Engineering graduates in Electronics or related streams with 60% marks can apply for ‘Executive Trainee’ (Electronics) in Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). Selection process is carried out through an online entrance test and interview. Questions for the written test are based on technical topics studied during the the qualifying degree.

Syllabus for NPCIL ‘Executive Trainee’ (Electronics)

Networks

• Data link protocols
• End-End protocols
• Frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits
• Message routing technologies
• Network graphs
• Network interconnection
• Network theorems
• Solution of network equations using Laplace transforms
• Steady state sinusoidal analysis
• Time domain analysis of simple RLC circuits

Analog Circuits

• Diodes
• Bipolar Junction Transistors
• Amplifiers
• Feed back amplifiers
• Large signal amplifiers
• Filters
• Oscillators
• Power supplies
• Pulse shaping circuits
• Sinusoidal oscillators

Circuit Analysis

• Sinusoidal steady state analysis
• Thevenin’s and Norton’s equivalent circuits
• DC Circuit analysis
• Transient and resonance in RLC circuits

Digital Electronics

• Combinational circuits
• Logic gates
• Sequential circuits

Linear Integrated Circuits

• A/D and D/A converters
• Operational amplifiers and its applications
• PLL
• Voltage regulators

Electronic Devices

• Energy bands in silicon
• Carrier transport in silicon
• Tunnel diode
• MOS capacitor
• JFET
• MOSFET
• Basics of LASERs
• BJT
• Zener diode
• Device technology

Measurements and Instrumentation

• Digital Instruments
• Display and Recording systems
• Transducers

Signals and Systems

• Laplace transform
• Signal transmission through LTI systems
• Fourier series
• Continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier Transform
• Sampling theorem
• Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) Systems

Microprocessor

• Microprocessors-8085 architecture
• Microprocessors- 8086 architecture
• Micro-controller

Electromagnetic Fields

• Time varying Electric and Magnetic fields
• Static Electric and Magnetic fields
• Maxwell equations

Control Systems

• Basic control system components
• Open loop and closed loop systems
• Signal flow graphs
• Steady state analysis of LTI control systems
• Tools and techniques for LTI control system analysis

EM waves and waveguides

• Rectangular and cylindrical waveguides
• Guided waves

Communications

• Analog communication systems
• Base band signaling
• Channel capacity theorem
• Continuous time signals and systems
• Differential pulse code modulation (DPCM)
• Digital communication systems
• Discrete time signals and systems
• Error control coding
• Fundamentals of information theory
• Optical Communication
• Pulse code modulation (PCM)
• Random signals and noise

Antennas and Propagation

• Arrays
• Propagation of radio waves
• Aperture antennas
• Dipole antennas
• Radiation pattern
• Antenna gain

Microwave Engineering

• Microwave measurements
• Microwave tubes
• Passive components
• Semiconductor devices

Electromagnetics

• Characteristic impedance
• Divergence and curl
• Gauss’ and Stokes’ theorems
• Impedance transformation
• Maxwell’s equations
• Propagation in dielectric waveguide
• Propagation in optical fibers
• Transmission lines
• Vector calculus
• Wave equation

Digital Signal Processing

• IIR and FIR filters
• Quantization effects
• Realization and implementation

Candidate should be thorough on the technical areas of electronics to successfully clear the test. Reference books and competitive exam guides can help one in exam preparation.