India is a potential emerging automobile market and jobs in the automobile industry are also increasing significantly. According to Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturer (SIAM), India is the seventh largest producer in the world with an average annual production of 17.5 million vehicles. “Make in India” campaign brings a high level of confidence among the domestic as well as global investors in this vibrant sector also.
Employment Sector
There is plethora of opportunities for the new generation of automobile engineers. Following are the employment sectors in which an automobile engineer can find job-
Job Profiles
Job roles of an automobile engineer are mainly classified into three streams, Production or Designing, Development and Manufacturing. Depending on these areas following are job profiles for an automobile engineer-
- Product Engineers - Those who deal with the designing and testing of the components and systems of automobiles
- Manufacturing Engineers - Those who design and layout the equipment, machine rates and line rates, specification of automation equipment, and manufacturing safety procedures.
- Development Engineers - They have the responsibility for directing the delivery of the engineering elements of a complete automobile as ordered by the automobile manufacturer, governmental regulations, and the customer who buys the product.
Top recruiters for Automobile Engineering
The country is also the fourth largest automotive market by volume. Automobile sector contributes 7% of the country’s GDP by volume. There are various top notch companies at national and global level that are setting up their market in India. Following are some top recruiting companies that have a large scope for automobile engineers-
- TATA Motors
- Honda
- Ford
- Mahindra
- Ashok Leyland
- Renault Nissan
- General Motors
- Hyundai
- Bajaj
- Maruti Suzuki
B.Tech. Automobile Engineering: Salary Trends
Salary offered to automobile engineers depends on industry, work experience and Job profile. Although for every profile offered to automobile engineers there are very similar pay packages. Still a design engineer or Research and Development engineer tends to get more salary package than others.
Following graph shows salary trend according to job profiles-
Figure 1
Salary of Automobile engineers depends on the company they are working for. Some top notch automobile companies offer very good salary package to the engineers based on their expertise and work experience. Following graph shows company wise salary trend-
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