PLC AI & Engineering Automation Consultant

PLC AI & Engineering Automation Consultant

We are looking for a PLC AI & Engineering Automation Consultant to support HMH Digital Engineering team. HMH is exploring how AI-assisted and automation-driven engineering methods can improve PLC development, testing, documentation, migration, and engineering quality. They are seeking a hands-on contractor to help evaluate, prototype, and test practical AI-enabled engineering workflows in collaboration with HMH engineers.

What will you be doing in this role?

As PLC AI & Engineering Automation Consultant, you will work with HMH engineers to evaluate where AI and automation can create measurable engineering value, and where traditional engineering automation or manual expert review remain the preferred approach.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Prototype AI-assisted workflows for PLC engineering tasks such as code explanation and review, refactoring support, documentation, test-case generation, and engineering knowledge retrieval.
• Work primarily with Siemens PLC engineering environments such as TIA Portal and STEP 7.
• Support structured evaluation of AI/Copilot/agentic engineering tools against HMH engineering needs, standards, and verification expectations.
• Develop supporting scripts, integrations, or automation utilities using suitable languages and APIs.
• Help generate and review test specifications, expected results, and validation evidence for PLC logic and engineering artefacts.
• Support simulation or test-harness activities where applicable, including checks around sequences, alarms, interlocks, state handling, timing, degraded modes, fault handling, and recovery.
• Document lessons learned, recommended guardrails, reusable examples, and practical playbooks for HMH engineers.
• Collaborate with PLC, test, commissioning, cybersecurity, and quality stakeholders to ensure AI-generated outputs and engineering prototypes are appropriately reviewed, tested, and approved by qualified HMH personnel before operational use.