Is automation major good for employment?

The students trained in this major should have engineering technical foundation and certain professional knowledge in a wide range of fields, such as electrical technology, electronic technology, control theory, automatic detection and instrument, information processing, system engineering, computer technology and application, network technology, and be able to engage in system analysis, system design, system operation, scientific and technological development and research in the fields of motion control, industrial process control, power electronics technology, detection and automation instrument, electronics and computer technology, information processing, management and decision-making.

Automation majors mainly study the principles and methods of automatic control, automation unit technology and integration technology and their applications in various control systems. Based on the theory of automatic control, it takes electronic technology, power electronics technology, sensor technology, computer technology, network and communication technology as the main tools, and faces the automatic control of industrial production process and the automation of various industries and departments. It has the distinctive characteristics of "combining control with management (science), paying equal attention to strength (electricity) and weakness (electricity), and paying equal attention to software (components) and hardware (components)", and is a large-caliber engineering major with interdisciplinary science, engineering, literature and management. During school, students generally study nearly 40 courses, such as semiconductor converter technology, automatic control system, electric drive and control, optimal control, microcomputer control technology, computer communication and network, digital signal processing, software engineering, sensor principle, automatic detection technology, introduction to system engineering, operational research, information retrieval and so on. This major is an engineering and technical discipline with strong adaptability and wide application. It aims to train students to become advanced engineering and technical talents with solid foundation, in-depth knowledge system of automatic control technology and strong computer application ability. Therefore, after graduation, students can engage in automatic control, automation, signal and data processing, computer applications and other technical work. Employment fields are also very extensive, such as high-tech companies, research institutes, design units, universities, financial systems, communication systems, taxation, foreign trade, industry and commerce, railways, civil aviation, customs, industrial and mining enterprises, government and science and technology departments. For many years, the supply-demand ratio of graduates in this major has remained at around 1: 10. In recent years, the employment destination is mainly in the fields of system integration, computer software and hardware development, communication and so on.

In the second half of the 20th century, the fourth wave of scientific and technological revolution, characterized by information technology, shocked the whole world and greatly promoted the economic development of all countries. Whether we can seize this rare development opportunity determines whether all countries in the world can occupy a favorable position in the future international competition. Under the favorable situation of reform and opening-up, China actively responded to this challenge. Party and state leaders attach great importance to the great role of automation technology in the national economy, formulate corresponding measures, increase investment in automation education, establish laboratories in colleges and universities, improve teaching environment and train more outstanding professionals.

In recent years, a large number of outstanding experts and scholars have emerged in the field of automation. Professor Wu, currently president, professor and doctoral supervisor of Tongji University, director of China Automation Society and senior member of IEEE, has been engaged in the theoretical and applied research of modern control theory, automation system engineering, computer integrated manufacturing system and intelligent automation system for a long time. Published monograph 1 department, translated 4 books, and published more than academic papers 100. He presided over the completion of more than 20 scientific research projects, and won the second prize of major technical improvement of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the first prize of scientific and technological achievements of the Ministry of Electronics Industry, and the third prize of scientific and technological progress in Shanghai. The Department of Automatic Control and the Institute of Automation of Nanjing Southeast University not only have high-level academic leaders headed by two academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qian and Feng Chunbo, but also have a group of young and middle-aged technical backbones with solid theoretical foundation, rich practical experience and advanced computer technology.

Graduates of this major have a wide range of employment channels, because automation technology is widely used and employment fields are diverse. Because of this, some students tend to have the psychology of "the emperor's daughter doesn't worry about getting married" when choosing a job, thinking that their automation major is in short supply and the social demand is large, so the work unit can choose according to their own needs. Although the current student employment policy is a "two-way" choice, you choose the employer, but the employer is also choosing you. Therefore, don't put on an air of "Lao Zi is the best in the world" and feel great about yourself, which will only arouse the resentment of the employer and even eventually refuse to hire you. Modesty, steadiness and sureness are the first choice for graduates of this major to choose a job. Judging from the employment situation of graduates in recent years, their jobs are ideal and their income is quite optimistic.

In recent years, with the help of invigorating the market economy and deepening opening to the outside world, industries related to the employment field of this major have also developed rapidly. Civil aviation, railway, finance, communication system, taxation, customs and other departments are becoming more and more automated, and scientific research institutes and high-tech companies are also developing rapidly with the help of strong talent advantages. In the future, with the expansion of the application field of automation technology, the demand for professionals will continue to increase, and graduates majoring in automation will also find an ideal position to play their expertise in all fields of social life and all aspects of economic development with the help of the wide application of this technology.

Automation major has always been an urgent need for talents in society. Including electrical automation, railway, chemical industry and many other fields.

Automation engineer-engaged in the maintenance and optimization of automation system;

Automation designer-engaged in the design and development of automation systems;

Software engineer-engaged in the design and development of software related to automation system.