Field Service Engineer
Also known as: Service Engineer · Customer Support Engineer
Installs, services and repairs equipment at customer sites, such as medical, lab or industrial machines.
What you’d do
Installs, maintains and repairs equipment at customers' premises — for example medical devices in hospitals, analytical instruments in labs, or machines in factories. Equipment makers and their service partners hire for this role. A typical day involves travelling to sites, finding and fixing faults, and writing up service reports.
- Install and commission equipment at customer sites
- Diagnose and repair faults
- Run preventive maintenance visits
- Train users and file service reports
How you get in
Freshers usually join as trainee service engineers with an equipment maker or a dealer, and learn specific product lines through company training. Interviews check basic electronics, fault-finding and communication. Willingness to travel and to work in a given city or region is usually a condition.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Reading circuit diagrams and service manuals
- Fault-finding with test instruments
- Basic electrical safety
- Explaining problems clearly to customers
- Keeping accurate service records
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Sc (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Sc (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Growth path: service engineer → senior / specialist engineer → service or regional manager.
- Product knowledge built on the job can lead to application or sales roles.
- Travel, on-call duty and site deadlines are common.
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