For professionals
How to find automation jobs
A step-by-step guide to finding and landing automation contracts on Automate America.
- Free for professionals
- Paid on each contract’s net terms
- No commitment until you click Accept Offer
Step by step
Create your Automate America profile
Sign up free and complete your profile: skills (PLC brands, robot types, languages), certifications, work history, and the industries you have worked in. One profile does everything — find work, post work, or both.
Tip: Specific skills (ControlLogix, TIA Portal, FANUC R-30iB) are what customers search for.
Set your rate and mark yourself available
Set your hourly rate, then mark yourself available. Only available professionals appear on the map and in customers’ searches for who can start now.
Tip: Turn availability off when you are booked, so customers see an accurate picture.
Find open work
Browse open contracts, direct jobs, and RFQs, or search from the header in plain words — a skill, a brand, a city.
Tip: Every contract shows its rate and net terms before you apply.
Review the details
Open the work that interests you for the full picture: description, required skills, location, duration, and pay. Check the fit against your expertise.
Tip: Read the screening questions before you apply; the customer sees your answers.
Apply
Applying accepts the posted terms — the rate and the duration — so apply only to work you would take. Add a short note on your relevant experience and the projects that match.
Tip: Name the platform and the project that match the posting.
Follow up and interview
Track every application in your dashboard, answer messages quickly, and prepare for technical questions on the platform the customer runs.
Tip: If a customer has not replied after a few business days, follow up politely.
Accept the offer and start
When the customer clicks Hire, you get the offer. Nothing is committed until you click Accept Offer. Then coordinate your start date and onboarding.
Tip: Read every term before accepting; a dispute can be raised from your dashboard if one ever arises.
Skills worth listing
If you have them, put them on your profile by name:
- Allen-Bradley PLC
- Siemens TIA Portal
- FANUC Robotics
- Python for Automation
- Vision Systems
- Safety PLCs
- SCADA / Ignition
- Motion Control
- Industrial Networks
Start your job search
Create your free profile, mark yourself available, and browse the open work.