Plant automation has historically been the responsibility of the control system engineer—you know, the instrumentation guy, the DCS guy, the PLC and HMI guy. Interfaces were straightforward with ...

Certification programs like those offered by Cisco and Juniper Networks can help network engineers document their proficiency in network automation. Modern networks require more dynamic changes than ...

UL’s Dr Eoin Hinchy talks about the past, present and future of industrial automation, and how trends such as AI and mechatronics are making their mark. In order to understand just how far industrial ...

The financial situation of the average automation engineer got a nice boost in 2018. As the salary of the average automation professional rose for the fifth consecutive year, our salary survey found ...

CEBU, Philippines — When CEOs from major companies in the US and other parts of the world are talking about this new job, it’s not a coincidence, it’s a career trend. The Automation Engineer seems to ...

Automation takes mechanization one step further. While mechanization replaces manual labor with machines, automation replaces human guidance with controls hardware, computers, and programming (PCs, ...

The salary of the average automation professional continued to rise for a fourth consecutive year in 2017. The results of the 2017 salary survey show that the average salary increased globally, albeit ...

You can find a LinkedIn group for almost any engineering topic. The trick is to find groups that are active with a lot of ongoing discussions. Some of the groups we found are for members only, but ...