CAD, CAM & CAE is at present a rapidly expanding field with a large amount of growth opportunities and a rapidly growing workforce. Many companies look for experienced professionals, but due to a severe shortage of such candidates, freshers with a strong base in fundamentals of mechanical engineering and practical exposure to software tools also have a good demand.

An overview of the types of industries and their constituent companies gives a fair idea of the types of opportunities.

No	Type of Industry	Companies
1	Business Process Outsourcing	Onward Technologies, Satyam, Infosys, Geometric, TACO, Tata Technologies, TCS, Rolta, Infotech Enterprises,etc.
2	Product Design	Elephant Design, D C Design, Design Directions, Sign Design, I Design Solution Ltd, Genesis Designs,
3	Tool & Die design and manufacturing	K C Tools, Seimitsu Patterns, Precision Moulds & Dies, Perfect Moulds,etc. IGTR, CTTC - Calcutta, CTTC - Jamshedpur, CTTC - Bhubaneshwar, Central Institute of tool design, Tool room - Bangalore & Mysore, TRTC - Delhi, Sumi Motherson, Kunstocom, Brakes India Foundry, Bharat Forge, GTZ - Bhopal, Horizon Industrial products, NTTF, Precision Molds & Dies, Bhurji , Elforge, Sunbeam castings, Oswal castings, Super Auto, JBM Tools, etc.
4	Engineering Analysis	Onward, TCS, Finite2Infinite, VJ coresoft, Satyam, Sutra systems , NeilSoft, Designtech Systems,etc.
5	Training	CADCAMGURU, IGTR, CITD, etc.
6	Marketing	EDS, DesignTech, Infotech Partners, IBM, Rolta, Tata Elxsi
7	Automobile Industry	Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Tempo, Kinetic Engg., Maruti, Mercedez Benz, Hero Honda, Honda Motors, Ashok Leyland, BEML, TVS etc.
8	Auto Components Manufacturers	Brakes India, Wheels India, Rane Group, Mico -RHW, Kalyani wheels, Tata Johnsons, Perfect Electricals, Krishna Maruthi, Jay - Yushin, Munjal Showa, Aurangabad Electricals, Kirloskar, Omax Auto, JBM Tools
9	Consumer Goods	Philips, LG, Whirlpool, Videocon, Onida, Samsung,VIP, Modi Xerox, Milton, BPL etc.
10	Engineering Industry	Kirloskar Group, Atlas Copco, Nichrome, Forbes Marshall, BHEL, DRDO, Hindustan Aeronautics, HMT,BHEL, GECs, Crompton Greaves, ABB, Siemens, RDSO, ICF, L&T, etc.
11	Global TechnologyCenters	Emerson, G.E., Whirlpool, Cummins, John Deere, etc.
12	Machinery	LMW, Lohia Machines, Samtel Machine Building, Telco MBD, Nichrome, Pan Pharma , etc.