If you are looking for a new opportunity in an Industry 4.0 career check out these 13 organisations.

Careers in Industry 4.0 are wonderfully broad, in that there are a range of opportunities open to professionals with the necessary qualifications. 

Connected factory floors, industrial IoT, smart manufacturing and sustainability are among the fields redefining working life for STEM professionals. With that in mind, SiliconRepublic.com has compiled a list of some of the organisations creating opportunities for innovative and future-focused early-career starters and experts. 

Accenture

Irish technology consulting platform Accenture is looking for a consultant or team lead for infrastructure and capital projects in advisory and whole life cycle management. The role is available in Dublin and Cork, with some travel expected, and combines “deep industry expertise with leading-edge digital technologies to help clients transform how capital projects are executed and how assets are managed”, from early strategy and design through to operations, optimisation and decommissioning.

On the advisory side, the right candidate will work at the intersection of business consulting, programme delivery and digital asset transformation, across sectors such as utilities, transport, energy, healthcare and public infrastructure.

Also based out of Dublin and requiring some travel, is a role for an AI and machine learning (ML) solutions lead. Among other responsibilities, the job will involve leading AI solution delivery across the full life cycle, from architecture and build through to production deployment, across financial services, public sector and industry clients. Professionals will also design and build multi-agent AI systems and manage and develop a team of AI/ML engineers. 

Amgen

Pharmaceutical company Amgen is looking to recruit a senior automation engineer at is Dún Laoghaire facility. The professional who gets the role will be a member of the ADL plant automation team which is responsible for supporting drug product manufacturing, maintaining automation systems in a GMP environment and implementing optimisation projects.

Among the expectations for whomever fills this role will be system ownership and reliability, support and troubleshooting, continuous improvement and championing Industry 4.0 initiatives. 

Deloitte

Global professional services company Deloitte is looking to recruit an SAP extended warehouse management specialist, in a hybrid capacity for both the Cork and Dublin facilities. Experience in the manufacturing, retail, FMCG and pharmaceutical sectors is highly valued, as is expertise in warehouse management processes including inbound/outbound logistics, inventory management, slotting, labour management and automation technologies.

There is also a Dublin and Cork AI and data delivery lead role that would be suited to professionals with skills in Industry 4.0 type roles. Responsibilities will include leading the end-to-end delivery of AI and data programmes across discovery, development, and deployment phases, managing and mentoring delivery teams specialising in AI, machine learning and data analytics solutions, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and data governance frameworks throughout project life cycles, driving innovation by integrating emerging AI technologies into complex enterprise environments and overseeing project risks, timelines and budgets to ensure successful delivery.

Henkel

German multinational chemical and consumer goods company Henkel currently has an opening for a process safety engineer. The role is Dublin-based and the process safety engineer will be expected to develop and maintain a detailed understanding of the manufacturing processes under their responsibility through direct engagement with plant operations, review of process documentation, participation in production activities and independent use of plant information systems.

Though not necessarily a requirement, the right candidate could benefit from having qualifications or certification in areas such as science, engineering, chemicals, mechanics, process safety, industrial engineering or a related discipline.

Someone with Industry 4.0 skills may also be interested in applying for the currently vacant project engineering and shift process supervisor roles, which demand many of the skills and qualities suited to other jobs in the sector.   

Liberty IT

For professionals with the necessary skills, there is a software engineer MLOps position available to jobseekers based in Galway and Belfast, at Liberty IT, the technology arm of the insurance company Liberty Mutual Insurance.

The successful candidate will join the analytics tech engineering group and will focus on building experimental computer vision pipelines to improve underwriting analysis, help to train model pipelines and work collaboratively in a data science and engineering team. There is also a similar principal software engineer MLOps position available, also out of the Belfast and Galway offices. 

MSD

At MSD, there is a senior manufacturing biotech associate role open to a qualified expert looking to work out of the Dunboyne, Meath facility. Critical skills for the role include biopharmaceutical manufacturing, good manufacturing practices (GMP), production operations, regulatory compliance, teamwork and the ability to work independently. 

Optum

At Optum, there is a principal data scientist, network analytics and AI enablement job on offer in both Dublin and Donegal. The primary responsibilities of the job include coding, contributing to the development of big data systems, pipelines, tools and models, building LLM-assisted workflows using prompt engineering, retrieval and human-in-the-loop reviews, triaging AI and ML opportunities, defining business requirements and contributing to the evolution of data science infrastructure, among others expectations. 

Also in Dublin, there is a relevant product manager for AI and ML solutions role. The professional who gets this job will be part of the AI/ ML solutions team for underwriting at Optum Rx and will be responsible for re-imagining key business processes leveraging AI and will work with business and technical stakeholders across multiple teams. 

PwC

Global professional services company PwC has plenty of roles focused on AI and automation, for professionals looking to work in Industry 4.0. Job vacancies include a Dublin-based AI Azure architect manager position in data and AI, a role for an Azure cloud engineer and a data and AI transformation senior manager or director. 

Rent the Runway

Galway’s Rent the Runway has multiple opportunities for a professional to excel in a role aligned with Industry 4.0 goals and expectations, such as a manager for data engineering position.

The person who earns the job will lead the team responsible for building, operating and evolving the company’s core data platform, combining strong engineering leadership with a deep understanding of data systems, data quality, platform reliability and stakeholder needs.

They will be responsible for leading a team of data engineers, setting technical direction, driving delivery of strategic data initiatives and ensuring that the data warehouse, pipelines, models and data platform infrastructure are reliable, scalable, secure and well-governed.

There are also opportunities for professionals qualified to work as a software engineer. 

TCS

IT services, consulting and business solutions platform TCS has opportunities open to professionals based around a number of Irish locations. Currently advertised jobs include Azure data engineering, senior software engineer for SCALA and staff software engineer. 

Viatris

Healthcare company Viatris has room in its Dublin-based operations for a supply chain network manager whose role will involve governing supply chain flows at a global level. The right candidate will coordinate activities for documentation, evaluation and approval of new supply chain flows and connect with business stakeholders, subject matter experts and approvers. They will be actively involved in the business integration projects of markets, supply chain hubs and internal manufacturing sites. 

There is also a planning master data analyst position, as part of a 12-month contract. The role involves defining, governing and maintaining high-quality planning master data across SAP and advanced planning systems in support of global supply chain operations. 

Workhuman

Irish human capital management firm Workhuman has two positions well suited to a professional eager to work in an Industry 4.0 capacity. The first is an open role as an AI architect, where the right person for the job will work across product, data and enterprise to architect and ensure the viability of the AI strategy.

The second job vacancy is for a software engineer III. 

Yahoo

If you are thinking of embarking upon a career at tech giant Yahoo and have skills aligned with jobs in the Industry 4.0 space, then there are two opportunities that you might be interested in. The first position is as a senior data engineer and the second is as a senior software apps engineer. 

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Microsoft did not provide consumers with sufficient information to assess the changes, the watchdog said.

Italy’s competition watchdog launched an investigation into Microsoft to probe how it informed customers about a price hike for its Microsoft 365 services.

According to the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), Microsoft may have provided consumers information on price hikes in a “fragmented manner”, without making it “sufficiently clear” that the Microsoft 365 subscription service had been integrated with its Copilot and Designer AI services.

Consumers were also placed on a new, costlier plan by default, unless they explicitly withdrew, the watchdog said in a statement today (26 June).

In the AGCM’s view, Microsoft failed to provide consumers with sufficient information to assess the changes and, as a result, make informed decisions on if they wanted to renew their Microsoft 365 subscriptions or not.

This may be contrary to consumer rules, the AGCM said, and added that the manner of Microsoft’s communication “may also constitute an aggressive practice, as it appears to have unduly restricted consumers’ freedom of choice”.

Last September, Microsoft resolved a years-long EU investigation into 365 by tweaking how it provided the services in the region. The bloc probed whether the tech giant abused its dominant market power with its product-bundling.

The Commission preliminarily found that Microsoft restricted competition on the market for cloud-based communication and collaboration products. The company agreed to remedy the issue by unbundling services.

The EU, in a separate preliminary report yesterday (25 June), said that it was in favour of designating Microsoft’s cloud service Azure as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The law aims to regulate players in various digital markets by setting responsibilities and banning unfair practices.

Meanwhile, last week the Italian watchdog launched its second investigation into Apple in months, probing whether the tech giant met DMA obligations around service interoperability. It previously fined Apple nearly €100m over abusing its market dominance in the app distribution market.

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The idea of loading a comedy podcast onto the original 160 by 144 pixel screen of a Game Boy Color feels like a stretch even before any hardware enters the picture. The handheld dates back to 1998. It carries no wireless hardware, runs on an 8-bit processor, and originally shipped without a backlight. Still, Throaty Mumbo set out to make live YouTube playback happen on that exact platform and recorded the entire process.

Early tests began with a static image to get a feel for things, then he loaded a full-color Mario graphic onto an EverDrive cartridge to check if the Game Boy Color could handle images more advanced than those included. That tiny victory paved the stage for some movement. So the next step was to replace the screen, which involved removing the old non-backlit display and installing a brand new backlit LCD panel. Disassembling the item required some caution because those ribbon wires and plastic clamps don’t like to be messed with, but once the replacement panel was installed and the system turned up, the improvement was much improved visibility.

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With a reasonable view in front of him, the next step was to get some video up and running. He tested a couple homemade players, and it came out that one of them prioritized frame rate and produced smooth animation at the expense of some color depth. Another person attempted to jam more colors per scanline but suffered a slight decrease in frame rate, approximately five or six frames per second. Both of these DIY players employed specially encoded data sent through the cartridge slot, but getting the audio and video to sync perfectly proved challenging. These experiments verified, however, that the console could decode and display movies when the data arrived in the correct format and at the appropriate speed.

The next challenge would be getting new video data into the machine without needing to recreate complete segments in a cartridge from start. So, first, he tried routing everything through the Game Boy Color’s link cable connector. A PC transmitted frames to the handheld, which attempted to decode them in real time. What happened was that the link cable maxed out at 64 kbps, so throughput remained low, and the handheld’s processor struggled to keep up, resulting in graphics that sometimes took ages to show. Yes, the system worked for short demos, but it was far from capable of streaming video in real time.

However, a shift to wireless transformed the game, as he created a modified cartridge based on the GB Interceptor design. Then he added a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 microcontroller based on the RP2350 chip, which is wired directly to the breakout and accurately handles the timing for the cartridge bus, allowing it to respond to all memory reads from the Game Boy Colour in perfect sync with its clock. Then he added an ESP12F Wi-Fi module as a bridge, allowing the handheld to receive data without requiring a physical cable to be attached.

The entire pipeline works as follows: a nearby computer captures a copy of a YouTube stream using normal streaming tools, converts the video frames into a format that the Game Boy Color can read, and then sends the packed data via Wi-Fi. The ESP module then captures the stream and sends it to the RP2350 over an extremely fast SPI connection. From there, the microcontroller just sends the data to the Game Boy Color, as if a cartridge ROM were feeding it the pixels, much like a real game cartridge. Then there’s the GBC Tube software, which provides the user with an interface for searching for videos using an on-screen keyboard. Search results appear as low-resolution image thumbnails… and picking a title returns the video ID to the computer, which initiates the encoding and streaming process in the other way.

Audio takes a separate path, with the RP2350 spitting the sound from the incoming stream and sending it to a small I2S amp and speaker inside the shell. The video and audio are not precisely synced, however there may be some drift if you watch for an extended period of time. You still have two display options while watching: the high frame rate keeps the action moving smoothly, and the high color mode, which will produce richer colors but may sacrifice some smoothness in the process.

Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown isn’t over just yet. The streaming giant is now rolling out another change that could make shared household accounts a little more cumbersome, this time by asking every profile on an account to have its own email address. While the move isn’t designed to stop families from sharing a subscription, it does add another layer of identity verification that many users probably weren’t asking for.

Netflix wants every profile to have its own identity

As spotted first by CordCuttersNews, Netflix has begun introducing profile-specific email addresses, allowing each user on a shared household account to link their own email instead of relying solely on the primary account holder. Existing users are being prompted to add an email when switching profiles, while new profiles will require one during setup.

Netflix says the feature is meant to improve account security and make profile management easier. Individual email addresses will help users recover their own profiles, receive personalized notifications, and simplify future profile transfers if they decide to start their own subscription. The company also says it will make it easier to verify identities when logging into new devices, a change that naturally aligns with Netflix’s ongoing efforts to curb account sharing outside the home.

The rollout appears to be happening gradually across supported devices and regions, meaning not everyone will see the prompts immediately. Existing viewing history, recommendations, and watchlists will remain tied to each individual profile.

Another small change, another big headache

Unsurprisingly, the rollout hasn’t gone down well with users. Reddit is already filled with complaints from people who find the new email prompt unnecessarily intrusive. A few users have shared what appears to be a temporary workaround by disabling Feature Testing under Account > Security on the web, but since Netflix hasn’t officially acknowledged it, there’s no guarantee the fix will last.

The change doesn’t stop families from sharing a household account, but it does reinforce Netflix’s long-term strategy of giving every profile its own identity. For some, adding an email is a one-time task. For others, especially households with profiles created years ago for children or less tech-savvy family members, it’s simply another layer of friction. From Netflix’s perspective, it makes profiles easier to secure and eventually transfer. For users, it’s one more reminder that sharing a family account isn’t quite as effortless as it used to be

Parents watch their children reach for screens earlier each year. Short videos and social platforms pull attention hard, and the effects show up in shorter focus, less interest in slower activities, and early exposure to material that simply does not belong in a young life. One father decided the standard options did not fit what he wanted for his seven-year-old son. He took an older laptop and shaped it into something different.

The machine began life as a Corsair Voyager A1600, a beast of a machine with more power than was required to handle the majority of what we were going to throw at it. He ensured that it had enough horsepower to keep things working smoothly even when he had multiple instructional programs open at the same time. A few modifications in the BIOS settings were required to reduce the fans to a whisper and get the trackpad to behave properly by eliminating accidental touches, because when precision is required, we prefer to use a separate mouse.

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As it is, the system feels robust, responsive, and quiet, with no annoying fan noises. Kubuntu was chosen as the foundation operating system because it provides a consistent day-to-day functioning with relatively low memory requirements and complete control over the screen’s appearance. Installation was a bit of a trial and error process using a few different USB tools before it finally clicked, but once installed, the system was smooth sailing, with no need for constant babysitting. The upgrade process is fairly methodical, as opposed to the all-at-once events that some other platforms are known for, which is exactly what we desired.

The desktop has been reduced down to its minimal bones, with a few large icons for the programs the child actually uses displayed prominently. The usual comprehensive menu, including all loaded apps, is not available; nevertheless, a simple clock remains visible. There are no superfluous panels or notice sections that take up space. The concept is that the child opens what they need and stays there, while adults may still access the whole menu or a terminal via a few keyboard commands when something needs to be changed.

Safety was a top priority. Before any software is launched, a free service is utilized to filter out the bad stuff, including DNS filtering to prevent known adult content, malware sites, and other trouble locations. Only allowed web activities are accessible in the browser as direct shortcuts, because at 7 years old, we weren’t about to turn them loose on the wide web. The browser only allows access to pre-selected games or utilities; everything else is restricted and inaccessible.

The majority of the space is taken by a collection known as GCompris, which has dozens of activities to keep the child entertained. There are games to assist improve early reasoning, alphabet practice, elementary math, science explorations, and creative projects all in one place. The images are clear, and the feedback is kind, so even if the child makes a mistake, they are rewarded for trying again. KidPix brings drawing to life, allowing you to transform a blank sheet into a work of art complete with stamps, sounds, and all the colors. A basic paint software is included for when they wish to get more creative with shapes and fills.

Scratch Jr allows kids to bring games to life by dragging blocks to move their characters, adjust the scene, and narrate simple stories. Meanwhile Teach Your Monster has a way of sneaking in some reading and math practice through delightful small adventures that don’t feel like work at all. Other fun options to look into include a fancy dress-up game with a potato head character, a simple maze where a mouse chases pizza, a classic Minesweeper puzzle that keeps them thinking, a calculator that they probably already enjoy using, and a word processor that gets them typing away at an early stage. Not to add a small weather monitor on the desktop that connects the screen to what’s happening directly outside the window.
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