What is an Industrial Automation Engineer?

This page aims to offer a clear and detailed definition of what an automation engineer is, highlighting their responsibilities, skills and the fundamental role they play in various industries. Join us as we explore the ins and outs of this dynamic profession, and how automation engineers drive innovation, efficiency and reliability in the modern world of automation.

Automation engineers use technology to improve, optimize, and automate manufacturing processes.

Think of them like the all-in-one engineering knife
They need to have a strong understanding of all disciplines that support automation and be reliable in their ability to apply them.

Required technical skills include:

  • Robotics
  • Industrial controls
  • Basic mechanical design
  • Programming
  • Troubleshooting

Good verbal, written and listening skills are essential

creative thinking
Automation engineers are expected to ask and answer: How can this task be done better? Faster? Safer?

We do not offer simple job positions, we build career paths.

We are proud to say that AUS has fostered the professional development of several specialists in the automation industry. At AUS, we believe our distinctive value lies in our human capital; therefore, the most critical decisions we make concern the excellence of the profiles we integrate into our organization.

Our engineers are our daily ambassadors: in every meeting, every consultation, and the implementation of every system, they represent our identity before the many clients with whom we operate. We entrust our reputation and our future vision to the competence of our team.

We nurture a deep passion for innovation and promote a stimulating and merit-based work environment, offering compensation packages of definite interest and aligned with the highest market standards.