Career as Instrumentation Engineer
Instrumentation Engineering is a multidisciplinary field and a specialist branch of electrical and electronics engineering. It covers subjects from other engineering disciplines such as Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical , Electronics and Computer Engineering. As a discipline it is the science of measurement, control and automation of processes.
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Job Profile
- Design and develop equipment which monitor and control installations
- Set up and manage control systems in manufacturing facilities, power plants, chemical plants, oil refineries, steel plants, drug manufacture, software and hardware companies etc.
- Manage the processes in manufacturing through sensing, monitoring and controlling variables
- Undertake projects for installation of new control systems and processes in manufacturing
- Plan new installations with optimal use of resources, time and costs, and in line with laid down health and safety standards
- Research, design, manufacture devices or systems that are used to measure or control physical quantities such as temperature, pressure etc.
- Design and calibrate devices such as electrical sensors and electrical circuits in different high precision devices to ensure accuracy in measurement
- Attend to glitches in the control system, trouble-shoot and guide technicians during the repair process
- Control Engineers design and develop different control devices and systems
Employment Opportunities
- All industries with automated processes
- Chemical industries
- Manufacturing industries
- Bio-medical industries
- Aeronautical and space science sector
- Steel manufacturing industry
- Oil and gas and petrochemical industries
- Power installations
- Defence Research and production units
- Software and hardware sectors
- Public sector companies
- Consultancies
Recruiting Companies
Biocon Ltd. 
HCL 
Larsen & Toubro - Defence Research and Development Organization
- GE India Technology Pvt. Ltd.
- Indian Satellite Research Organization
- Innovative Consultants
- Oil and Natural Gas Commission
- Siemens
- Space IT Solutions
- Tata Consultancy Services
How do I get there?
* Electronics and Instrumentation/ Control and Instrumentation
Note:
This branch of engineering focuses on the following
subjects:-System dynamics, Industrial instrumentation and process
control, Robotics, Analytical/ Bio-medical instrumentation
Software and hardware courses include:-Microprocessor and Micro controller instrumentation, latest technologies of distributed control systems and programmable logic controllers, virtual instrumentation, VLSI and Embedded system design, Computer Architecture etc.
**JEE( Joint Entrance Examination) selects students for admission to various engineering colleges in India. There are 2 different exams JEE Main and JEE Advanced. JEE Main is conducted by CBSE while JEE-Advanced is conducted by different IITs as decided on rotation basis.
JEE-Mains selects students for admission to BE or B.Tech courses, Integrated MSc’s, B.Arch/B.Planning courses in the NITs, IIITs and all GFTIs (Government – Center & State Funded Technical Institutes).
JEE-Advanced Students qualifying JEE Mains through the prescribed cut-off marks are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced.
JEE Advanced score is required for admission into the IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) , ISM-Dhanbad, Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER).
JEE Main Exam Pattern- There are 2 papers
Paper 1-Engineering Entrance Exam for B.Tech/B.E.( 3 hrs objective test on PCM of Class XII level) The test has negative marking. Exam can be taken as a paper pencil test or online.
Paper 2-Architecture Entrance exam for B. Arch/ B.Planning. This is a 3 hr paper and has 3 parts.
Objective test PCM, Aptitude Test, Drawing test
Eligibility: XII PCM from a recognised Board,
minimum aggregate 75% or in the top 20 percentile in the XII
examination.(65% for Sc/ST)
Other engineering entrance examinations are conducted by States
/Private engineering colleges for selecting candidates for BE/Btech
courses which have not opted for JEE Main selection process.Eg
BITSAT, VITEEE, CET etc.
Note: The Centre is proposing to introduce a common entrance test for admission to engineering colleges across the country from 2018.
***Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) For admission to postgraduate and Doctoral programmes in Institutions under MHRD such as IITs IISc, Science research institutions a National Level Entrance Test GATE is conducted. Selected candidates get a scholarship/Assistantship in Engineering/Technology/ Science/ Architecture.
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