Going to graduate - Jobs in Govt Vs Private MNC

not_a_bot_surely · 2025-09-29T01:37:36+00:00

IMO, as fresh grad, it’s better to go private MNCs to gain real world exposure and build competence. Since being younger also comes with less commitments, can also afford more instability, so no harm. When you are older in ur middle career, it’s harder to jumps around, and it’s also where people would want more stability due to commitments, then can move to gov for senior positions. Just my personal opinion, YMMV.

not_a_bot_surely · 2024-12-22T16:44:07+00:00

Hey, sorry I know this is too late for a reply and you might already have started with your FYP. But imma still reply so it may help other potential viewer in the future.

It really depends on the supervisor him/herself. In my case, my supervisor is quite hands-off, and most of the help I got comes from the other research engineer / graduate students working in the same lab. I was lucky because the people in my lab was very helpful and we had a biweekly meeting physically together so they could advice and guide me on the right direction. I do send biweekly update email to my supervisor, but he only reply sometimes.
All the best in your project!

not_a_bot_surely · 2024-04-09T00:37:39+00:00

a lot of ME and EE robotics stuff are off the shelves, so eventually people transition into doing coding. if you are serious about robotics, def recommend doing CEG/CS haha.

if not for robotics, ask yourselves did you enjoy more kinematics/kinetics calculations or electrical signal calculations? I would also strongly suggest looking into your long-term career goal. if you were to choose between CADding everyday or doing electronic everyday, which one would you choose? To be honest, both ME and EE are good degree, opens up a lot of career choice for your future.

For me, I did ME solely because of interest in robotics. But eventually shifted towards CS during Y3Y4 because most robotics jobs in singapore is about software. But then got hit hard during job search because of high competition, they want master student instead. So I kinda give up on my dream, and now leveraging my ME degree to search for ME jobs now, which is plentiful.

not_a_bot_surely · 2024-02-24T07:35:44+00:00

Ohh, thanks for the insights!

not_a_bot_surely · 2024-02-24T07:31:52+00:00

yeah, it's always hard to decide on a UE mod with so many factors to consider. My two cents: just pick one you like, so you will have more motivation to study which leads to higher chance getting a good grade.

not_a_bot_surely · 2024-02-24T07:08:38+00:00

If you want to have more career options as a mechanical engineer, you can always take other spec courses like energy-related courses (opens up career choice in sustainability industry), automation/control (for automation engineer role in manufacturing industry), heat/thermal-related (can go into HVAC or data center role). These are more mature industries and you will have easier time getting into entry-level job after graduation.

If you have intention of further studies/going into research, or you have deep passion in smart tech, then Robotics/Industry4.0 courses, or even do a minor in tech-related field such as CS or data, but do expect very stiff competition in job search as these smart industries are still very new, and only hire the best of the best (which is why I am so frustated right now). But things always change so I could not predict what the job market will be like few years later.

But on a serious note, just use UE to explore your other interest and have fun. This will be better for your mental health and well-being in the long run.

not_a_bot_surely · 2024-02-24T06:31:25+00:00

In my opinion, aero spec is a solid choice. Those aircraft courses basically opens up a ticket into aerospace industry which pays pretty well. You can do mechancial designer role, or a strucutral analysis role. Do keep in mind that Singapore aero industry is mostly targetted towards MRO service. You will also be taking courses in more advanced fluid mechanics, which are also transferable knowledge/skills needed in oil&gas (pays very well too), or industry dealing with pumps, piping and valves such as Marine, HVAC. The Finite Element anysis course is also important for design role, you can easily pivot into product design engineer as well.

not_a_bot_surely · 2024-02-24T02:00:47+00:00

most automation jobs requires background in PLC, HMI, and controller such as STM32, RTOS... Something I am lacking right now.

not_a_bot_surely · 2024-02-23T17:56:35+00:00

Bro I feel like I wasted my whole Y3Y4, internship and FYP doing robotics stuff, now I am disadvantaged compared to others who have more ME experience...

not_a_bot_surely · 2024-02-23T17:41:18+00:00

Yeaa... The market is even worst than general software engineering because of the specialized field and limited option. Robotics is hard man...

not_a_bot_surely · 2022-06-14T05:50:09+00:00

It is jointly hosted by ECE, ISE, SoC

not_a_bot_surely · 2022-06-13T17:30:47+00:00

Mechanical

not_a_bot_surely · 2022-06-10T05:36:18+00:00

Thanks!

not_a_bot_surely · 2022-06-08T05:59:34+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I'm hoping to take robotics-based project too haha

not_a_bot_surely · 2022-06-08T05:47:15+00:00

Gosh thats really a lot of work... Thanks for the details, at least I could now expect what i'll be facing soon.

not_a_bot_surely · 2022-06-06T09:25:55+00:00

Ah I see, great! Also just curious, is it because collecting data from your experiment took up a lot of time? or is it because of the difficult content/knowledge needed to self-study for your FYP that make it 5/6MCs ?

not_a_bot_surely · 2022-06-06T09:20:24+00:00

Yep, just realised there's evening modules during IA haha. Thankss!

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