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.

The most in-demand skills for this role include production processes, engineering principles, manufacturing processes, design drawings, electrical engineering, mathematics. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives automation engineer a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.