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Guys, what would be the career progression for an equipment/manufacturing engineer in semiconductor company? Should I constantly jump ship to get raise pay or be loyal to one company and get promoted? I am currently in Mi**on

why need censor micron sia lmao there are only so many semicon companies in sg, would tell you to jump around but the industry is alr mostly consolidated, are u a fresh grad? do u have other options?

Any engineers started at GSK/Pfizer?? How much is their starting pay? GSK has the future leaders program, how is that

Yes fresh grad. Nope, do not have options.

But the pay for Micron is really up there.

If jump ship, should I jump around to get that 20% pay raise constantly?

engineering is good field in singapore ???

A last resort field to go to.

if traditional engineering, is really last resort. Long hours, tight deadline, stupid clients, low basic, bonus typically 1month or less for consultancies.

Ur base cfm drop if u jump to other semicon company. Remember in semicon only micron can give freshies 5k. 5k is senior engineer pay in other semicon company. 20% pay raise only happens in it and finances. Get ready to stay in micron forever.

Are you in this industry (consultancy)? Is this company SJ

Not sj. But its the same for every consultancies u can think of (wsp sj mottmac meinhardt etcetc). Once u in this field u will know what i mean.

Not sure should I go this industry.

They offer me 4.3k. Non related working experience.
Or should I go Sale Engineer which they offer me 5.2k with Aws.

sales engineer no doubt.
The big issues with the low pay of consultancies and sad little 1 month bonus (or less) & no AWS is due to the nature of the industry. Project will always be awarded to the lowest bidders , and everyone is just cutting their price in order to get the project.

Please choose a career path that excite you which you will enjoy and perform better. I do not think just following money is a good idea. I believe if you are passionate, you will excel in the field and may become have more advanced scope in the future where your remuneration package will jump.

Aside to that, it is a huge difference between 4.3k and 5.2k with aws.....
Currently I am holding engineering consultant manager role with annual package above 180k.
And I have various options in career - consultant, developer management, equipment contractor manaagrr etc

Get a job best for your future and not the current

180k annual package is probably technical director and above role already.
good for you!

But can't deny how underpaid the engineers are in this consultancy industry.
1 engineer involving mutliple projects, no OT pay, rush deadlines and also got to know soooo many different services and get *** by clients.

The pay structure in this industry is pretty standardise for those of you fresh grads out there interested to know.

Either u get 1 month AWS & no bonus OR 1 month bonus but no AWS.
NO OT pay in this consultancy industry. Those in WSP or etc will see the turnover rate is pretty high.

Fresh grad engineers : 3.3 - 3.7k
Senior engineers (typically 4 yrs of experience and above) : 4.5k - 5.5k
Principal engineers (8 yrs exp and above) : 6-7k

A principal annual package is only about 90k+ (already included 1 month bonus).

go to sp or lta much better. A lowly ranked engineer 5k salary + 3 months bonus + 1 month aws, total package already 80k (close to principal engineer with ~10 yrs experience).

Ultimately it comes down to either better $$ (can better invest & huat and enjoy better life) or passion (being able to see your design become something from nothing).

I am not sure consultant is really my passion. As I completed my part-time NTU degree and specialise in Power Engineering and found interest in the calculation part. But I know consultant in engineering the salary is low, the increment is less than $100 and bonus less than 1 month.

The only worry is if this career does not suit me and want to jump out into other industry will be difficult.

What you say is true Public Sector Engineering offer higher than those construction or consultant. 真的一个天一个地

Hi,
What sort of calculation are u interested in ?
Just FYI most power related calculation are done in ETAP (just draw the circuit there and run the calculation u want) and (depend on which company ure in) it is mostly outsourced to cheaper 3rd world countries to do the calculation.

Downside of PS is that u don't learn much.
Everyone knows how bad their technical knowledge is.
But upside is good pay, but stuck there forever (and be farmer) as other companies will hardly ever match the annual pay package.

There's trade off for everything. Just pick 1 that ure most happy with.

Are you from the consulting industry? Do you know which company is the least worst to work at and how much a Professional engineer certification helps in terms of compensation.

Generally consultancy has high basic and low bonus which is the nature of consultancy market. There are some specific area of engineering consultancy fetch considerably high basic compared to others. I am just junior director between 180 to 200k per annum. My department head earning between 300k to 400k per annum in who is not reporting to CEO directly yet.

Actually if you are still early in your career, find a job that you can learn more. You can always find all.the clues during interview from hiring manager. Do post questions such as short term and long term plan of this role. What are expected from the offered role. What are the potential skillsets / courses will you be entitled to master and do a fair bit of research on those and evaluate if those relevant to future market.

If you think you are competent and competitive, private is a better choice with sky is your limit. There is a risk you may be far from sky if you are burn out halfway / unlucky choice etc
If you want to take a safe route to achieve 120k to 180k per annum (based on current value) with MX 11 or MX10.

Regarding the good pay, normally from year 1 to year 10, probably most PS/CS earns more and very hard to them to switch to private because as mentioned, the skillsets not so relevant for most as CS/PS focus more policy/management skill and private focus a lot on technical.

From 10th year onwards, in private, it depends on your own growth and knowledge base, you might start to earn more than PS/CS. However, I do feel generally most PS/CS still earn more than private
The bell curve for private is skewed to the left while CS/PS is more balanced.

Join the one that gives higher pay and better work life balance

Regret going for engineering degree. Working as engineers sucks big time.

If I want to switch company or get pay raise, where should I jump to?

What are some good options for PS/CS? Like which company in general?

Jump to non-engineering.

Go for sale engineer

but is the skillset relevant?

LTA engineers are paid highly

Hey guys are singaporeans paid lower? Im a malaysian 23 second class upper malaysian uni fresh grad and going to start work soon in semicon industry on design side. My total annual package is 80k plus they will sponsor my masters. Why do i see so many singaporeans paid lower? Some even nus fch. Is it cause im better at ivs and only apply for MNCs? Or is it just cause u guys r singaporeans?

LTA or PUB engineers paid higher?

Because they can’t be paid that highly outside…..haha

semicon in general pays better. Engineering pay really depends on which sector

Quite similar I think ~4.5K for fresh grad and 300-400 increment per year on average. Quite a bit higher than private in general.

anyone passed the PPE (Civil) 2022?

Anyone working at siltronic?

Go join UMC. UMC consider give higher salary since micron hiring is slow down

Yeah curious about this too. Any input from any1?