The M.Tech/ME students have ample job opportunities available across different sectors. There are a good number of job roles available according to the specialisations chosen. The present article tries to discuss the few job roles that play a crucial role in the career of a M.Tech/ME student.
Let’s discuss them below
Software Engineer
A software engineer is responsible to gain technical expertise and skill and is expected to work in the IT sector especially in programming languages and software development.
Role of a Software Engineer
As a software engineer one will work in a constantly evolving environment, due to technological advances and the strategic direction of the organisation. The software engineers are responsible to apply their scientific and mathematical principles in order to create computer software and solve problems. They are also responsible for writing diagnostic programs and designing and writing code for operating systems.
Responsibilities of the Software Engineer
As a software engineer one is responsible to:
- Analyse user requirements
- Write and test code refining and rewriting it as necessary and communicate with any programmers involved in the project
- Research, design and write new software programmes
- Evaluate the software and systems that make computers and hardware work
- Develop existing programmes by analysing with identifying areas for modification
- Create technical specifications
- Integrate existing software products and get incompatible platforms to work together
- Write systems to control the scheduling of jobs or to control the access allowed to users to remote systems
- Write operation documentation with technical authors
- Maintain systems by monitoring and correcting software defects
- Work closely with other staff such as project managers, graphic artists UX designers, other developer’s system analysts and sales and marketing professionals
- Consult clients and colleagues concerning the maintenance and performance of software systems with a view of writing or modifying current operating systems
- Investigate new technologies
- Continually update technical knowledge and skills by attending in-house and external courses reading manual’s and accessing new applications
