ECE · 18 employers
Core companies for ECE freshers in India (2026): roles, pay and selection process
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18 core companies on placd hire ECE freshers, including Tata Motors, Bosch, Qualcomm. Most select through an online test, one or two technical interviews that start from your final-year project, and HR. The table gives each company's roles and fresher pay; the company page has the rounds, eligibility and sources.
| Company | Roles for freshers | Fresher pay |
|---|---|---|
| Tata Motors | Roles for freshers: GET (Mechanical, Electrical, ECE) | Fresher pay: ₹3–6 LPA |
| Bosch | Roles for freshers: GET / Graduate Apprentice (Mech, EEE, ECE) | Fresher pay: ₹2–4.5 LPA |
| Qualcomm | Roles for freshers: Engineer (VLSI, Embedded, Software) | Fresher pay: Not published |
| Texas Instruments | Roles for freshers: Analog / Digital / Embedded Engineer | Fresher pay: ₹24–26 LPA |
| Siemens / Siemens Energy | Roles for freshers: GET / Engineer (Electrical, Mech, Automation) | Fresher pay: ₹4–7 LPA |
| ABB India | Roles for freshers: Graduate Engineer Trainee (EEE, ECE, Instrumentation, Mechanical) | Fresher pay: ₹3.5–8 LPA (reported) |
| AMD India | Roles for freshers: Hardware design / verification engineer (Hyderabad, Bangalore) | Fresher pay: Not published |
| Analog Devices India | Roles for freshers: Analog / digital design and verification engineer (ECE, EE) | Fresher pay: ₹17–19.5 LPA (reported) |
| Cadence Design Systems India | Roles for freshers: Software, design and product engineering freshers (ECE, EE, CS, IT) | Fresher pay: ₹17 LPA (reported) |
| Honeywell India | Roles for freshers: Graduate Engineer Trainee (core / automation) and software roles | Fresher pay: ₹6.5 LPA (reported) |
| Intel India | Roles for freshers: Graduate Technical Intern / entry-level design (M.Tech ECE, EEE) | Fresher pay: Not published |
| MediaTek India | Roles for freshers: Software (C, OS, embedded) and hardware design freshers | Fresher pay: ₹24–30 LPA (reported) |
| Micron Technology India | Roles for freshers: Semiconductor engineer, SDE and data roles (ECE, EEE) | Fresher pay: ₹14–17 LPA (reported) |
| NXP India | Roles for freshers: Digital design / verification and embedded software engineer | Fresher pay: ₹19.5–22 LPA (reported) |
| Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) | Roles for freshers: Intern + FTE: RTL, verification, physical design, firmware | Fresher pay: Not published |
| Schneider Electric India | Roles for freshers: Graduate Engineer Trainee (Electrical, Electronics, Software) | Fresher pay: ₹5–8 LPA (reported) |
| Synopsys India | Roles for freshers: R&D Engineer / Applications Engineer (ECE, EEE; CS for software) | Fresher pay: ₹16–20 LPA (reported) |
| Tata Steel | Roles for freshers: Engineer Trainee (Aspiring Engineers Programme) / Management Trainee | Fresher pay: ₹7.4 LPA after training (reported) |
Other employers hiring ECE engineers
- VLSI: Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Intel, Samsung, NVIDIA, AMD, Micron, MediaTek, Synopsys, Cadence
- Embedded/automotive: Bosch, Continental, Aptiv, KPIT, LTTS, Tata Elxsi, Harman
- Telecom: Ericsson, Nokia, Jio, Airtel, Tejas Networks
- IT services hire the largest share of ECE graduates