Job Prospects
Instrumentation engineers can get jobs in R&D units of public and private sector companies. They are also required by the Heavy industries such as Thermal Power Stations, Steel Plants, Refineries, and Cement and Fertilizer Plants BOTH IN Govt. and private sectors like N.F.L., BHEL, Honeywell, SamsungI, IOCL, and SAIL. They have a multidisciplinary role to play. One may choose to move sideways into other career areas either within or outside their industry. This might include areas such as purchasing, sales, marketing, finance, HR, IT or general management.
As per the National Forecast up to year 2015, with so many industries coming up nee dof Instrumentation Engineers is eventually going to increase, as thousands of them are required. These engineers can pursue consultancy-based work. Those who have an aptitude use their expertise they have gained in industry and engage in academic research in universities or acquire a tutoring/coaching role as a lecturer or trainer of instrumentation engineers. Senior level positions are occupied with a Masters Degree and they carry the highest level of responsibility and may include planning and managing activities, as well as leading on new developments. Senior engineers in production and operation functions can often be representatives at board level.
Many IT sector companies like TCS,Infosys ,Accenture are hiring students for campus placement,Robotics is another vast field where there is huge need of Instrumentation engineers
Nature of Work
A control and instrumentation engineer is essentially responsible for designing, developing, installing, managing and/or maintaining equipment which is used to monitor and control engineering systems, machinery and processes. Tasks and responsibilities, which are common to instrumentation engineers, may include:
- Designing and developing new control systems;
- Maintaining and modifying existing systems;
- Managing operations;
- Working collaboratively with design engineers, operation engineers, purchasers and other internal staff;
- Contacting clients, suppliers, contractors and relevant authorities
- Project management within cost and time constrained environments;
- Troubleshooting and problem-solving;
- Understanding and ensuring compliance with the health and safety regulations and quality standards
- Providing advice and consultancy support;
- Purchasing equipment;
- Writing computer software;
- Developing new business proposals
- Domain expert in IT industries.
The scope of instrumentation engineering is vast, and appears to be growing, in part due to the increased use of automatic control in manufacturing and process plants. Growth is also tied to the development of more accurate and more robust sesnors, which allow us to detect phenomena of interest (such as the presence of minute levels of toxins in food) with much higher precision than what we could do a generation ago.
