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If you want to learn how to get a job as an engineer on the modern manufacturing floor overseeing improvements and collaborating with both people and robots, it helps to ask an expert for her advice.

The UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science consulted with Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor Qing (Cindy) Chang, who was recently named a 2024 Society of Manufacturing Engineers Fellow for her career-long contributions to the industry.

Chang said the answer to the manufacturing “future of work” question can be found in parsing a multitude of data points. She and other experts refer to it as the “new industrial revolution,” or Industry 4.0, which builds on the computing and robotics revolution of the last century.

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