Popular Entry-level Roles for Electrical Engineering Graduates

The popular entry-level roles for Electrical Engineering graduates include Electrical Design Engineer, Telecommunications Engineer, Instrumentation Engineer, Project Engineer, Automation Engineer, Hardware Engineer, etc. among others.

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Popular Entry-level Roles for Electrical Engineering Graduates
Top High-Paying Entry-Level Roles for Electrical Engineering Graduates

The popular entry-level roles for Electrical Engineering graduates include Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET), Electrical Design Engineer, Maintenance Engineer (Electrical), Testing and Commissioning Engineer, Project Engineer, Automation Engineer, etc. among others. You can seek employment in the domains of renewable energy, telecommunications, power systems, automation, etc. in public sector organizations like NTPC, BHEL, and Indian Railways, and private companies like ABB, L&T, Siemens, and Schneider Electric, etc. The average starting salary for Electrical Engineering graduates ranges from INR 2 LPA to INR 7 LPA.
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Popular Entry-level Roles for Electrical Engineering Graduates

The popular entry-level positions for graduates in Electrical Engineering have been provided in the table below.

Job Position	Annual Salary Range
Electrical Engineer (Entry-Level/ Junior)	INR 3,00,000 - 5,50,000
Electrical Design Engineer	INR 3,80,000 - 10,00,000
Test Engineer/ Validation Engineer	INR 2,40,000 - 12,30,000
Power Systems Engineer	INR 2,90,000 - 17,50,000
Renewable Energy Engineer/ Solar Design Engineer	INR 4,00,000 - 7,40,000
Hardware Engineer	INR 5,15,000 - 18,10,000
Electronics Engineer	INR 3,00,000 - 7,00,000
Embedded Systems Engineer	INR 5,00,000 - 11,00,000
Controls Engineer	INR 2,20,000 - 14,10,000
Instrumentation Engineer	INR 2,20,000 - 12,70,000
RF (Radio Frequency) Engineer	INR 2,00,000 - 9,20,000
Telecommunications Engineer	INR 3,30,000 - 7,00,000
Maintenance Engineer (Electrical)	INR 2,00,000 - 7,00,000
Testing and Commissioning Engineer	INR 2,00,000 - 16,00,000
Project Engineer/ Site Engineer	INR 2,40,000 - 9,50,000
Automation Engineer (PLC/SCADA)	INR 1,20,000 - 8,00,000
Quality Control Engineer	INR 2,30,000 - 14,80,000

Top Industries & Recruiters Hiring Electrical Engineering Graduates

Check the table below to know which are the top industries hiring graduates in Electrical Engineering, the common positions available for them, the top recruiters, and the average salary offered.

Industry	Common Entry-Level Job Positions	Top Recruiters	Average Salary Range
Semiconductor & VLSI Design	VLSI Design Engineer ASIC Engineer Hardware Design Engineer	Intel Micron Qualcomm Samsung Semiconductors Texas Instruments	8 – 15 LPA
Electric Vehicles (EV) & Battery Tech	Power Electronics Engineer Battery Systems Engineer Charging Infrastructure Engineer	Ola Electric Tata Motors BYD India Ather Energy Mahindra Electric	6 – 12 LPA
Power Generation & Distribution	Electrical Design Engineer Distribution Engineer Maintenance Engineer	NTPC BHEL Power Grid Corporation Tata Power Adani Power	4 – 8 LPA
Aerospace & Defense	Electrical Systems Engineer Avionics Engineer Radar Systems Trainee	ISRO DRDO HAL BEL Boeing India	7 – 15 LPA
Renewable Energy (Solar & Wind)	Solar Design Engineer Energy Systems Engineer Power Electronics Trainee	Adani Green Energy ReNew Power Siemens Gamesa Tata Power Solar	4 – 9 LPA
Industrial Automation & Robotics	PLC/SCADA Engineer Control Systems Engineer Automation Trainee	ABB Schneider Electric Siemens L&T Honeywell	5 – 10 LPA
Telecommunications & Networking	RF Engineer Telecom Engineer Network Optimization Engineer	Nokia Reliance Jio Airtel Ericsson BSNL	4 – 10 LPA
Manufacturing & Heavy Industries	Maintenance Engineer Project Engineer Equipment Testing Engineer	Larsen & Toubro Hindustan Zinc Tata Steel Reliance Industries	4 – 8 LPA
Construction (MEP & Smart Infrastructure)	MEP Engineer Site Electrical Engineer Lighting Design Engineer	L&T Construction Godrej Projects Shapoorji Pallonji	3.5 – 7 LPA
AI, Embedded Systems & IoT	Embedded Systems Engineer IoT Hardware Developer AI Hardware Designer	Bosch Honeywell Philips HCL Nvidia	6 – 12 LPA

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Top High-Paying Entry-Level Roles for Electrical Engineering Graduates

Given below are the top highest-paid entry level positions for graduates in Electrical Engineering.

Job Role	Salary Range	Key Hiring Sectors
VLSI/ASIC Design Engineer	INR 8 – INR 15 LPA	Semiconductor design (Intel, Qualcomm, Synopsys)
Power Electronics Engineer	INR 7 – INR 14 LPA	EVs, smart grid, and renewable energy (Tata Motors, ABB, Adani Green)
Electrical Systems Engineer (Aerospace/EVs)	INR 6 – INR 12 LPA	Aviation, automotive, and space systems (HAL, ISRO, Mahindra Electric)
Hardware Design Engineer	INR 6 – INR 11 LPA	Electronics manufacturing, IoT, and embedded devices
AI/IoT Hardware Engineer	INR 6 – INR 10 LPA	Automation, robotics startups, and connected devices firms
Electrical Project Engineer	INR 5 – INR 10 LPA	Infrastructure, metro, and power transmission projects
Telecommunications/RF Engineer	INR 4.5 – INR 10 LPA	Telecom service providers and 5G infrastructure firms
Renewable Energy Engineer (Solar/Wind)	INR 4 – INR 9 LPA	Green energy startups and government renewable projects
Automation/Control Systems Engineer	INR 4 – INR 8 LPA	Industrial automation, factories, and robotics

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