A field service engineer is a sought after manpower resource in the mobile services community. With the wild spread of mobile services, almost like a virus, this breed of engineers has become imperative for maintenance and troubleshooting. Though the availability of jobs for a service engineer is plentiful, the filed job is time and travel intensive. The pressure of performing in an extremely fast paced environment means that the chances of burn out are high. A service engineer is should process excellent trouble shooting skills, which are quite different from a design or management profile. Troubleshooting requires a strong analytical mind and a higher level of confidence. Time pressure dictates that faults and problems be isolated quickly and remedial measures taken. This obviously is a involved task. Many a times a service engineer is required to work in customer premises. This means he should have communication skills as well. He should be able to explain things and put them in proper perspective. Above all, customers should have faith in their ability to manage and maintain the infrastructure. A field service engineer should also have the ability to write service reports which clearly explain the issues faced by him. He should be trained on company specific software for making service reports. Obviously, a field service engineer would not be firefighting all the time. Planned preventive maintenance is a routine and regular job which has to be carried out meticulously. The preventive maintenance schedule has to be prepared by experts who have spent considerable time on the field.A field service engineer is nowadays required to work with computer. This means knowledge of computer software and hardware is also required to be effective. He is also required to travel extensively from one site to another, which makes his work stressful. But there is a silver lining to this job as well. A field service engineer is paid well and is entitled to bonus and commissions which may add up to a tidy sum.