Age:28
Job Title : (Officially) Technician / System integrator - Avionics
Education Background : Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Communications) + Degree (ongoing, will complete this year) in Electrical Engineering (Power). Both from UTM
Certs Acquired: CompTIA A+, MDec ASP.Net, TATI CNC Machining, MUET- band 4 (Not relevant here but I believe it helps )

Job Description :
All rounder (Since not many people in team)
I could confidently say, I could build a UAV multirotor or fixed wing by myself at this point. I could operate & handle mission. My job is hands on. hardware & software.
- I mainly focus on autopilot & payload integration
- Documentations - Engineering Orders (EO), Write manuals from scratch, Test Reports, Drawings (Electrical + mechanical)
- Managing - Mission Commander, Stock Control, Inventory
- Test - Equipment integration, testing,
- Operations - Involved entirely in operations (Youngest UAV mission commander to head ESSCOM)

Years spent in company : 5 years
Company established : Since 1993
Company : IT/Defense - R&D (UAV is a small section of the company)
Industry : Research & Development (R&D)
Location : KL
Tenure : Contract
Working Hours : 0830 - 1730 (Mon- Fri)
Bonus : At Max would be 2 month (usually 1/2 month)
Employment Level : fresh grad
Experience before joining : 6 month in unrelated field (After SPM jobs & Waiting convocation jobs)
Basic : 2.3k (1.5k > 1.6k > 1.8k > 2k> 2.3k)
Allowance : None
Benefit : Medical for myself and family, I`m currently receiving scholarship for my studies. Get study leave and exam leaves.

Others:
Achievement in Ko-Q
School President for (Chess club, scout, taekwondo, hockey)
Vice president for Prefect

Achievement:
Chess - State level (school & Univ)
Taekwondo - State level (school & Univ)
Scout - Kembara (last before king scout)

Please advise
1. What would be a fair salary with my experience and set of skills?
2. Should I stick to this industry or move on to other? where & why
3. If I were to stick to this company, what should I do?
4. thought of opening my own company. but i don`t have the resources & business. where should I start if considering to do so (i`m looking into aerial mapping. have experience in aerial mapping)


Hai guys, appreciated if could spend some time in my case. history could be seen in the link below:
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3666222/all

This post has been edited by 5tar5cr3am: Mar 8 2016, 11:56 PM

1. CNC machining cert was sponsored by my univ (UTM) during my studies & also my ASP.net C# cert was also sponsored too. these two certs was opened for Mechanical Eng. student & Software student. BUT, there was some open space due to most of these students didn`t want to go for the course since it was offered during semester break (majority goes back hometown). I on the other hand took that opportunity (it wasn`t offered to electrical eng. student to begin with)

2. Yes i did enter non-exec (diploma level) . I will finish my studies mid of this year. In terms of my working scope, no different from current engineers here. I learn alot here (till the point I could build all by myself, since i was the pioneer team member of all UAV projects)

3. I`m just mentioning my achievements during my school & Univ. It does give a picture of the type of person I am.

4. I think they do realise what I`m capable. Professional Engineer is on my list to do things & I might continue pursuing masters. I`m still looking for valuable certs that could benefit me. If you do have any info, mind sharing it.

5. Yes UAV is kinda new here in malaysia, I`m also the pioneer of the project at this current company.



as of this moment, i`m considering to venture into programming (ask the owner of the company to transfer me to software development department). I`ve completed successfully a few C# base projects in integration for the UAV. (I did the software as a means of learning, and it ended up permanent in the whole system )

Currently i`m just about to toy around with SDK for android. (build my own android apps hopefully). who knows a few tries might hit a jackpot

all in all, I really enjoy working at this current company (5 years already). BUT the only thing that`s getting to me is the pay. Please advise.

mind elaborate more, like naming a few companies, and what part should I focus on


29 with PhD, you did the PhD part time is it? or fast track skip masters?
nice salary.

Is it just me, or people with low pay don`t share theirs here?
because from the looks of the salary posted by members here, The numbers are high and I don`t think that`s the average salary for most people.

I might be wrong.

Anyways, here`s mine

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Job Title : R&D Technician
Job Description : System integration (I do more then expected compare to other technician, like same job as engineer). Report direct to manager. No one under me. I do my job, done, i go back home.
Years spent in company : 5
Company : Local
Industry : Defence / R&D / Aviation
Tenure : Permanent
Employment Level : Fresh
Experience before joining : 0
Highest paper qualification/ education background : Diploma (electrical)
salary : 1.5 -> 1.6 -> 1.8 -> 2k -> 2.3k -> 2.5k
Location: KL

others:
Working hours: 8 hours 5 days a week
Bonus : 1-2 months
Just completed my degree (electrical) and would expect a raise of RM300-500 maybe. I don`t know.
Age: 27 (worked straight after diploma + part time studies) - studies paid by company.
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This post has been edited by 5tar5cr3am: Jul 18 2016, 02:40 PM

From my perspective, you`re doing ok for diploma holder. summore living in melaka.

What would you do if you`re in my shoes? and why

the company i work for, the pay is not much, but the benefits for my situation is good
1. the avg increment is 50-150 per year for staff.i work well (200-300) around now. so my increment is considered high (maybe for diploma level)
2. my degree studies are payed fully by my company (30k)
3. study and exam leave
4. r&d company, alot of high tech stuff i could toy around with. kinda cool
5. 8 hours working per day and that's it, i get home on time. ( i think this is not common thing in private companies, and i don't know why)


all in all, i really like working here. My concerns as of now is
1. the pay kinda sucks so i've been told
2. i have reached a point where I feel that I don't grow much, compared to when I first joined the company

i'm aware of that.
how do i begin to negotiate salary? i have no idea. any suggestions?

yeah, i'm comfortable with the job, but not the pay in the long run. i do have hopes and dreams to achieve at certain years. but current pay doesn't allow it. so for the time being trying to generate some other income source.

how do i negotiate better pay.... please help me.

yeah, i have alot of time for myself and family.


most staff here who stay more than 10 years regard the work life balance as priority

my english is good, i was raised in UK for 5 years. kinda learned english 1st before any other language

hory shet!
i think i will just hand over my degree 1st and see what they offer.
5 years working experience + degree.