This work provides systematic solutions and innovative viewpoints for the key issues facing automation education in higher vocational colleges, such as course system construction, teacher standards, course development, engineering education certification and talent training mode under the background of intelligent manufacturing. First of all, the first chapter of this book deeply discusses the optimization of the curriculum system of automation major in higher vocational colleges. Starting from the basic theory, it clarifies the design concept of the curriculum system, the selection and organization of the curriculum objectives and contents, and provides a solid framework for professional education. Then, the second chapter focuses on the standards and training programs of automation teachers in higher vocational colleges. Through comparative analysis at home and abroad, combined with talent demand research, the teacher standards that meet the actual needs are pre-researched and formulated, and the effective ways of teacher training are explored. The third chapter focuses on the course development of electrical automation major in higher vocational colleges under the mode of work-study combination, clarifies the basic concepts and principles, analyzes the current situation, and puts forward the course development strategy that ADAPTS to the future development trend. The fourth chapter, for engineering education certification, reveals the existing problems in the training of automation professionals, constructs the results-oriented training program and innovative practical teaching system, and establishes the graduation requirement achievement evaluation system. In the fifth chapter, based on the background of intelligent manufacturing, the author analyzes the deficiency of the training mode of automation professionals, and puts forward reform suggestions, aiming at cultivating compound talents to meet the needs of the new industrial revolution. Finally, the sixth chapter, from the perspective of the integration of industry and education, examines the current situation of the training of automation professionals in higher vocational colleges, analyzes the existing problems and reasons, and gives specific countermeasures, in order to promote the deep integration of education and industry.