Career Options for Engineering Graduates

Engineers are the masters in leading various technical projects. They are the assets of firms, and even the countries, since they can boost the economy of a nation. They can also lead the mankind by impeccable research findings, and quick implementation, to turn the exemplary concepts into reality.

Due to the infinite skills and capabilities they have, their role is unparalleled in any sector. So, they are provided with the crucial job roles, which can change the fate of the companies. And, millions of companies hire them, to utilize their services for the development of the firms. Therefore, the career options for the engineering graduates are practically, infinite!

There are different engineering branches, of which, each branch deals with specific subjects and aspects, which are useful in catering the respective industrial sectors. Hence, there are dedicated job roles for each engineering branch, while some jobs can be done by the graduates of other engineering groups as well. Now, we will delve into the aspects in-depth, so that the details, about the various career options for engineering graduates are observed.

ECE (Electronics and Communications Engineering)

The ECE students have thousands of job roles in the core industries, which are electronics, and communications. In addition to the core sectors, these graduates are also qualified for the jobs in the computer industry. They can join as hardware engineers or software engineers or systems maintenance engineers, and offer impeccable services, while cashing out exemplary salaries.

The pay scales of fresher students range between 1.75 Lakhs to 10 Lakhs per annum.

  

EEE (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)

The students of EEE are qualified for both the electrical and electronics jobs, since both of them are their core sectors. There are numerous jobs in the electrical sector, including the power industry, electrical machines industry, power electronics, etc. The graduates are offered with various job roles, mainly by the government firms, and by a good number of private companies too.

The EEE graduates are also qualified for the jobs in electronics industry, and they can get excellent job roles in this sector. In addition to the core sectors, the graduates can also apply for the mammoth computer industry, which is very huge and offers the most number of job roles than any other industry.

The salary packages for the fresher students can range from 1.5 Lakhs to 10 Lakhs INR. In addition to the salary, engineers who got jobs in the government sector, will receive additional incentives as well.

CSE (Computer Science and Engineering)

The CSE department provides the aspects related to hardware and software. So, the graduates will be proficient in both these fields, and they can get good jobs in them.

By studying CSE, the graduates can get jobs as software engineers, hardware engineers and systems maintenance engineers.

Software engineers provide software solutions for various projects. The companies which require these solutions are very high, due to the inevitable increase in the role of software applications, in carrying out various functions of a company.

Hardware engineers deal with the hardware components and peripherals of the computers. Since the requirement of them is huge due to the increased usage of the computers, there are many job roles for the graduates in this sector.

Systems maintenance engineers manage the entire computer networks of the companies, since these networks should perform seamlessly without any issues, for the firms to work. The entire computer requirements, network issues, etc., are tackled by these engineers.

Salaries in the computer industry are huge than any other industry, and the salary packages for the fresher students start from 2 Lakhs to 12 Lakhs INR.

IT (Information Technology)

IT has a huge range of applications, and the engineers of this department are very crucial. Basically, anything which is related to computer, comes under Information Technology. Hardware, software, and even the internet comes under the IT sector.

Therefore, the requirement for these engineers is quite high, and the career prospects are huge for them.

The salaries offered for the fresher IT engineering graduates is 1.75 Lakh to 12 Lakh INR per annum.

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering is basically related to anything which moves. This is an old engineering field, which has numerous applications, even in many other engineering sectors. Usually, it deals with the engines, machines, etc.

The mechanical engineering graduates have numerous job offers in this sector, as they are required in large numbers to suit the demand in the market.

They are offered with salary packages ranging from 1.5 Lakhs to 10 Lakhs INR (for the fresher graduates).

Civil Engineering

Civil engineering does not need any introduction, such is the reputation of this branch. Being the oldest core sector in engineering, its essence is profound in the day to day activities as well.

The need to build houses, apartments, bridges, dams, roads, railway tracks, etc. is imminent, and the other sectors too need the assistance of the civil engineers, like they have to build towers for the communication industry, turbines or power generation plants for electrical sector, nuclear reactors for nuclear engineering field, airports, runways, and space centers for aeronautical engineering, and many more.

Hence the career prospects are more for the civil engineering graduates, and the salaries offered for the newly passed out engineering graduates range between 1.5 to 12 Lakhs INR.

EIE (Electrical and instrumentation Engineering)

The Electrical and Instrumentation department deals with all the concepts related to electrical and electronics sectors. In addition to them, the principles and working of various electrical measurements, and the process controls of the automated machines are discussed in this department.

Hence the engineering graduates of this department can get jobs in all of the electronics industries, and some electrical industries as well. Also, they can join the computer industry too, as software or hardware or systems maintenance engineers.

The salary offered for the new graduates of this sector is 1.5 to 10 Lakhs INR.

Agricultural Engineering

Agricultural engineering deals with the production of more crops with less investment, and using less resources. This sector is very useful in providing food security for the world countries, and its role is only going to increase in the future, because the various challenges posed by urbanization and environmental factors, should be tackled effectively by the agricultural engineers.

This field offers a lot of scope for creativity, and it offers challenging projects for the engineers. However, the salaries offered for the fresh graduates are low than other sectors, as of now, but in 5-10 years from here, the role of these engineers is going to be very crucial, and the companies will pay huge salaries for them as well.

The present pay scales hover between 1.2 Lakh INR to 6 Lakh INR per year (for fresh graduates).

Nuclear Engineering

The sector deals with the nuclear plants and other nuclear related aspects. The requirement of engineers is decent, and the pay scales are excellent for these engineers.

The students of nuclear engineering should be sound in the related aspects, so that they get good jobs after the graduation. The primary requirement of nuclear engineers is for various government organizations. However, the requirement of these engineers is bound to increase in the near future, as the need for setting up nuclear plants is increasing to meet the current power demands in India.

The pay scales offered for the fresher graduates as of now are 2 to 12 Lakhs INR per year.

Mining Engineering

The need of mining engineers is very high, since there is a huge requirement to extract the minerals and ores from the underground. This process requires large number of highly skilled engineers, who can provide excellent inputs during the extraction of the ore, and lead the other workers in the beneficial paths, so that the output is excellent.

The need for coal, natural gas, and other ores is on rise, and this need provides the engineers with many job prospects.

Typically, the salaries for the new engineers hover between 2 Lakh INR to 10 Lakh INR per year.

Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering has numerous applications, in the oil and natural gas sector, pharmaceuticals, water treatment, plastic, energy, mining and other sectors.

There is a decent requirement of engineers in this sector, and the average salary package for the fresh students is 4 to 5 lakh INR. There are graduates who secure salaries well above this average number, like 10 Lakhs per annum, and some of them get salaries well below the average figure.

The differences in the salaries for the fresh chemical engineering graduates, is due to the fame of the various engineering colleges, and performance of them in the academics and interviews.

These are the career options for the engineering graduates of various fields. From the present scenario, it is evident that, the engineers of every sector are required for the corresponding industries and companies to work. However, there is a vast difference in the number of engineers required for various sectors, predominantly due to the desirability of some engineering sectors.

The variations in the salary packages of the fresher graduates are due to the reputation of the engineering colleges, and credentials and skills of the students as well.

So, join good engineering colleges, study well and score excellently in the academics, to earn impeccable salary packages, right after the graduation.