Automated Production
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$130,715
Average salary
(Genium360, Remuneration of engineering professionals in Quebec – Investigation report 2025-2026)
4 years
Duration of the Bachelor’s degree in automated production engineering
< 3%
Of Quebec engineers specialize in this field
Autonomous vehicles are coming—and automated production engineers are at the heart of this revolution.
Major automotive manufacturers are developing fully automated driving vehicles. Designing these complex systems is exactly what automated production engineers do.
Automation is transforming every industry.
Aerospace, agri-food, transportation: no sector can do without you.
Three disciplines in one.
Mechanical engineering, electronics, computer science: a rare and highly valued triple expertise.
What you will actually do
As an automated production engineer, you’ll design and manage the systems that make factories more efficient and smarter.
- Develop instrumentation, control, and automation systems for industrial manufacturing processes.
- Supervise and manage all activities related to automated production.
- Assess and adjust manufacturing needs based on the plant’s capacity, workforce, and available resources.
- Develop a production program, including cost, time, and material estimates.
- Plan inventory management, plant layout, and quality control standards.
Source: REPÈRES, the official school and career information website (in French)
Where do you see yourself?
Automated production engineers work in fields as diverse as aerospace, agri-food, and telecommunications.
- Transportation and rolling stock industry
- Aerospace industry
- Plastic and polymer industry
- Pulp and paper industry
- Telecommunications industry
- Agri-food industry
AN AUTONOMOUS CAR SOMEDAY?
Hands-free driving: major manufacturers are already working on it.
The world’s biggest automakers are developing fully automated driving systems. Ontario has already been running pilot projects on its roads. Automated production engineers are at the heart of this transformation.
$200B
Global autonomous vehicle market value by 2031
ROBOTS THAT HARVEST GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES
Automating our greenhouses to address the labour shortage.
Automated production engineers have designed robots capable of harvesting greenhouse vegetables. The result: fewer losses, higher productivity, and a practical solution to the agricultural labour shortage.
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