Automation Engineer Staffing & Recruitment Services 

Are you production bottlenecks limiting your throughput? Do you need to implement new robotics or manufacturing equipment? Or does your new data center require infrastructure automation? Automation engineers improve your organization’s efficiency and reduce the need for human intervention by designing, developing, and maintaining systems that support automation.

From assembly line robotics and manufacturing control systems to cloud infrastructure automation and automating facility and IT infrastructure in data centers, the automation engineer is your go-to specialist.

Organizations across industries including automation, data centers, industrial manufacturing, and pharmaceutical are always in need of automation engineers. Without these technical specialists, company processes would not be optimized, and human error could not be minimized.

But this broad demand also makes finding the right automation engineer with the right industry experience and knowledge a challenge. What if you’re looking for a network automation engineer, a specialized AI automation engineer, or an industrial automation engineer?

What Does an Electrical Engineer Do? 

Automation engineers design, develop, implement, and maintain automated systems that help streamline and automate manual processes in industrial, manufacturing, and technology settings.

Automation engineers do more than just create these automated systems—they typically are also responsible for monitoring systems, testing and optimizing workflows, and continually analyzing operations for new ways to automate processes. Their continued work means companies can grow in efficiency and be less prone to human error, which reduces the associated costs that come with those errors.

Based on the industry they work in and their assigned projects, an automation engineer typically has duties such as:

Developing automation solutions
Programming PLCs and HMIs
Designing electrical schematics, network architectures, and control panel layouts
Troubleshooting automated equipment
Performing system testing and commissioning
Improving production workflows
Optimizing automation systems and supporting other continuous improvement initiatives

Automation Engineer Skills & Qualifications You Can Expect

At Provato Staffing, every automation engineer candidate is thoroughly screened and vetted for their technical expertise and past project experience. This ensures that any candidate you see has the in-demand skills and knowledge that your organization needs to embrace automation and the latest developments.

Depending on individual candidate experience and the kinds of past projects they’ve worked on, you can expect an automation engineer candidate to have skills and qualifications such as:

  • PLC programming with languages such as Ladder Logic and Function Block
  • Language proficiency in Python, C++, or Java
  • Expertise in SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), HMI (Human-Machine Interfaces), and DCS (Distributed Control Systems)
  • Process automation such as for continuous flow control, batch processing, and managing variable regulation
  • Designing control panels and programming electronic components for safe power regulation and proper signal conditioning
  • QA automation such as building CI/CD pipelines for automated software testing and deployment workflows
  • Configuring industrial ethernet such as Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP, and PROFINET for machine communication
  • Writing scripts in Terraform or Ansible for automated configuration of server networks
  • Working with cloud architecture and managing automated scaling within Azure, AWS, or GCP
  • Certifications such as ISA’s CAP (Certified Automation Professional) or certifications for vendor-specific systems like Siemens or Rockwell

Automation Engineering Recruiting & Staffing Solutions

Provato Staffing specializes in recruiting automation engineers because our staffers have a background in IT and engineering. From performing technical screening and vetting to keeping track of the most up-to-date market data such as automation engineer salary, Provato double-checks every candidate to ensure they are ready to fill your automation engineer vacancy.

Provato Staffing offers automation engineering staffing for any hiring initiative including:

  • Permanent hire
  • Temporary hire
  • Temp-to-Permanent hire
  • Project-based automation engineering contracts

Industries That Hire Automation Engineers

Automation engineers are in high demand for many industries including:

  • Automotive Manufacturing

  • Industrial Manufacturing

  • Data centers

  • Food & Beverage

  • Pharmaceuticals

  • Logistics & Warehousing

  • Consumer Products

  • Packaging

  • Energy