams.

PA:Press Association British Olympic boxing superstar Nicola Adams has also been given the Barbie treatment

For the full lowdown on Barbie, including what her surname is, read our ultimate guide here.

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