Are you looking for an Industrial Automation job?
And if so, in which functional area of automation,
would you apply and use your talents and knowledge towards.
There are many automation jobs types for sure.
And it doesn’t mean if you pick a particular job
you will stay with it throughout your career.
Like any other career, you will have career goals,
and learn about job opportunities along the way.
So, get your foot in the door of a good organization,
learn and grow.
These job functions will range from starting out your career
perhaps as an Instrument and Electrical Technician,
and then more advanced skill sets are required
for Programmable Logic Controller Programmers,
Electrical and Controls design,
and then into IT related functions
such as business and process control network segmenting,
database management administration duties for database design,
SQL scripting for regulatory report generation
and historical data collection.
Some of the exciting and challenging jobs
performed by Industrial Controls Automation professionals are:
Automation Product Manger
Project Management, Automation
Industrial Automation Sales
Automation Controls Engineer
Automation Application Engineer
Field Systems Engineering
PLC Programmer
Automation Technician
This rewarding industry is in great demand for automation professionals like you,
so join in this session to help get the upper edge on your next interview meeting.
We will give you an idea of some job descriptions
and provide some insight
to prepare you with some frequently asked questions for your next job interview.
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The Automation Technician:
will provide routine diagnostic checks,
repair and maintain instruments,
electrical wiring, mechanical plumbing, and control systems.
They are fluent in and, in some cases, have certified knowledge of electronics,
mechanics and programmable logic controllers.
The Field Systems Engineer:
will travel and provide on site technical direction to customers
to engineering and operations departments,
complete installation,
make field related adjustments to programing,
and commissioning of related automated equipment.
The Automation Engineer:
will design, program, simulate and commission automated machines
and plant wide processes to perform many job functions.
Depending on the size of the organization
this engineer will perform some or all of these responsibilities.
The Industrial Automation Sales Engineer:
will be able to perform all of the duties of an Automation Engineer,
and in many cases, the Field Systems Engineer and Technician.
Just as important they will have the skill sets
to effectively develop and execute sales of automation solutions.
So, what can you earn as an Automation professional?
Of course, this varies on where you live,
but according to our most recent research
the salary compensation for United States and Germany for example
are on the average of $90,400 a year
and 81.000 € per year respectively.
The average salary of an Automation Engineer is $90,411 per year in the United States.
Salary estimates are based on 3,356 salaries submitted anonymously to "Indeed"
by Automation Engineer employees, users,
and collected from past and present job advertisements on Indeed
in the past 36 months.
The typical tenure for an Automation Engineer is 1-3 years.
The average automation engineer salary in Germany is 80.967 €
or an equivalent hourly rate of 39 €.
In addition, they earn an average bonus of 3.101 €.
Salary estimates based on salary survey data collected directly from employers
and anonymous employees in Germany.
The job description and degree of responsibilities vary
and so you should align your capabilities with the experience required.
Get your foot in the door and prove yourself to get the next level of experience,
this could happen very fast, so keep learning.
Now that we have learned about the Automation Job types
let's continue to learn more about some of the questions you'll be asked
during an interview,
in our next video,
"How to Prepare for the Interview Questions as an Automation Engineer?".
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