Will “Automation Engineer” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

4.2% Chance of Automation

“Automation Engineer” will not be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #130 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

Job Description

Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customize software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency. May analyze and design databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team. May supervise computer programmers.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 15-1132.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 104,300.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 50.00
Currently, there are 794,000 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Software Developers, Applications”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Automation Engineer”

Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
Specify power supply requirements and configuration.
Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure specifications are met.
Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan computer specifications and layouts, and peripheral equipment modifications.
Consult with customers about software system design and maintenance.
Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration.
Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.
Train users to use new or modified equipment.
Determine system performance standards.
Supervise the work of programmers, technologists and technicians and other engineering and scientific personnel.
Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.
Recommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, and humidity in area of system installation.
Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance.
Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.

Related Technology & Tools

Personal digital assistants PDA
Flash disks
Computer servers
Application servers
Logic analyzers
In circuit emulators ICE
Digital cameras
Notebook computers
Mainframe computers
Desktop computers

Extensible markup language XML
Web server software
MEDITECH software
Integrated development environment IDE software
SAP Business Objects
FileMaker Pro
StataCorp Stata
Adobe Systems Adobe Flex
Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP
American National Standards Institute ANSI C
McAfee
Python
ABC: the AspectBench Compiler for AspectJ
Autodesk AutoCAD
Integration testing software
Microsoft Project
Delphi Technology
Spring Framework
Source code editor software
NetSuite ERP
Puppet
Tableau
Programming language one PL/I
Load testing software
Data entry software
C++
Relational database management software
LexisNexis
Oracle JDBC
Git
Hypertext markup language HTML
Oberon
Allaire ColdFusion
Computer Associates integrated data management system CA-IDMS
Verilog
Call-processing language CPL
Recovery testing software
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Forth
Deployment software
Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE
Collaborative Application Markup Language CAML
Apache Spark
IBM Power Systems software
Distributed component object model DCOM software
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SAS
C
JavaScript
Microsoft ASP.NET
SAP Crystal Reports
Apple Final Cut Pro
Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
List processing language LISP
Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
Hewlett Packard HP-UX
IBM Rational Rose XDE Developer
jQuery
Eclipse IDE
Autodesk Revit
Migration software
Encryption software
Restructured extended executor REXX
Virtual private networking VPN software
Microsoft Internet Information Service IIS
Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
Apache Subversion SVN
Symantec
IBM Rational Requisite Pro
IBM Notes
Microsoft SQL Server
Google AngularJS
Blackboard
Mutation testing software
IEA Software Emerald
Apache Struts
Computer assisted software engineering CASE software
Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
ADO.NET
Microsoft PowerPoint
Cascading Style Sheets CSS
SPSS
Linux
Wireshark
Component-based Scalable Logical Architecture CSLA
Apache Hbase
Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
Google AdWords
Embarcadero Delphi
PostgreSQL
Oracle Eloqua
Unified modeling language UML
Graphical user interface GUI builder software
Extensible HyperText Markup Language XHTML
Bigloo Scheme
Talend Big Data Integration
Structured Query Report SQR
Unit testing software
Defect tracking software
Microsoft Windows
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
Microsoft ActiveX
Perforce Helix software
Epic Systems
MongoDB
MUMPS M
Interoperability testing software
YouTube
Microsoft Office
Splunk Enterprise
IBM Rational ClearCase
SAP Netweaver
UNIX
LAMP Stack
Beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code BASIC
Human resource management software HRMS
IBM DB2
Microsoft .NET Framework
Extensible stylesheet language transformations XSLT
Ubuntu
Apache Hive
Pascal
Hibernate ORM
Oracle PeopleSoft
SAP
Sybase
Ruby on Rails
Adobe Systems Adobe Flash
Smalltalk
Red Hat WildFly
Qlik Tech QlikView
Apache Solr
Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
Microsoft Dynamics
Teradata Database
KornShell
Patch management software
MicroStrategy
ICON programming language
Node.js
Data manipulation language DML
IBM Middleware
Veritas NetBackup
R
Event-driven State-machines Programming
Advanced business application programming ABAP
Oracle Solaris
Microsoft Visual Basic.NET
Embedded systems development software
Ada
Oracle Hyperion
Interface definition language IDL
Self
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft Excel
ABC Compiler
Google Analytics
Bentley MicroStation
Prolog
Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
Computer On-line Real-time Applications Language CORAL 66
Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
Apache Avro
E++ pattern language
Minitab
Test implementation software
Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Apache Pig
Emerald Software Group Emerald Green Office
B-Method
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
Oracle Java
Requirements management software
Apache Hadoop
Amazon Kinesis
Amazon DynamoDB
XML Path Language XPATH
Stress testing software
Citrix
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Modula
Embarcadero JBuilder
Drupal
CA Erwin Data Modeler
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript
Automated installation software
Usability testing software
Data analysis software
Static analysis software
Functional testing software
Microsoft Visio
Version control software
Microsoft PowerShell
Enterprise application integration EAI software
Hewlett Packard LoadRunner
String oriented symbolic language SNOBOL
Salesforce software
Eiffel
Common business oriented language COBOL
Oracle PeopleSoft Financials
Apache Flume
Gambit Scheme
IBM Rational PurifyPlus
Dynamic analysis software
Enterprise JavaBeans
Oracle Fusion Applications
Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
Oracle DBMS
Test design software
Symantec Visual Cafe
The MathWorks MATLAB
Objective C
Microsoft Word
Web service definition language WDSL
IBM Domino
MySQL
National Instruments LabVIEW
Apache Maven
A programming language APL
Sybase PowerBuilder
Microsoft Visual Basic
Transact-SQL
Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript
Sybase SQL Server
Microsoft ESP SDK
Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
J
Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
Object Management Group Object Request Broker
Data definition language DDL
Oracle WebLogic Server
ESRI ArcGIS software
IBM Rational ClearQuest
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
AWK
Sun Microsystems Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition J2EE
Apache Tomcat
EXT js
Scheme programming language
Ruby
Swift
Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects
PTC Creo Parametric
Atlassian JIRA
Oracle PL/SQL
Apache Cassandra
Algorithmic language ALGOL
Apache HTTP Server
Migration testing software
AJAX
Haskell
Regression testing software
Component object model COM software
Customer information control system CICS
Apache Oozie
IBM WebSphere
Microsoft SharePoint
Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
Job control language JCL
Security testing software
Structured query language SQL
Objective Caml
Microsoft Visual C# .NET
Dassault Systemes CATIA
Microsoft Access
C#
Talend Data Fabric
Microsoft Visual Studio
Common Lisp Object System CLOS
NoSQL
Microsoft Publisher
IBM InfoSphere DataStage
IBM Cognos Impromptu
Microsoft Outlook
Interstate connection ICON
Nagios
Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
System testing software
Visible Razor