Automation Engineer

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Tianjin, Tianjin

This role focuses on understanding factory automation needs and delivering automation and IoT solutions through close collaboration with vendors. It requires hands-on software development skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Understand factory automation and production requirements (equipment data, status monitoring, parameter management, etc.).
  2. Translate business and operational needs into clear system and solution requirements.
  3. Work with external automation, software, and IoT vendors on solution design, system selection, and technical alignment.
  4. Coordinate system development, interface integration, and solution delivery with vendors.
  5. Support integration with existing factory systems such as SCADA, MES, or similar platforms.

Skills

Required

  • Programming
  • Software Development Life Cycle
  • Application Development Tools
  • Technical Troubleshooting
  • Industry Knowledge
  • Problem Solving

Nice to have

  • Artificial Intelligence