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AI for Engineers
Plain-English stories on the AI tools changing how engineers design, build and run things, and what each one means for the people companies need to hire.
Latest stories
- AI Skills Now Show Up in 1 in 5 Mechanical Engineer Job PostsA study presented at ASEE 2026 found the share of mechanical engineer job postings asking for AI-related skills doubled from about 10% in 2015 to over 20% by 2025.
- AI Is Writing PLC Code Now. Rockwell’s Copilot Shows How.Rockwell’s FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot writes Logix code from plain-English prompts, explains errors and reads live tag values. What controls engineers should know.
- Schneider, NVIDIA and AVEVA Bring AI Into Data Center DesignA validated reference design for NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin racks, digital twins for testing before build, and an AI agent that traces alarms to root causes. What it means for data center engineers.
- Two-Thirds of Bentley’s Top Infrastructure Projects Now Use AI24 of the 36 finalists for Bentley’s 2026 Year in Infrastructure Awards reported using AI, from transmission line delivery to landslide prediction. Here is what that says about civil engineering work.
- MATLAB R2026b Adds AI Visual Inspection and More Copilot HelpMathWorks’ September 2026 release adds a Visual Inspection Toolbox for AI defect detection, Copilot explanations in the Simulink Profiler and PyTorch models running inside MATLAB and Simulink.
- Autodesk Previews AI That Turns Imported CAD Into Editable ModelsAt Autodesk University 2026, Autodesk showed AI that rebuilds imported geometry as parametric parts, automates assemblies and searches Vault in plain English. Most of it ships in 2027.
AI by engineering discipline
Every story ends with a “what it means for hiring” note. Here is where AI is showing up in the disciplines we recruit for.
Mechanical and CAD
AI that rebuilds imported geometry, automates assemblies and searches design data in plain English.
Controls and automation
Copilots that draft PLC code, explain errors and read live tag values.
Civil and structural
Generative site design and AI across transportation, water and grid projects.
Data centers
Reference designs, digital twins and AI operations for high-density AI campuses.
Electrical
Power distribution for AI racks, embedded systems and model-based design.
Process and chemical
AI in plant design, refineries and process operations.
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