Even with the advent of electrical vehicles, automobile engineering will still have a lot of scope. It takes automobile engineers as well to make electric cars. In the case of electric vehicles, it is the internal combustion engine that gets replaced. Everything else will remain more or less the same. These things will still remain in the ambit of automobile engineering. Another aspect is that even though gear boxes might get phased out, there will still be the body, aerodynamics strength and weight, breaking system, suspension, cooling and ventilation. Automobile engineers will continue to work on these systems in the future and come up with new and innovative ideas. There are many other things that require an automobile engineer, from designing to industrialization like electric motor mechanical parts, upper body parts, suspension, installation of plants etc. Basically, the only difference between an electric car and conventional car is the propulsion system and everything else remains the same and requires automobile engineers to work on them.

·         More career prospects after automobile engineering

Automobile Engineers are highly sought after both in India and abroad. The automobile industry as such is very big hence the job opportunities are great as well. There are great employment opportunities in Private National and Multinational Automobile companies, Service Stations, Private Transport companies, Defense Services and Self Employment by setting up Automobile Garage or Maintenance Workshop.

·         Fields in which job opportunities are

There are many industries or fields that offer job opportunities to automobile engineering. One such field is designing, development and manufacturing of vehicles. Creation of blueprints of vehicles and their components. Maintenance and Services Engineers in automobile workshops, aircraft industries, aviation, marine vessels, and diesel power stations.

·         Positions that an automobile engineer can hold

Automobile Technicians

Bike Mechanics

Diesel Mechanics

Car Mechanics

Automobile Designer

Executive and Managerial Positions

Pay scale

The pay scale of an automobile engineer depends on many factors like qualification, organization

in which they work and also location. Somebody with a master’s degree and specialization

would get paid more. Nature of the organization is also very important. A private sectore job

would pay more than a government job. Also, abroad the options are much higher so as the pay.

It also depends on your alumni and credentials. Students from NIT’s and IIT’s usually land good

jobs and also earn more than somebody who studied in a private college.

Initially the salary for beginners would be approximately 15, 000 – 20, 000 per month. An

experienced engineer can earn more than or up to 1 lakh per month.

Some of the great companies to work in are given below:

TELCO

L & T

Ashok Leyland

Mahindra & Mahindra

Heldex India

Bajaj Auto

Maruti Suzuki

Toyota

Yamaha

Hyundai

Hero Moto Corp

Volkswagen

Audi

Renault