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3. R&D Professionals:

India is being increasingly viewed as a R&D hub and several organizations are investing in R&D centers across pan India. R&D professionals are engineering technicians who use their knowledge to assist engineers and other scientists to create, design and construct new products or equipments that will be then marketed and sold to the consumers or specific industries.

R&D professionals are also responsible for testing and conducting experiments on the product, bring together the data and record of all the outcomes to spot if the product is operational, and will be profitable to the general public. These professional are hired in a variety of industries which includes aerospace engineering, environmental engineering, civil engineering, electromechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering industrial engineering and more.
As per the Payscale website, the income for an R&D professional is in the range of 3 lakhs to 30 lakhs per annum.