Instrumentation and Control Engineers design, build and manage systems that are used in a range of modern industrial settings such as manufacturing, environmental, health, food production, mining and energy production.

They are typically used to monitor, measure, regulate and control physical quantities like temperature, pressure, flow, and to control product movement, actuators, positioning devices and the like. Instrumentation and Control Engineering is also the basis of Mechatronics and robotic Engineering.

The main objective of control and Instrumentation engineers is to ensure that these systems and processes operate effectively, efficiently and safely. They usually work the companies who manufacture and supply the equipment, or for the companies who use it.

Instrumentation and Control is a field that requires a combined knowledge of Mathematics, Physics, electronics, Chemistry and process control in order to measure and control industrial processes.

A broad range of career opportunities exists for engineers from sales, management, technical projects, and research and development. They can be employed in power plants, steel plants, fertilizer plants, chemical plants, refineries, cement manufacturing plants. Can be employed in R&D laboratories and defence establishments also.