I am study in mechanical engineering. My CGPA is 3.4++. Is it possible for me to work in the semiconductor MNC? Wat position should i apply?

the chances are lower, but not impossible.
you should look towards device packaging side.

where u from first...

Erm...I think Agilent or Motorola could be a good option. My girlfriend is working in Motorola too...graduated in Mechanical Engineering

if you really want to go semicon, infineon is hiring a lot of people..
wah u start so many thread...

silltera also hiring fresh engin grad..

Motorola Penang is NOT dealing with semicon. Ask your girlfriend about it.

Agilent Penang is mainly doing test and measurement.

I believe Motorola is not taking fresh grad now. They have been hiring fresh grads for the past few months.

Agilent, is taking lot of fresh grads. ME grads are welcomed. And, CGPA of 2nd class upper is indeed above average. Many of the fresh grads there are 2nd lower.

Thread Starter, before you going out to hunt for a job, do you know what semicon industy is ? Try Freescale and Avago. :-)

I think CGPA of 3.4 is good enough to get you a job. Pls try process or product engineers positions. By the way, you are from which University ?

Yeah, you're right. Most of the companies like Agilent and Motorola are looking for experience engineers now.

I am from UPM. So any body UPM student have work there before?

Juz a word of advice here. I'm from Mech Eng background too. It's not adviseable to get involved in semicon industries. Try applying for automobile,power generation or manufacturing based industry. It's a more stable industry.Besides, ur able to learn more from those areas, meaning, technical aspects related to the 'real' mechanical stuffs. Unlike semicon, it's a foot loose industry, meaning, those companies will juz pack n shift to a cheaper labor power country anytime. Also, chances of getting into semicons, are rather slim relatively. There are not much aspects to learn there, product packaging, air cond maintenance, tooling.

This post has been edited by kucingfight: Jul 15 2006, 12:31 AM

I have several colleagues from Mechanical background. They are working in Automation department, which is considered a supporting group in semicon company.

3.4 is good enough to get good position.
try apply at AMD or intel Penang. what position open, im not sure.

try to find 'kroni' also ?

Mech can work in semicon area lah, as a design engineer, with autocad lah of course...not the ic designer, dun mix up. Besides that, u can also be a researcher if the organization do has this department, aim for micoelectronics and mechanical system (MEMS).

is mathematics essential for the position Software Engineer in semicon industry ? coz my maths is a joke sigh.....

do maths reali come hand in hand with programing? coz my programin skill are totally on the opposite side of my maths.

someone pls enlighten me.

programming requires logical thinking, meaning u can visualize the flow of ur program in ur mind. Sometimes u need maths for ur programming when u need to do a system for cyber cafe or fast food outlets. Programming needs to do a lot of counters, case that need maths also......but not as much as in engineering lah

thanx for ur reply

guess i haf to do more maths exercise.......but i haf juz graduated from my degree

Yea, u shud work out ur maths, as programmers tend to deal wif maths operation in some function block for most of the time..

As i noe UPM eng graduate average CGPA will at 3.7 . so i think u CGPA is no very attractive by MNC company, If u from USM 3.4 can go all MNC without any problem. I got this experience when i doing my Industries Training before.

Your Girlfriend? Your profile says your are a female..


Intel stop hiring fresh graduate already.. currently the company is going throught some restructuring..

AFAIK those MNC company in penang preferred MMU, USM, UTM and UM students..