How to get Core Engineering Jobs? for Fresh Graduates

 


Core Engineering Job is a fundamental dream of many fresh engineering graduates today. The craze for IT and Software Engineering jobs have come down considerably among the young engineering students. Thanks to the economic downturn and IT recession. As an individual with great zeal to inspire young graduates to become truly passionate engineers, I am happy with this scenario.
Are you an Engineering Graduate or an Engineering Student with great passion to work and build your career in your own field of core engineering? Here are some important inputs for you.

Every time I meet students, go give a talk on my favorite topic “Career Engineering” I am often asked the following questions.

How to get a mechanical engineering job?, How to get an electrical engineering job?, How to get an electronics engineering job? So on and so forth.

What does it take to get a Core Engineering Job?

It simply involves 4 important requirements. First, theoretical knowledge and practical know how of your specific branch of engineering. Second, sound knowledge on application of mathematics to solve engineering problems. Third, better awareness of basic physics and applied physics. Fourth, combined and overall understanding of all the three domains. Let’s look at each one of them in detail.
1. Theoretical knowledge and practical know how of your engineering branch:
As an engineering graduate, do you have the knowledge, skills and good understanding of the basic concepts or core principles of your own branch of engineering? If you are not able to say “Yes” with lots of conviction and confidence to the above question, then you are in trouble. You should’ve the relevant theoretical knowledge along with practical exposure and experience that will enable you to transform from an engineering graduate to a true engineer.
A thorough knowledge of the engineering sciences, concepts, techniques and their applications to the branch of your study is of utmost important if you want a job in a core engineering company. Look at all possible ways you can learn out side your classroom, that could get you hands on experience.
2. Knowledge on application of mathematics to solve engineering problems:
It is clearly evident that as an engineer, you should know how to apply the knowledge of mathematics, formula to solve problems in engineering situations. Ability to apply fundamental mathematics to solve engineering problems is a key qualification that would help you land in a core engineering job.
You should be able to appreciate the practical, real life applications of concepts like calculus, differential equations, differentiation and integration, partial derivative in the field of your own engineering branch as well as other branches of engineering and science.
3. Better awareness of basic physics and applied physics:
As we all know, Physics is the oldest and most basic pure science. Just look at all our daily activities, the principles and laws of physics are applied practically in every moment of our life. For an engineer, awareness of basic as well as applied physics becomes a prime necessity.
Without strong knowledge in physics, you can never develop a new technology or a new product or even solve an engineering problem.
4. Ability to see all the three of them in a combined and larger perspective:
Simply, give special attention and focus to “Engineering Physics” which is study of the combined disciplines of physics, engineering and mathematics. This would surely provide you with a combined and overall understanding of the interrelationships of these three disciplines. Engineering physics is concerned with the application of fundamental physical science to the solution of technological problems.
In order to get a job in a good product development core engineering company, you should be very strong in all the above domains.

Engineering is nothing but application of Physics using the language of Mathematics.