Automobile Engineer - How to become an Automobile Engineer

Automobile Engineers (Automotive Engineers) are the professionals who are specialized in designing vehicles, like cars, Jeeps, SUV’s trucks, to name a few. They assist in the design, development, improvement, and modification of a variety of operating systems. They are also concerned with the effective functioning of safety systems. Automotive engineers develop and organize testing procedures and analyze and interpret data. They also conduct research, create visual presentations.

Automobile engineer specializes in a specific area such as aerodynamics and thermodynamics. Some focus on creating design models and others concentrate on parts fabrication.

Ever growing automobile industry worldwide has increased the demand for Automobile Engineer in a recent couple of decades.

Increased demand for not only passage vehicles but also a heavy vehicle in both the developed and developing countries and increased research and development for fuel-efficient vehicles and other types of vehicular automation has contributed towards the growth of Automobile Engineering as a main career option in the present day youth.

Automobile Engineer Eligibility

Educational Qualification
The minimum qualification to become an Automobile engineer is Diploma/Degree course in Automobile.

Automobile Engineer Required Skills

• Candidates should have a creative and analytical mind along with good command in subjects like physics, aerodynamics, thermodynamics and mathematics will probably find them well suited for Automobile engineering as a prospective and lucrative career in present-day context.
• To become an Automobile Engineer one should not only have a high level of engineering knowledge but also possess extraordinary creative thinking along with supervisory and administrative skills.
• Thus if you have discipline, patience, commitment to excel in the respective field and are full of self-confidence to compete in some of the highly participated competitive exams this is the field worth joining for you.

How to become an Automobile Engineer?

Aspiring candidates have to follow the given steps to become an automobile engineer.

Step 1
After completing 10th  class aspiring candidate can get admission in Diploma in Automobile courses provided by Diploma Engineering Colleges or Polytechnics in almost all the states of the country. Candidates may have 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. 

Alternatively, 12th class pass candidates can get admission in B.E/B. Tech Automobile degree course after taking JEE  and other engineering entrance exams.

Step 2
After completing this three years of Diploma course one can either join some Automobile making Company as Junior Engineer or can compete to get admission in the second year of a degree in engineering course which is provided by some of the regional engineering colleges of the state. 

Step 3
After successful completion of the degree course and required internship, the candidate is ready to join the Automobile Industry as an Automobile Engineer.

As another option one can opt of higher qualification as Master in Automobile Engineering (M.E Automobile Engineering) followed by PhD in Automobile Engineering and can go for research work or for academics. It all depends upon once priorities in their life.

Automobile Engineer Job Description 

The main role of an automobile engineer is to develop new or improved designs for vehicle structural members, engines, transmissions or other vehicle systems by using computer-assisted design technology. Also, they direct the building, modification or testing of vehicle or components.

Job Description of Automobile Engineer also includes working on a variety of motor vehicles such as cars, trucks, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, and recreational vehicles. The job includes assisting in the design, development, improvement, and modification of a variety of operating systems.

Automobile Engineer is also concerned with the fuel efficiency and effective functioning of safety systems. For this, they are responsible for developing and organizing testing procedures and analyzing and interpreting data. They also conduct research, create visual presentations, and use computer-aided design software. Most automotive engineers specialize in a specific area such as aerodynamics and thermodynamics. Some focus on creating design models and others concentrate on parts fabrication.

Automobile Engineer Career Prospects

With the exponential growth in the automobile industry there is lot of scope for budding automobile engineering not only in the automobile producing industries like TATA, Maruti amd Toyoto etc. but also they can also make their career in the Research and Develpment units of big automobile players in India and abroad.

Automobile Engineer Salary

An Automobile Engineer can expect to get anywhere near Rs.40,000 to Rs.50,000 as a starter with big automobile industries like TATA’s Motors, MUL to name a few. However, Automobile Engineers with experience of 3 to 4 years working in Multinational companies can expect to get an average annual salary between $ 50,000 and $ 60,000.