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How exposed to AI is a Wind Energy Engineer?

Of the 16 tasks O*NET lists for wind energy engineers, 5 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 5 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
EngineerProject EngineerTurbine Measurements EngineerUtility EngineerWind Energy ConsultantWind Farm Siting and Development ConsultantWind Turbine Design Engineer
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
16
tasks rated for this occupation
94%
hold a degree, from a survey of 35
152k
people do this job in the US
27 of 56
least protected in architecture and engineering

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

5
  • Recommend process or infrastructure changes to improve wind turbine performance, reduce operational costs, or comply with regulations
  • Provide engineering technical support to designers of prototype wind turbines
  • Investigate experimental wind turbines or wind turbine technologies for properties such as aerodynamics, production, noise, and load
  • Develop specifications for wind technology components, such as gearboxes, blades, generators, frequency converters, or pad transformers
  • Analyze operation of wind farms or wind farm components to determine reliability, performance, and compliance with specifications

Only with software built on top

6
  • Create or maintain wind farm layouts, schematics, or other visual documentation for wind farms
  • Create models to optimize the layout of wind farm access roads, crane pads, crane paths, collection systems, substations, switchyards, or transmission lines
  • Develop active control algorithms, electronics, software, electromechanical, or electrohydraulic systems for wind turbines
  • Perform root cause analysis on wind turbine tower component failures
  • Design underground or overhead wind farm collector systems
  • Write reports to document wind farm collector system test results

Cannot be sped up

5
  • Test wind turbine components, using mechanical or electronic testing equipment
  • Oversee the work activities of wind farm consultants or subcontractors
  • Test wind turbine equipment to determine effects of stress or fatigue
  • Monitor wind farm construction to ensure compliance with regulatory standards or environmental requirements
  • Direct balance of plant (BOP) construction, generator installation, testing, commissioning, or supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) to ensure compliance with specifications
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.