Electronics Engineer - How to become an Electronics Engineer

Electronic Engineer is the technical expert who works with a  range of different electronic equipment. His job profile includes working on the systems that control the flow of data like in broadcasting and communications, mobile phone, mp3 player, computers and other electronic devices.

Owing to large scale techonological advancements and need to transfer data at fast pace electronics and communication  has emerged as one of the fastest emerging trades in the engineering stream. With everything going online there is a great scope for the professionals adopting electronics  engineering as a profession.

Electronics Engineer is responsible for improving productivity in industries like oil, energy, agriculture etc. Safety in transportation, factories, mines and in homes depends a lot on electronic devices. The endless uses of these devices have made them so important in daily life.

Electronics Engineer work with devices that use extremely less amounts of power. He works with microprocessors, fibre optics, telecommunication devices etc. Lesser use of power in the power crises make electronics engineering all the more important.

Increased demand for communication gadgets, computers and military electronics and increased research and development on robots and other types of automation has contributed towards the growth of electronic engineering as a career. Aspiring candidates having a creative and analytical mind along with good command in physics and mathematics will probably find themselves suiteable for electronics engineering as a prospective career.

To undertake all these works in an effective and efficient manner an Electronics and communication engineer requires not only a high level of engineering knowledge but also extraordinary supervisory and administrative skills.

Young aspirants with discipline, patience, commitment to excel in their respective field and self-confidence as their traits can compete to enter top engineering institutes to  get expert training and knowledge to  refine their skill before adopting electonics engineering as a profession.

How to become an Electronic Engineer?

There are two options that one can follow to be an Electronics Engineer

1. Aspiring candidates can join some Polytechnic providing Diploma in Electronic Engineering.

Eligibility to  become an Electronics Engineer

1. Educational Qualification

Eligibility for joining a Diploma in Electronics Engineering course is 10th Class pass or appeared.

Step 1

Interested candidate has to appear in an entrance test conducted by the Technical Education Boards of various State Governments and selected candidates are admitted in the Diploma colleges according to the rank of the candidate in the entrance exam.

Like in the State of Punjab in India Joint Entrance Test (JET)  where as in the State of Haryana  Diplome Entrance test (DET) is taken to admit the students in its diploma engineering colleges.

This exam is generally held in the month of May-June and consists of Objective type questions on the subject of English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Aptitude.

Step 2

On completion of three years Diploma course the diploma electronic engineer can either join some job as a Junior engineer or assistant engineer or can compete to get admission in the second year of degree in engineering course which is provided by some of the regional engineering colleges of the state.  OR

Diploma  electronic engineer can pursue their engineering studies through AMIE (Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers) - An alternate option for getting an engineering degree.

AMIE introduce non-formal engineering education Programme, successful completion of which is recognised as equivalent to a degree in engineering by the government of India, the union public service commission, state governments and public/ private sector organizations.

2. As a second option Electronics Engineering aspirant can opt for 10+2 followed by admission in the Electrnics Engineering Colleges for Bachelors in Electronic Engineering Courses.

1. Educational Qualification

To be eligible for joining a Degree course in  electronics egineering one should be 10+2 class pass or appeared in Non-Medical stream with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as main subjects with minimum of 60% marks in PCM for most of the prestigious collages.

Step 1

Eligible candidates have to appear in the entrance tests conducted by various state universities (like PU, KU, Delhi University etc), Central Govt organizations like AIEEE and independent institution (like IIT’s , BITS Pilani etc) present at various places in the India. Candidate get admission into these collages for four year degree programme according to their merit in the examination taken and stream of their interest as selected by them.

Step 2

After successful completion of degree course and required internship the candidate is religible to join Government, Semi Government or Privates sector as Assistant engineer. In private sector software and IT companies are the main employers of electronics and communication engineering graduates. Besides they can also find job opportunities in , research, private and public industries, government departments, business organizations, commercial organizations etc.

Electronics engineering graduate can opt for higher qualification like Master in Electronic Engineering followed by Ph.D.in Electronic Engineering subjects and can go for research work or for academics.

The more competitive electronic engineers can take Combined Indian Engineering Services exam to get to the top most technical post of the Government of India.

Electronic Engineer Job Description and Career Prospects

Electronic Engineer job involve  developing, installing and maintaing electronics devices used in various products and organisation. Their job also include the smooth functioning of these devices and ensure speedy rectifiation of problems in these devices.

Electronic Engineer Salary

Electronic engineer in private sector can expect nearly Rs.20,000 - Rs.25,000 to start with. Some year of experiences can unable the electronics engineer  to demand as high as Rs.1,00,000 per month.

In government sector companies like BSNL, MTNL etc. electronic engineer can get good pay scales along with perks and allowances in addition to housing facilities, medical expenses as well as free/concessional air passages for their immediate family members and dependants (as LTC) above all the status attached with the Government sector posts.

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