Though there is no specific algorithm that can guarantee your placement by some skillset, there are some key points that will help you build a good impression in front of the interviewers. Let’s look at the important skill sets that you require in order to get placed in a core company.
rnMechanical Engineer
rnA mechanical engineer should have particular hard skills, including a strong understanding of industry standards, and comfort working with computers, because a lot of time is spent designing, simulating, and testing. Few other core skills required are:
rn1.CAD/CAM/CATIA/Solid Works/ANSYS
rn2.FEA
rn3.Drafting Standards and Geometric, Dimension, & Tolerance (GD&T)
rn4.Perform Equipment and System Calculations.
rn5.Work Effectively Under Pressure.
rn6.Good manufacturing knowledge.
rn7.Read and Interpret Drawings and Specifications.
rn8.Good Core subject knowledge like in mechanics, thermodynamics, materials and etc.
rnECE/EEE/ENTC Engineer
rnAn electrical engineer is required to be very good at analytical skills and should also possess good communication skills. A good electrical engineer is someone who has an eye for detail. Some of the major core company skills for an electrical engineer are:
rn1.Embedded Systems
rn2.MATLAB
rn3.IOT
rn4.VLSI design
rn5.Programming in any one of language
rn6.AVR
rn7.PLC
rn8.MOSFET’s device characteristics and basic structure.
rnCivil Engineer
rnCivil engineers design major construction projects, such as roads, airport, tunnels, dams and bridges. They must possess a very broad skill set, from cost accounting to geology. Some of the major technical skills that any civil engineer must possess are:
rn1.Complex data interpretation (Trigonometry, Geometry)
rn2.AutoCAD, Staad Pro and Revit software’s
rn3.Material Science
rn4.CAM analysis
rn5.FEA
rnCS/IT Engineers
rnBeing a computer science graduate involves identifying the problem and coming up with a technological solution to address it. A good software engineer should possess good problem solving skill and good creative thinking for coming up with different logics for coding.
rn1.Data Structures and Algorithms
rn2.OOPS
rn3.OS, DBMS and Networks
rn4.C, C++, JAVA and Python
rn5.Parallel Programming
rn6.Compiler Design
rn7.Basics of security, vulnerabilities, and cryptography.
rn8.Basic web development – hosting your own site with a database (MySQL etc.) on a server.
rnBioengineers
rnBioengineering is one of the fastest growing markets in the USA. A good bio-engineer should have good analytical thinking, communication skills and creative thinking. Some of the skills a bio engineer must have other than soft skills are:
rn1.Integration of engineering and medicine
rn2.Material Science
rn3.Western blotting
rn4.Molecular biology
rn5.Tissue engineering
rn6.COMSOL, ADINA and MATLAB
rn“Every engineer is unique in his/her way. Possessing only technical skills or only soft skills will not get you placed in any company, you should have the right mixture of both the worlds.”