automation engineer
Automation engineers research, design, and develop applications and systems for the automation of the production process. They implement technology and reduce, whenever applicable, human input to reach the full potential of industrial robotics. Automation engineers oversee the process and ensure all systems run safely and smoothly.
Also called: manufacturing engineer in automation, engineer in automated systems, agricultural automation engineer, specialist in automated systems, unmanned vessel engineer, specialist in automation systems, vessel autonomy engineer, mining automation engineer
- 45
- essential skills
- 64
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2141
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
45- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- approve engineering design
- automatic control system
- automation technology
- computer engineering
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- control engineering
- define technical requirements
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design automation components
- design drawings
- design prototypes
- develop electronic test procedures
- develop mechatronic test procedures
- electrical engineering
- electronics
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- gather technical information
- industrial engineering
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- manufacturing processes
- mathematics
- mechanical engineering
- mechatronics
- monitor manufacturing quality standards
- operate open source software
- perform project management
- physics
- prepare production prototypes
- production processes
- record test data
- report analysis results
- robotic components
- robotics
- sensors
- simulate mechatronic design concepts
- synthesise information
- technical drawings
- think abstractly
- use technical drawing software
Optional skills
64- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- assemble hardware components
- assemble mechatronic units
- assemble sensors
- build business relationships
- CAE software
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate with customers
- conduct research across disciplines
- coordinate engineering teams
- create technical plans
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- design firmware
- develop product design
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft bill of materials
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- electromechanics
- evaluate research activities
- examine engineering principles
- firmware
- follow standards for machinery safety
- guidance, navigation and control
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- install automation components
- install mechatronic equipment
- install software
- integrate gender dimension in research
- maintain control systems for automated equipment
- maintain robotic equipment
- maintain safe engineering watches
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- marine technology
- maritime law
- mentor individuals
- microelectromechanical systems
- microelectronics
- model based system engineering
- monitor automated machines
- perform resource planning
- perform scientific research
- perform test run
- program firmware
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- quality standards
- replace machines
- safety engineering
- set up automotive robot
- speak different languages
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- test mechatronic units
- test sensors
- use CAD software
- use CAM software
- write routine reports
- write scientific publications
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