Lol, that guy forever spam everyone asking for salary details.

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Anyway my 2 cents contribution to the main topic.

Closed down EE company in KL, average monthly salary

Engineer 1 = ~RM3k
Senior eng = ~RM4K
Staff eng = ~5-6K
Principal eng (management track equivalent would be "manager") = ~7-9K
Technologist ("senior manager") = ~10-15K, max payscale i believe was rm23k
Snr Technologist ("director") = 20-25K

additional benefit for moving into management role would be additional RSUs given

Lol, that guy forever spam everyone asking for salary details.

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Anyway my 2 cents contribution to the main topic.

Closed down EE company in KL, average monthly salary

Engineer 1 = ~RM3k
Senior eng = ~RM4K
Staff eng = ~5-6K
Principal eng (management track equivalent would be "manager") = ~7-9K
Technologist ("senior manager") = ~10-15K, max payscale i believe was rm23k
Snr Technologist ("director") = 20-25K

additional benefit for moving into management role would be additional RSUs given

Mind to share which specific EE industry??

Great info! Are you founder of your EE company?
What's difference between principal eng and technologist?

Used to work at the recently closed big factory "white building" by the ldp in Sungai Way zone. You can probably guess which company is that.

Erm, not sure how to describe the difference between principal and technologist. Basically as a principal you're leading your own issues in your technical field. As a technologist you'll be expected to be an expert and other folks will be consulting with you for your expertise.

No lah. Took a 50 percent cut in pay to stop FIFO and now I’m doing pipeline work on the DBNGP. Mostly just office based these days.

May go back when Barrow Island T4 and 5 are announced but I recently got some calls for Pluto LNG2.

Going back to the topic at hand I guess much like a Doctor, the real money is made when you specialise in a very esoteric field of electrical engineering where the end product requires a specific skillset.

Depending on your current job my advice is to branch out and look for niche opportunities to extract more knowledge. For example as I work in remote areas where power is generated onsite, SKM Powertools is very useful, not to mention HV switching qualifications.

Our control system engineers often double up at network engineers with an ACMA structured cabling and fiber license with CCNP quals too, because the company would often rather pay 1 person extra rather than hire another person.

Lol, that guy forever spam everyone asking for salary details.

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Anyway my 2 cents contribution to the main topic.

Closed down EE company in KL, average monthly salary

Engineer 1 = ~RM3k
Senior eng = ~RM4K
Staff eng = ~5-6K
Principal eng (management track equivalent would be "manager") = ~7-9K
Technologist ("senior manager") = ~10-15K, max payscale i believe was rm23k
Snr Technologist ("director") = 20-25K

additional benefit for moving into management role would be additional RSUs given

In general, would electrical have a faster career progression or electronic?

Intel ok?

I reckon so, manager role in Intel could make that range of salary? I do not have any solid information on this but I reckon with 7-10 years of experience in such giant MNC, 10k range is achievable I reckon.

Perhaps anyone from Intel could shed light on this.

Good info. Guess the salary will keep on progressing until retirement. How much u expect by 60?

I mean how many years can deserve RM10k/month. There is no right or wrong, just curious to know.

Transition towards computer science or digitalisation related engineering... In Malaysia "engineer" title is misused a lot until it became cheap. Real engineers walk the path to become a lead/principal engineer, subject matter expert, engineering specialist etc.