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The future is digital. Modern technologies enable intelligent networks of real and virtual objects – the Internet of Things (IoT) addresses end users, while the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) refers to industrial processes. Later is also called industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution. This is because not only our homes are becoming smarter, but also the plants and machines of this world.
Intelligent machines bear efficiency increases, faster commissioning of machines, and improved training and education opportunities. For example, the use of digital twins holds significant speed and efficiency advantages. The digital twin of a real product reliably collects all technical product information in one place and is easier to sift through than a physical manual, for example. In addition, this visualization helps customers to get to know the machine before making the actual purchase.

Digitalization in engineering

Digitalization is thus an inevitable topic in engineering – from development, design to production. It is already impossible to imagine production without intelligent machines. Nevertheless, qualified personnel will continue to play a decisive role in engineering, although that role is changing. This is because the increasing number of interfaces between engineering and IT are changing job profiles; some professions will probably become extinct, while new ones will emerge. In addition, competencies and areas of responsibility are shifting.
Engineers of the future, working in „smart factories", will increasingly need in-depth IT knowledge to understand which processes can be made more intelligent, where algorithms and artificial intelligence have potential benefits, and so on. Likewise, it is advisable for IT specialists to get to grips with the basics of engineering. Through a better mutual understanding, it is possible not to bury the high art of engineering under a flood of digital transformations, but to raise it to a new level in the rise of industry 4.0.
Apprentices and study programs alike do not yet adequately address this fusion of IT and engineering. This should be done quickly in order to equip future specialists for the 4.0 future.

Coopers recruits engineering experts

As we at Coopers recruit both engineers and IT specialists, we follow the "4.0" trend closely. We experience and understand the increasing interconnectedness of these industries based on our daily work. This enables us to achieve an ideal match between candidates and companies. We see the ideal match in the joint growth of both parties, when a candidate not only fits into the organization now, but also in the future. With Coopers Engineering, we recruit exactly these experts.
Jan-Philipp Schwarz is Business Manager IT & Engineering at Coopers and would be happy to hear from you if your company would like to recruit new talent together with us or if you would like to advance your engineering career. Here is an overview of our open engineering positions.

We look forward to working with you.
Your Coopers Team

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