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A computer software engineer resume must highlight your technical skills. This article gives you some ideas of the sort of information that an employer is looking for in your resume.

Apart from the basic resume requirements like contact details, experience etc, a software engineer resume should include the following information:

A clear cut career and job objective which shows your sense of direction to the employer.

Your resume should have the names of each of your employers and your corresponding job titles.

Give a brief description about the employer like what they are doing, if they are not well known.

The number of staff that you manage (if applicable)

Include some of the topics that are applicable to you like technical certifications, hardware knowledge, operating systems, networking/protocols, programming/languages, web applications and database applications etc.

Include a statement of your goals which is the clearest indicators to a prospective employer to match you with the job position.

Include projects done with a brief description about it and the platform used, front-end, backend and programming languages used.

Mention any technical or computer qualifications and personality development, marketing diploma etc done as a course with its content in brief, the duration, institute and also its result.

Planning, analysis, design, implementation and testing responsibilities as computer software engineer.

If you had budgetary responsibilities specify some of the important impressive technical projects that you have worked on and whether you completed the projects on budget and on time and accomplishments gained.

Highlight your initiatives and performance that resulted in enhanced efficiency, faster work, and money savings.

Highlight your certifications like Sun Certified Java programmer or Microsoft certified programmer to stress your skills in that particular language.

Highlight, if you presented any whitepapers, or addressed any group of audience to showcase your expertise.

Showcase your learnability. With the changing technology every month, you are required to be a quick learner in the IT field.

Highlight any other achievements that have benefited your department and obviously your organization in general.

Should include the following information:

A clear cut career and job objective which shows your sense of direction to the employer.

Your resume should have the names of each of your employers and your corresponding job titles

Give a brief description about the employer like what they are doing, if they are not well known.

The number of staff that you manage(if applicable)

Include some of the topics that are applicable to you like technical certifications, hardware knowledge, operating systems, networking/protocols, programming/languages, web applications and database applications etc.

Include a statement of your goals which is the clearest indicators to a prospective employer to match you with the job position.

Include projects done with a brief description about it and the platform used, front-end, backend and programming language used.

Mention any technical or computer qualifications and personality development, marketing diploma etc done as a course with its content in brief, the duration, institute and also its result.

Planning, analysis, design, implementation and testing responsibilities as computer software engineer.

If you had budgetary responsibility specify some of the important impressive technical projects that you have worked on and whether you completed the projects on budget and on time and accomplishments gained.

Highlight your initiatives and performance that resulted in enhanced efficiency, faster work, money savings.

Highlight your certifications like Sun Certified Java programmer or Microsoft certified programmerto stress your skills in the particular language and your itnerested to go one extra mile for learning.

Highlight if you presented any whitepapers, OR addressed any group of audience to showcase your expertise.

Showcase your learnablity. The changing technology every month, you are required to be a quick learner in IT field.

Highlight any other achievements that have benefited to your department and obviously your organization in general.

The need for engineering is widespread. This means that practically all parts of the world have engineering career opportunities that are available for the taking. This is so because engineering is the discipline, profession, and art of incorporating mathematical, scientific, and technical knowledge in designing structures, materials, processes, devices, machines, and systems for the benefit of man and the environment. As such, engineering encompasses almost every practical need that this world has. Thus, it is not very surprising why many people pursue a career in various fields and disciplines of engineering.

Some of the fields and disciplines of engineering which are highly demanded are mechanical, electrical, civil, computer, and chemical. Most industries rely on these disciplines for their planning, construction, operation, and maintenance needs.

Mechanical engineering covers a number of fields of specializations as well including refrigeration, power, air-conditioning, machine design, energy exploration, and environmental management. Energy exploration is perhaps one of the most promising fields of specialization in mechanical engineering. Aside from the fact that a career in energy exploration can take you places, the salary package is very enticing as well. There are many parts of the world that have energy deposits that require engineers for its extraction, development, and distribution. One example is the oil explorations in the Middle East, and in other parts of the world. There are also natural gas explorations in China and in some parts of the United States. Moreover, geothermal energy explorations in New Zealand and in the Philippines are largely contributing to the power needs of these countries. Thus, engineers are definitely needed in any part of the world.

Another important career in engineering that is globally needed is chemical. Thousands of industries can be found all over the world. Most of these industries are chemical in nature such as food processing and soap manufacturing. These are just two of the many other industries that are chemical in nature. In fact it is even safe to say that practically most industries deal with chemicals in one way or another. The biggest proof to this is the waste water that is generated by every industry which needs chemical processing. Therefore, industries from all over the world implore the services of chemical engineers in managing their waste water, and designing and monitoring processes among others.

Engineering is truly international as the need for engineers know no race, nor boundaries. Engineers are needed in Africa, Iraq, China, the United States, and in any other place in the world. The engineering career can be pursued in any part of the world because the concepts and the underlying principles of engineering are universal. In other words, no matter where you will go, the principles and the concepts that you have learned in engineering will always be applicable, making engineering an international career.

In 1928, brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin founded the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in Chicago, Illinois. They manufactured electronic battery eliminators which enabled battery-powered home radios to run on ordinary household current. However, the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929 crippled the US economy and the brothers’ business went on the brink of bankruptcy.

The Great Depression could not dampen the spirits of the Motorola founders. When Paul heard about hobbyists adapting home radios into motorcars, he foresaw the opportunity for a lucrative market. To survive, Galvin Manufacturing Corporation needed to design a new product.

Team work

Meanwhile, technicians of a radio parts company founded by William P. Lear were trying out radio technology. In spite of the sinking economy, cars are still in demand and radio technologies are breaking new grounds. Galvin created a team combining the talents of Galvin Manufacturing radio engineers and Lear to develop a low-priced radio which can be installed in most car models.

The team confronted difficult design problems – subduing signal interference, creating space for large radio parts inside the car, and making it tough enough to survive bad road conditions. They worked unceasingly to create a solution.

In May 1930, Paul Galvin revealed his intention to demonstrate their new car radio in June at the Radio Manufacturers Association Convention. To accomplish this, he has to drive about 1368 kilometers from Chicago to Atlantic City, New Jersey. With barely a month left to come up with a fully-functioning model, the team endured sleepless nights.

A few days before the convention, the team was able to build a car radio that got a clear signal even with the automobile engine running. After installing some radio components inside and the rest beneath the floor, the radio was built into the car. The car radio also survived the rigorous journey from Illinois to New Jersey despite the rough roads.

Public demonstration

Paul Garvin wanted a memorable name for their new car radio. He coined the name Motorola which connotes sound in motion. This brand soon became a household name that Galvin Manufacturing Corporation would later be renamed after its first car radio.

The Galvin Manufacturing Corporation didn’t have money for marketing. Since it failed to register for the 1930 Radio Manufacturers’ convention, the company had no product booth or appointment with potential clients. Instead, Galvin demonstrated the new car radio at the Atlantic City pier entrance where he raised the radio’s loudspeaker volume to gain attention.

He went back to Chicago with a carload of sales order and an assurance that their company will continue to survive. Bach home the company will have to face new challenges – manufacturing, marketing and large scale installation.

Dedication plus groundbreaking technology = success

Because of the team’s dedication and groundbreaking technology, the Motorola car radio model 5T71 became one of the industry’s first commercially successful mobile radio. Its amazing first year of car radio sales reached as far as Mexico and entertained a growing number of people with programmes and news even whilst on the road aboard their automobiles.

Steve Ehrlich, Chief Mechanical Engineer for ACR Electronics, Inc., was recently interviewed about what he found as a visitor at an AmCon Regional Contract Manufacturing Expo that is unique from other shows.  Ehrlich said, “The most useful about the AmCon Expo is networking and seeing what is new.  I highly recommend other contract manufacturers attend an AmCon Expo to let companies and Engineers to know what they offer and that they exist. The advantages of a regional manufacturing event, such as the AmCon Expo, are that it lets the visitor see what companies are local.”

Ehrlich attends two to six events, tradeshows, and conferences annually and attends with other staff members (all Engineers or Designers.)

The benefits of attending a regional AmCon show are significant.  Engineers and buyers attending an AmCon Contract Manufacturing Expo can find one or multiple sources to take a project from concept or prototype to finished product quickly and at competitive prices. OEMs can find sources for engineering, design, prototypes, forming, fabricating, machining, finishing, assembly and electronic manufacturing services all under one roof.

 Whether looking for one part or production runs, attendees find multiple sources from which to choose.  AmCon offers attendees a unique opportunity to investigate a variety of manufacturing options, both new and traditional, and find the best processes and materials for specific applications. Attendees view actual samples of products that have been produced for other OEMs in their industry and can get quotes on current projects and compare quality, pricing, and lead times from multiple vendors all in a few hours.

Only AmCon shows provide a “hands on” one-on-one education. Since the exhibits are staffed with top management and technical personnel, attendees have an in-depth discussion regarding project design, materials and production issues. AmCon shows are free, including seminars on a variety of manufacturing processes and quality issues.   To register for upcoming shows go to www.AmConshows.com.

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One of the most common mechanical problems that will happen with cars today is that they have fuel injectors that have become dirty and clogged.

When cars have fuel injector faults they will exhibit problems starting or they will run in a very ragged and rough fashion. Some of them will misfire and idle roughly before smoothing out. This is very common as cars age and start racking up high miles, but can also occur if you have a car that is left to sit for long periods of time.

While the modern fuel injection system has transformed the way engines start up in cars this system does have some built in design points that have to be watched and maintained to prevent problems. Today almost every automobile engine will start up when the ignition key is turned to the on position.

When this occurs, the fuel injectors spray a fine mist of fuel into the runners of the intake manifold, which creates an immediate vaporization of the fuel spray. This must occur because liquids cannot be used to power your engine, only the vapor that is produced will burn. The spray pattern from the injectors must be an extremely fine mist. The lighter and finer the particles that are contained in this mist, the easier it is to be turned into burnable vapors. When your engine has dirty fuel injectors they cannot spray a fine, evenly distributed pattern of mist.

Sometimes the injectors will spray more fuel in only one direction, or the spray may be more of a drip or a thick stream instead of the fine mist that is needed. The spray of fuel from the injectors may also come out continuously if they are not able to close off completely.

If you have an automobile that refuses to start, it may be due to fuel injectors that are stuck and unable to open at all. With cars that are running roughly and have cylinders that are misfiring, the problem may be traced to an uneven air-fuel mixture to for the cylinders. This means that some may get too much or too little of the necessary fuel and this creates problems in the overall firing cycle.

Misfiring with cylinders means that the available oxygen they contain is not being used for combustion purposes. Instead, the oxygen is being pushed out of the exhaust pipe on the next exhaust stroke.

On cars today, there are computerized oxygen sensors that measure and track this unused oxygen and this will cause the computer to react as if the engine is running extremely lean. What happens then is that the computer that controls the fuel injectors will attempt to compensate by adding more fuel to all of the cylinders by keeping the injectors on for longer periods of time.

This situation then causes even the cylinders that receiving the right amount of fuel to get too much fuel, which will make them, begin to seem too rich. Now the system that was supposed to correct the problem has mistakenly overcorrected and has made the operation of your engine worse than before. This will continue to deteriorate until you fix the original culprits, which are the dirty fuel injectors.

Since fuel is supposed to be clean and there are additional filters that are in place throughout the vehicle’s fuel system to trap impurities like dust and dirt particles it seems hard to understand how the injectors can get so filthy. Usual fuel filters are made to trap particles that are between 10 – 30 microns in size.

To show you what this size means, you should know that a single micron is only a millionth of an inch in size. So you can see that these filters are busy trapping lots of particles. They can even get overloaded themselves, but ordinarily they can keep most dirt out of the injection system. Still liquids can carry very small impurities through a filter.

At slower engine speeds, you will not have a great deal of fuel that is coming through the fuel injectors and sometimes there are very small particles and impurities that might become lodged in the small valves contained in the tiny nozzle tips that release the spray. Drivers may find that a few revs of the engine with the foot feed can flush these deposits out.

There is also a problem with the injectors sticking or becoming dirty from the residue deposits that normally build up in the spray nozzles. After an engine is shut off, the fuel evaporates on the tip of injector nozzles. The tops of the nozzles will be the first to experience the evaporation process, which will leave a sticky residue behind. You may be able to rev and run the engine for a few minutes and flush some of these deposits away, but usually a little chemical cleaning help is your best bet.

Drivers often notice that gas companies advertise the fuel-cleaning additives included in their products. There are some fuels that contain more additives that can run more cleanly than regular fuels. This will also help keep the injectors clean, but almost all gasoline products have at least some of these clean fuel additives.

You can purchase a variety of additives that will clean your fuel and clean your fuel injectors if you follow the directions carefully. Usually you will use a container of one of these products to a tank of gas, do not add more than is called for and do not use it any more frequently than is advised. If you do so, you can actually break down many of the rubber components in your car’s fuel system. Mechanics can also clean the fuel injection system for you.

Today, there is high demand of professionally qualified computer software engineer. The students, who are seeking careers in the field of IT industry, should have earned at least a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering such as B.Tech (computer Science), B.Tech (information technology), BCA or a master’s degree in computers like M.Tech (computer science), MCA (Master of Computer Applications) etc. These professional courses are offered by many Top BCA and MCA colleges of India that provide quality education, state of the art infrastructure etc. to the students. If you have keen interest in taking advantage of this projected boom, you should build your career in this field.

In today’s fast paced life, computer and information technology has become an important part of our daily lives. An extensive computer training is required for expanding the new computer software systems as well as for including new technologies and applications. The skills required for an IT industry change time to time that reflects the changes in technology and the growing requirements of the esteemed companies. As a computer software engineer, an individual does involve in research work, design, develop and test operating systems-level software, compilers and network distribution software in the renowned company.  These software engineers work in various areas like medical, military, industrial, aerospace, communications, business, scientific and general computing applications etc.  A computer engineer requires many skills for creating functional and technical design qualifications for the development of software.

After completing the course from Top MCA colleges, a student can make his future in various fields for example, hardware and networking, software engineering and development, services and application support, software testing and quality maintenance, software project management, business development and customer relationship management and much more. The information technology brings a wide range of career opportunities such as Software development and engineering, solution providing, consulting, support and services with system integration, networking, Office automation, mobile computing etc. An individual, who has a keen interest in this field, can easily build his career in this field.

Engineers plan and design new products and systems. Engineers use advanced technical skills to oversee many types of projects. Projects may include building a new highway, designing a production line, or installing a water system. Engineers oversee the planning and building of new factories and plants. They oversee the design of new products. Sometimes they improve the way products are made. Engineers set goals and establish policies and work procedures for meeting those goals. There are various types of engineering courses available

Electrical Engineers install and maintain the power supply in any manufacturing company. They also maintain any motors and heavy electrical equipment in these companies.

Electronics, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers design embedded systems i.e. electronic devices. Telecommunication engineers specifically take on the designing of communication networks e.g. mobile phones, blue tooth devices etc.

Computer Engineers job is to design/ build and maintain Computer hardware or write software codes. These could be for banking, telecommunications or software for embedded systems i.e. electronics.

Chemical Engineers work specifically in chemical industries to design and maintain the plant they work in. These industries include pharmaceutical, food, textile, paint, fertilizer, cosmetic, detergent and in oil refineries.

Instrumentation Engineers automate manufacturing and chemical processes. Their work includes interfacing the plant with a computerised system and ensures that the plant runs automatically.

Mechanical Engineers research and develop machines, tools and various mechanical devices and components. A mechanical engineer is concerned with the design, planning, development and maintenance of machines and equipment ranging from jet engines to minute instruments used in medicine and surgery.

Civil engineers build cities — from roads and bridges to tunnels, public buildings, and sewer systems. They are involved in the planning, construction, and maintenance of all kinds of infrastructure.

The Job Design and development of machinery, products, systems and processes. Testing, production and maintenance of these processes Estimate the cost and time to complete these projects Work for hours conceiving new methods

Personality traits Use their logic and technical knowledge to solve practical problems Mostly have to work behind the scenes so not too bothered with the limelight Have to work in a team therefore should be supportive and friendly in disposition Have to be able to be out in the field for hours at a stretch Higher level of managerial capacity as you move up the ladder. Able to take on the spot decisions

Job Prospects

Electrical Engineers are hired by power generation and transmission companies like NDPL, Delhi Transco, BSES, EIL, DMRC, which are mostly government, and private players like Reliance Energy, Tata Motors, L&T, Bajaj Auto etc.

Electronics, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers are in a lot of demand right now because all software companies require networking. Apart from that there are a large number of companies working in embedded systems. Firms like Texas instruments, Sasken, Paxonet and Bosh, recruit electronic engineers. Leading software companies include Wipro, Infosys (both hire almost 500-700 engineers per year) and Amdox (which hires almost 100 engineers an year).

Computer and Information Technology Engineers are highly in demand and is another most sought after field. Mega players like Infosys higher about 2000 computer professionals every year, with Wipro, TCS and Patni demanding almost the same

Chemical and Instrumentation Engineers find jobs with Petrochemical Industries like BPCL, HPCL & Reliance, Pharmaceutical Industries Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd, Inorganic and organic chemical plants such as Dai-Ichy, Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd. Some are hired by Process Consultants like Tata Honeywell and Emerson.

Civil Engineers can find job in Government departments, private and public sector industries, military, engineering services research and teaching institutions etc.

Mechanical Engineering finds applications in all fields of technology. They could work in many industries including private or public sector industries of various types, and their work varies by industry and function. Engineers are required in automobile, chemical, electronics, steel plants, oil exploration and refining, technical wings of armed forces, space research organisation, etc.

Salary and Remuneration

Electrical Engineering

Salaries in government organizations are 10-12, 000 per month. Whereas private companies pay much more, about 2.5 lacs per annum

Electronics, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers 

Companies like Texas and Sasken pay a starting salary between 2.5 – 4 lacs whereas Wipro and Infosys pay anything between 2- 3 lacs per annum.

Since the growth rates of these companies are pretty high e.g. an engineer with 3-4 years of experience can expect a salary of 60-75 thousand per month

Computer Engineering and Information Technology Engineers are paid a starting salary of Rs 1.5 – 2.5 lacs per annum. However growth rates are exponential. With about 4-5 years of experience, one can expect a salary of about Rs 60,000 – Rs 80,000 per month. In addition to this, after about 2 years in the field, one can expect a trip abroad for about 2-10 months. During this period, salaries are about $5000 per month additional to what you get by the company that originally hired you.

Chemical and Instrumentation Engineers usually get a starting salary of about Rs 2 – 2.3 lacs per annum with a growth of about Rs 30,000 per annum.

Civil Engineers The earnings depend on the industries employing civil engineers such as Central or State government departments or private concerns. In India, a bachelor’s degree candidate in civil engineering can receive a starting salary of Rs.4000 up to Rs 7500 approximately with 2-3 years experience

Mechanical Engineering Most fresh engineers start at Rs 5,000 to Rs 7,000 per month, with allowances. Those with an additional management degree in addition to engineering can command salaries of Rs 10,000 to Rs 40,000 per month.

In all these fields, a master’s degree is an added advantage and starting salaries go up by about Rs 40,000 – 50,000 per annum.

The study routes and various engineering college details are given in next part of this article.

Next time you get in your car, take a moment and look around — quite a collection of electronic content isn’t there? Yes, there is. In fact, most projections indicate that the use of electronics in automobiles is increasing at such a rapid rate that by the end of the decade more than 40 percent of an automobile’s cost will be in electronics. That’s an amazing number that was virtually impossible to imagine 10 to 15 years ago, but is now very much a reality.

What you see electronically from your view in the driver’s seat is only the tip of the iceberg. With advanced features in the automobile such as telematics, DVD/video, satellite radio, GPS navigation, automatic climate control, electronic stability control, power doors, seats, mirrors and windows … the fact is there is an increasing amount of electronic sophistication in the automobile. And these are just the systems you can see.

Beneath the surface of your vehicle, changes have occurred over the past 10 years equally as dramatic as those in the passenger compartment. Just about every system in which an actuator drove the mechanical or hydraulic system has been replaced by an electronic sensor and switch augmenting the mechanical and hydraulic systems. Many of these critical systems and electronic control units (ECUs) manage the brakes, airbags and steering.

The “electronification” of the automobile is being driven by today’s consumers and their demands for increased reliability, not to mention the more basic desire for more sensory sizzle. Consequently, automakers are scrambling to recruit talent and retool an industry that, until recently, mechanical engineers and design software had dominated. A new day is dawning in the automotive world, and automakers and their suppliers need a savvy electronics staff and supplier-support structure that can deal with electronic-design issues that are unique to the automotive arena.

The major challenge facing automotive electronics designers is the high degree of connectivity required within the vehicle. In just the past decade, the magnitude and complexity of the interconnection of automotive electronics has increased dramatically. Depending on the vehicle, there can be 3 to 15 ECUs (over 50 in some high-end vehicles) with hundreds of embedded software modules; and each of these applications must inter-communicate. Adding to the complexity is that each ECU presents its own challenge, given that the software, middleware and application software is written by different companies, yet must be integrated together within the overall framework of the vehicle.

The pressure falls squarely upon the tier-one suppliers, because today’s auto manufacturers don’t design the electrical systems; it’s the responsibility of the many tier-one suppliers to design the electronic subsystems found within our vehicles. Tier-one vendors, in turn, rely on tier-two vendors, essentially semiconductor and pc-board-design vendors, to supply and even custom-design components for each ECU.

Automakers design automobiles four years in advance of their commercial release, so auto manufacturers today are working on 2012 cars, vans, SUVs and trucks that they will release in mid-2011. They take responsibility to conceive an approximation of the electronics inventory, such as a list of ECUs and their behavioral specifications. This can even include data about the ECU’s networks that includes low- and high-speed controller-area networks and local-interconnect networks. The manufacturers almost never specify the actual electronic components; they rely on their suppliers to delve into that detail.

This is just the start of the process. The manufacturer shops the rough specifications to the tier-one suppliers for bid, narrows the field down to perhaps three finalists for each ECU and demands that each of the finalists deliver a prototype within six months. Once the prototype meets the functionality requirements, the supplier designs an actual scale model ECU. When the manufacturer begins testing, it’s not uncommon for the ECU’s specifications to change, further adding time, money and complexity to the design phase.

And therein is the crux of the challenge that automotive companies face — how to shorten the traditional automotive design phase in conjunction with the ever-changing demands of today’s electronics-eager consumers. Ask yourself this question, “How many people do you know that have a four-year old cell phone?” With the infotainment options available to consumers both outside and inside their vehicles, automotive manufacturers are under pressure to stay current with the demands of these consumers, many of whom are updating their entertainment gadgets every year.

Manufacturers and suppliers are up to meeting the challenges. Real-time design and testing, developing streamlined communications across each design tier, more standardized products and application-specific standard products — these are just a few of the solutions that are being implemented to deliver cutting-edge electronics to an ever-demanding automotive customer in today’s, and tomorrow’s, cars and trucks.