Electronics and instrumentation engineering is a specialized branch of engineering which focuses on the principles and operation of measuring instruments, process control which are used in design and configuration of automated systems. These engineers work for industries with automated processes such as chemical or manufacturing plants, with the goal of improving system productivity, reliability, safety,optimization and stability . Instrumentation engineers help in the designing , construction and maintenance of instruments in the designing, construction and maintenance of instruments and entire instrumentation systems of an industrial undertaking. An instrumentation engineer decides the type of instruments needed for ensuring better quality and efficiency of the end product.Tasks and responsibilities which are common to instrumentation engineers may include

• designing and developing new control systems
• project management within cost and time constrained environment
• troubleshooting and problem solving
• writing computer software
• maintaining and modifying existing systems
• managing operations
• working collaboratively with design engineers, operation engineers , purchasers and other internal staff
• contacting clients, suppliers ,contractors and relevant authorities
• understanding and ensuring compliance with the health and safety regulations and quality standards
• providing advice and consultancy support
• developing new business proposals

The scope of instrumentation engineering is vast and appears to be growing in part due to the increased use of automatic control in manufacturing and process plants. Instrumentation engineers can get jobs in R&D units of public and private sector companies. They are also required by the heavy industries such as thermal power stations, steel plants, refineries and cement and fertilizer plants both in govt and private sectors like NFL,BHEL, Honeywell, Samsung, IOCL and SAIL. They have multidisciplinaryrole to play. One may choose to move sideways into other career areas within or outside their industry. This might include areas such as sales, purchase, marketing, finance, HR, IT or general management. Many IT sector companies like TCS, infosys, Accenture are also hiring instrumentation engineers. Robotics is another vast field where there is huge need for instrumentation engineers.