Career Option as an Automotive Engineer

Automobile Engineering or Automotive Engineering is a broad engineering discipline which deals with the designing; manufacturing; testing and quality certification of the automobiles (motor vehicles such as cars, trucks, buses, two-wheelers, three-wheelers etc). Since automobile industry is a vast field, Automobile Engineering sector is divided into many sub categories, such as Automobile Engineering for Car Designing and Manufacturing; Automobile Engineering for Heavy Vehicles and Automobile Engineering for Two-Wheeler Designing and Manufacturing.

Professional qualifications in Automobile Engineering and Automotive Engineering are awarded by various Engineering Colleges and Technical Institutes. Bachelor Degree in Automobile Engineering/Automotive Engineering is a four year degree course and Master Degree in Automobile Engineering/Automotive Engineering is a two year master level programme. Advanced doctoral programmes are also offered at these institutions for ambitious students.

Career aspirants having at least a bachelor degree in automobile engineering are eligible to apply for various engineering positions existing in the automobile industry. Various career positions available in Automobile industry are as Automobile Engineers; Automotive Engineers; Automobile Design Engineers; Automobile Production Engineers; Automobile Testing Engineers and so on.

Major career responsibilities of an automobile engineer include designing of the various parts of the motor vehicles; manufacturing various parts of the vehicle as per the approved plan; assembling various parts of the motor vehicle to fit them as a quality product; testing the assembled motor vehicles for passenger use and finally certifying the vehicles as quality products before launching them in the automobile market.

Many job opportunities are available for the candidates with diploma qualifications also. Diploma in Automobile Engineering, a two year duration diploma course, is available at various polytechnic colleges. After the completion of the diploma, candidates can join the automobile industry in various technical positions such as automobile technicians; automotive repairing technicians, car mechanics etc. Major responsibility of an automotive technician is the repairing and maintenance of the motor vehicles with proper tools and machines.