Engineering is a field that keeps evolving over time
and there have been a spurt in career options that engineering graduates can look at. These new career options have high potential and have great growth
opportunities. Let’s look at seven new career options that modern day engineers
can look at as options for their careers.
Building automation
engineer: Home
automation
has been highly successful since its inception and it has led to a lot of
opportunities being created for engineers and other professionals. Building
automation engineers look after the home automation system implementation for
organizations. Home automation can be very complicated and requires the sync of
multiple appliances of a home with various controlling mechanisms and a
centralized system, automation engineers often assist delivery teams in
installation and oversee the implementation of these home automation services
in homes and offices.
Animatronics
Technologist: Animatronics
Technologists
are responsible for the creation of mechanized beings and other creatures.
Basically, engineers are responsible for recreating various imaginary or
fictional creatures to life using various mechanical constructs and it is then
used in movies, TV shows or even for advertisements and they become lifelike
with special effects and editing. It is one of the most happening jobs that
engineers can pick up and requires deep understanding of physics, calculus and
robotics.
Smartphone designer: Smartphones have been the rage since OS-es
like Android and iOS hit the market and the smartphone market is about to hit 3.4 billion units of shipments in 2020. Smartphone designers are
expected to better past smartphone designs and keep up with the industry
demands for development of new gen smartphones for manufacturers. Both
internals and externals are designed by smartphone designers to ensure
efficient use of the form factor of devices.
Biomedical engineering:
Biomedical engineering is known to be a subset of engineering.
It seeks to implement engineering to solve all kinds of biological and medical
problems. Such engineers may work for healthcare facilities and also various
medical technology firms. Such engineers are responsible for creation and development
of devices and various new treatment procedures using technology for better and
more efficient treatment. Niche jobs in this category include biomaterials and
imaging.
Telecommunications
Engineer: With the telecom industry growing exponentially, there has been a massive need for
specialized professionals who can take care of the implementation of telecom
services for both wired and wireless telecommunication services. Telecom
engineers often are hired by organizations for looking after the service
delivery of telecom solutions offered by the organizations or monitoring the
internal communication networks of these organizations. While you can break
into this industry at a technical level, it is also possible to get into the
telecom industry at managerial level. There are many institutes that offer courses that help in such career transition.
Environmental
Control Engineer: Environmental
control engineers come up with solutions that help in managing pollution and
waste in residences, aircrafts, trains and even homes. In some cases teams of
such engineers work in large factories or other such large scale project like
treatment plants. They oversee the waste disposal and management in these
firms. Typically such engineers are responsible for drafting waste management
systems and successfully implementing them.
Robot Technician: Robot technicians are integral to
robotics engineering and they are responsible for monitoring the internal
functions of a robot. They are also responsible for conceptualizing new
functionalities as well as designing new robots. Technicians also undertake repairs
in case things go wrong and prolong the lifetime of robots. It requires a deep
understanding of circuitry and robotics and requires top level engineers who
can work efficiently.
These are some of the modern career options that
engineering professionals can look at. These career paths will mature over time
as engineering is an ever developing field and newer options will open up over
time.
Author: Paresh Drake
No comments:
Post a Comment