Automation is the latest trend in all the industries. Instrumentation engineers work to improve the productivity, stability, safety, reliability of industries with automated processes. They are responsible for calibration, testing and maintenance of the system. They are also responsible to control the parameters of the system by using different controllers.
This branch is multi-disciplinary & includes the subjects of various branches such as electrical, electronics, chemical, mechanical, production, biomedical and computers. Working of these Engineers is very domain dependent. Every domain expert has different concerns. For example, a Biomedical Instrumentation expert has very different concerns than a Process Instrumentation expert or rocket Instrumentation expert. Common factors between them are the selection of appropriate sensors. These Engineers normally work on Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Distributed Control System (DCS).
Career Opportunities for Instrumentation Engineer: (India and Abroad)
Instrumentation Engineer can work for Public/Private firms, R&D sectors, Steel plants, Cement companies, Thermal power plants, Nuclear power plants, refinery sectors, Chemical companies and similar industries like DRDO, ISRO, IOC, BARC, NTPC, Railways, BSNL, and HAL.
Compared to India, Instrumentation Engineer has wide scope in other countries like Europe, USA, UK and Canada. They have more opportunities in research, design and development of control systems.
Emerging Technologies in Instrumentation:
With the conventional techniques such as optimal control, robust control, adaptive control and predictive control, following are the emerging technologies in Instrumentation according to the Techrepublic report,
- Virtual Instrumentation
- Robotics
- Big Data Science
- Machine Learning (ML)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Biometrics
- Virtual reality (VR)/Augmented reality (AR)
- Drones
After completion of Bachelors in Instrumentation, one can also go for M.Tech/MS in various specializations. Read Full Article At Engineering In Instrumentation
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