Careers in ECE
Core jobs are gaining prominence once again owing to various market conditions. Hence, it is vital to orient your students towards taking up a jobs in Core companies. This is an article that is going to help you in that direction.
Despite spending 4 years studying in a particular branch, students end up mostly taking up IT jobs. This can be attributed to the demand for engineers in the IT field. Students from ECE are no different. However, since the last placement season we have seen IT companies moving away from mass-hiring. Hence, the core jobs are taking importance once again.
The Govt. of India is pushing for it as well. For their initiatives like Make in India to take off, they need engineers from core branches taking up core jobs. Infact, the Govt. directed IITs to advance the slots for recruiters offering core jobs during the previous placement season. 11 out of 30 Day 1 recruiters at IIT Bombay this placement season were Core companies, which is a significant increase from the previous season. Other IITs followed the suit and have advanced the slots of core companies.
Trends suggest that this might be the beginning of an era where core companies get an equal share of the pie as the IT companies during the placement season. By preparing your students for core jobs it will give your college a headstart in capitalizing on this trend.
This week’s article throws light on career opportunities in ECE field.
About a decade back, careers in Electronics & Communications field were predominantly Hardware based. But with the emergence of internet, increasing importance given to cybersecurity and advancements in Telecommunications there are more Software jobs within ECE field than Hardware now.
A career in the ECE field falls under any one of the following categories:
ECE Hardware job categories:
- Design
- Production
- Research
ECE Software job categories:
- Embedded coding
- Testing
- Solution Architect
Roles offered to Electronics & Communications Engineer
Based on the roles offered by over 100 companies in the field of Electronics & Communications, here’s a list of roles that are predominantly asked for:
Roles in Hardware:
- Embedded Hardware engineer: Responsible for selecting components, designing and testing if a particular component is working as per requirement. They also help the software team to identify the Reference board.
- Network engineer: Responsible for designing (in a very few cases), developing, implementing, maintaining and supporting communications network within or in between organizations
- VLSI Design Engineer: Responsible for the design of an entire Integrated Chip from front-end to back-end.
Roles in Software:
- Solution Architect: Offered for people with work-ex, Solutions architect is responsible for designing the applications for a particular problem.
- Embedded software engineer: develops programs or codes that control the processes of various electronic devices.
Giving your students an edge at the interviews:
Companies prefer students with a bit of exposure to real-life scenarios along with the theoretical knowledge gained through their course. Certifications & Workshops go a long way in giving this edge:
Here’s a list of reputed certifications that you can push your students to take up:
- Cisco Networking Academy: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
- Mathworks Certification program: Certified MATLAB Associate, Certified MATLAB Professional
- Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC): VLSI & Embedded systems certifications
Here’s a list of companies that organize workshops for ECE students:
- MATLAB, Intel, Cadence and Cisco.
Hope you found this article useful. In the coming weeks we are going to publish a series of articles which talk about Careers in Core branches.
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