Electrical & Automation Industry Update: Career Visits, Control System Migrations, Hiring Trends, and Smart Home Expansions
Last Updated: 2026-05-28T15:20:59.758-04:00
- Chariho Electrical Technology students explore careers in industrial automation: Students from the Chariho Career and Technical Center's Electrical Technology class visited ProSystems Integration, an automation company in Westerly, to learn about career opportunities in the industrial side of the electrical field.
- Siemens simplifies migration to new control system: Level Automation, a Swedish company specializing in electrical and automation cabinets, has successfully migrated from the Simatic S7-1200 to the new generation Simatic S7-1200 G2 control system from Siemens. The company reports that the migration was surprisingly easy and took only two minutes. The new system is also NIS2 ready, a new EU directive on cybersecurity.
- 10 companies hiring electrical engineers: Built In has compiled a list of 10 companies that are currently hiring electrical engineers. The list includes major players in the tech industry, such as Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, and Intel, as well as companies in the industrial automation and energy sectors, such as Siemens and Schneider Electric.
- Post Electric expands home automation and smart technology integration services: Post Electric, a licensed electrical contractor serving Southwest Missouri, has expanded its residential electrical services to include comprehensive home automation and smart technology integration capabilities. The company says that the expansion is in response to growing demand from homeowners seeking to modernize their electrical systems and incorporate connected home technologies.
- Wago and Matter: “We Want to Really Get Into This Market”: Wago, a German electrical engineering manufacturer, is introducing its first Matter-enabled products. In an interview with matter-smarthome, Manfred Lehmann, Strategic Product Manager at Wago, explains what this means for electricians and what strategy the company is pursuing.
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