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Electronics & VLSI Engineer
इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स और वीएलएसआई इंजीनियर
Designs and tests electronic circuits and computer chips — from phone processors to the electronics in cars, satellites and medical devices.
See when you could start working, and what it could payWhat people in India report they earn
See electronics engineer salaries shared by employees: Glassdoor India(opens in a new tab) · Indeed India(opens in a new tab).
These figures are self-reported on those sites and aren't checked by Edukrish. Pay varies a lot by city, employer and experience.
- Class 11–12 stream
- Science (PCM), Science (PCMB)
- Key subjects
- Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science
- Often valued in this work
- Earning potential, Creativity & independence, Global exposure
What the work looks like
- Designing and simulating circuits or chip blocks with specialised software
- Verifying designs and finding faults before manufacture
- Testing boards and chips in the lab with measuring instruments
The realities
Highly technical, detail-heavy work. Chip-design jobs in India are concentrated in a few large technology cities, and many design roles prefer an M.Tech.
The usual route in India
B.Tech/B.E. in Electronics and Communication or Electrical and Electronics Engineering (4 years); an M.Tech in VLSI or microelectronics, often through GATE, helps for chip-design roles.
Entrance exams and tests
- JEE Main — dates and details
- JEE Advanced — dates and details
- State engineering entrance tests
- GATE (for M.Tech) — dates and details
Linked exams open their official dates and sources.
Other ways in
Diploma holders in electronics can join a B.Tech through lateral entry.
Colleges with courses for this career
From courses we've collected from official college websites. Not a ranking, and not every college that offers it.
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering · Dual MS(Engineering) + PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering · Master of Technology in Electronics and Electrical Engineering
- Vellore Institute of Technology
B.Tech - Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design and Technology) · B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering · B.Tech - Electronics and Computer Engineering
- Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
Communication System Engineering · Electronics & Communication Engineering · VLSI Design
- Chandigarh University
B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering · M.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering
- College of Engineering Trivandrum
B.Tech in Applied Electronics & Instrumentation · B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering
- Delhi Technological University
B. Tech (Electronics and Communication Engineering Evening) · B. Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering)
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communication Engineering · Bachelor of Technology - Electronics Enginerring
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology
B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering · M.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering
Sources and checks
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Quick answers
- How long does it take to become an electronics & VLSI engineer in India?
- On the usual route (B.Tech / B.E. in Electronics & Communication), about 4 years after Class 12. A student in Class 12 in 2026–27 could start working around 2031; a student in Class 8 around 2035. A preparation year, a master's or a repeated year moves this later.
- How much does an electronics & VLSI engineer earn?
- Edukrish doesn't publish an India salary figure for this career yet, because reliable occupation-level data that can be reused doesn't exist publicly. In the United States, median pay for electronics engineers, except computer was $130,220 a year in 2025; the lowest-paid 10% earned under $81,840 and the top 10% over $206,960 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
- Will AI take over the work of an electronics & VLSI engineer?
- The ILO's 2025 index of generative-AI exposure says this occupation group ("Electronics engineers") has moderate exposure: of its 8 typical tasks, 3 are moderately exposed and 5 have low exposure; none is highly exposed. Exposure measures what the technology could do today, not job losses; it usually changes which tasks people spend time on.
Your future as an electronics & VLSI engineer
When you could start working, what the work could look like by then, and what it could pay.
Pay data for
- You could start working
- 2033in about 7 years · as graduate engineer trainee (electronics)
- Pay in India
- We show India pay only where there's an official public figure, such as government pay scales. This career doesn't have one yet.
Your pay over the career
Shown only where reliable data exists.
No reliable pay data for India yet
- India's official survey data (PLFS) can be used commercially only under a licence, and salary websites don't allow reuse. Rather than show a guess, we leave India pay out until there's a figure we're allowed to use.
Your path from today
Four-year engineering degree after Class 12 (PCM).
Today
Class 10 · 2026–27
Finish Class 12
May 2029
B.Tech / B.E. (Electronics and Communication)
Aug 2029 – Jun 2033
First role: Graduate engineer trainee (electronics)
Jul 2033
Growing in the role
2038 (5 years in)
Senior roles, for some
2043+ (10 years in)
A plan, not a promise: a repeated year, a break or a change of course moves these dates.
How the career can grow
Illustrative steps; the years vary by employer and person. Many people stay at a specialist level by choice.
Graduate engineer trainee
Often 0–2 years in · from about 2033
Learns the work on real projects, with close guidance.
Design / verification engineer
Often 3–5 years in · from about 2036
Owns pieces of work end to end and needs less supervision.
Senior design engineer
Often 6–9 years in · from about 2039
Handles complex work, sets direction for a project and guides newer colleagues.
Lead engineer or design manager
Often 10–14 years in · from about 2043
Leads larger areas or teams, or becomes the go-to expert in a specialism.
Head of chip design or engineering
Often 15+ years in · from about 2048
Shapes strategy for a department or organisation. Only some people reach this level.
Demand and how the work may change
Official US outlook, 2025–2035
Employment growth: Average (3% to 4%) · about 4,900 openings a year.
There's no reliable job-postings data for India yet, so these signals come from the US.
Exposure to generative AI (ILO, 2025)
Moderate exposure: a mix of tasks generative AI could do and tasks it can't.
- Very low
- Low
- Medium
- High
How many of the 8 typical tasks of “electronics engineers” current generative AI could technically do. Exposure is not the same as job loss: it often changes which tasks people spend their time on. By 2033 the tools will be different again, so treat this as direction, not a forecast.
Who hires people in this career
- Product and platform companies
- IT services and consulting firms
- Banks, insurers and fintechs
- Start-ups
- Government and public digital services
Kinds of employers today, written by our team. We name companies only with dated hiring evidence, and never suggest a company will be hiring in 2033.
How we work this out: sources, assumptions and limits
Why “no reliable pay data yet”
- India's official survey data (PLFS) can be used commercially only under a licence, and salary websites don't allow reuse. Rather than show a guess, we leave India pay out until there's a figure we're allowed to use.
Timeline assumptions
- Today is in the 2026–27 school year (April to March).
- One class per year, with no repeated year.
- Class 12 results arrive around May; college intakes start on the months shown.
- Admission in the first year you apply.
- Courses take their standard length; a failed year or a break adds time.
- The first job starts about a month after the last stage ends.
Sources
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. US public domain.
- Employment Projections 2025–35 — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. US public domain.
- Generative AI and jobs: refined global index of occupational exposure — International Labour Organization (Working Paper 140, 2025). CC BY 4.0.
- Social Security Trustees Report 2025 (economic assumptions) — US Social Security Administration. US public domain.
- Flexible inflation target, April 2026 – March 2031 — Government of India / Reserve Bank of India. Official government publication (facts).
- Average hourly earnings by industry and CPI (back-test data) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, via FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). US public domain (BLS data).
- PLFS unit-level data (2025 calendar year) — MoSPI (microdata.gov.in). GSDD 2026: free for non-commercial use; commercial use needs MoSPI authorisation and a fee.
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