Automation & Controls Engineering
Deep technical IC
Career Explorer · Procurement, Supply Chain & Manufacturing · Manufacturing Engineering
Entry: Automation EngineerIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Automation Engineer InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Automation EngineerIC1
- Automation EngineerIC2
- Senior Automation EngineerIC3
- Staff Automation EngineerIC4
- Principal Automation EngineerIC5
- Senior Principal Automation EngineerIC6
- Distinguished Automation EngineerIC7
- Fellow, Automation & Controls EngineeringIC8
Management route
Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.
This family has no management ladder.
Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; employer career sites