Career prospects
Employment statistics of our Class of 2021 graduates
| 95.5%
Overall employment rate |
S$4,778 Ave. basic monthly salary of an ESD graduate |
| Source: MOE Graduate Employment Survey (GES): https://www.moe.gov.sg/-/media/files/post-secondary/ges-2021/web-publication-sutd-ges-2021.ashx | |
Our graduates’ skillsets
ESD graduates are prepared for a wide range of engineering and management careers in a variety of industries. Your skills in analytics, management, and design prepare you to be system analysts, operations managers, and project leaders in both the private and public sector, including healthcare, banking, manufacturing, supply chain, energy, transportation, and entertainment and hospitality.
With your exposure to both engineering and management and the ability to take the systems view, you will be well positioned to quickly move on to managerial and leadership positions within your organisation.
The rigorous technical training ESD graduates receive will also prepare you for various post-graduate academic programmes, both in Singapore and abroad, including but not limited to industrial and systems engineering, operations research, business, economics, and public policy.
Job profiles of selected ESD graduates
| Company | Job profile |
| YCH LOGISTICS
A leading integrated end-to-end supply chain management and logistics company. |
EXECUTIVE, TRANSPORT
Develop departmental process improvements to adopt technology, reduce manual documentation and increase visibility. |
| KEPPEL INFRASTRUCTURE
A leading solution provider in integrated power and gas, environmental and energy. |
GRADUATE ENGINEER, MANAGEMENT TRAINEE
Lead the digitalisation of existing procedures to facilitate data analysis through data mining. |
| NCS A leading information and communications technology (ICT) and communications engineering services provider. |
DATA SCIENTIST
Analyse airline surveillance data to detect anomalies in flight patterns or faults in the broadcasting system. |
| CHANGI AIRPORT GROUP The operator for Singapore Changi Airport, a world class aviation hub. |
SENIOR ASSOCIATE, AIRPORT OPERATIONS PLANNING
Capacity and resource planning for T1, T2, T3 and the new terminal T4. |
| RING THEORY A start-up providing end-to-end solutions in wearable technology for security access and fare payment. |
CTO
Design, develops and implements wearable technology using a patented miniaturised technology. |
| MASTERCARD A multi-national financial services company. |
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY GROUP
Rotate amongst internal departments to ideate new business programmes. |
Job titles held by our graduates
- Accountant (excluding tax accountant)
- Airport Operation Planner
- Analyst / Associate
- Applications / Systems Programmer
- Assistant Brand Manager
- Business / Consulting Analyst
- Business Consultant
- Business Development Executive
- Business Management Graduate
- Cadet Administrator
- CIO/ CTO / Chief Security Officer
- Data Analyst / Scientist
- Database Designer and Administrator
- Digital Business Integration Analyst
- Distributor Data Analyst
- Engineer / Engineering Executive
- Education and Training Manager
- Financial Analyst
- Graphic Designer
- Graduate Analyst
- Industrial and Production Engineer
- Inflight Services Executive (Ops Planning)
- IT / IT Testing / Quality Assurance Specialist
- IT Project Manager
- IT Security Specialist
- Management Analyst / Associate / Consultant / Executive / Trainee
- Marketing Executive
- Market Research Analyst
- Marine Engineering Officer
- Mathematician, Operations Research Analyst and Actuary
- Mechanical Engineer
- Merchant Operations Associate
- Naval Systems Engineer
- Network / Servers / Computer Systems Administrator
- Operation Director
- Operations Executive (Transport)
- Planner
- Process Engineer / Process Excellence Engineer
- Product and Industrial Designer
- Production and Operations Manager
- Research Officer
- Sales and Marketing Manager
- Software, Web and Multimedia Developer
- Statistician
- Supply and Distribution / Logistics / Warehousing Manager
- Systems Analyst
- Technology Consultant / Analyst
- Traffic Planner
Companies employing ESD graduates
- Accenture
- Achieva Vending
- AEG Services
- AIC
- Amadeus
- Asia Pacific Brewery
- Atos
- Avanade
- AXA
- Bank of Singapore
- Barclays
- Bernhard Schulte
- BCA
- Bloomberg
- Bread Yard
- BP
- BT
- Capgemini
- CapitaLand
- Changi Airport Group
- Citibank ● Codomo
- Cogent Holding
- Cognizant
- Credit Suisse AG
- DBS
- DSTA
- DFRC
- DHL
- ECCO
- EDMI
- Elixir Technology
- Ernst & Young
- Expeditor
- Far East Organization
- Garena Online
- General Assembly
- GIC
- Grasshopper
- Glencore
- Grab
- Hope Technik
- Huawei
- IBM
- Impact Credit Solutions
- Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific
- IHIS
- iZeno
- Ingensoma Trading Group
- Jewel Paymentech
- J.P. Morgan
- K.C.Lau & Company
- Keppel Corporation
- Keppel Data Centre Holdings
- Keppel FELS
- Keppel Infrastructure
- KPMG
- Latize
- Lazada
- Land Transport Authority
- Lzeno
- Maersk
- Markit Group
- MasterCard
- M-DAQ
- Medtech
- Medtronic
- Merck
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Home Affairs
- Micron
- Mizuho Bank
- Motorola Solution
- MSD International
- NEA
- NCS
- Nickel
- Niometrics
- Optimai
- OCBC
- Pall Corporation
- P&G
- PSA
- Pt Hankel Kreasindo
- Public Service Leadership Programme
- PWC
- Quantum Consumer Solutions
- REC Solar
- Redmark Group
- Religare Enterprises
- Ring Theory
- Ruangguru.com
- SAF
- Salesforce.com
- Samsung
- Schneider Electric
- Schroder
- Sense InfoSys
- Shell
- Shopback
- Shopee
- SIMTech
- SIA
- SingTel
- SMRT
- Space Academy
- Standard Chartered
- StreetSine
- SUTD
- Surbana Jurong
- Synpulse Mangement Consultancy
- Tech Consulting
- ThinkPlace Global
- UBS AG
- UOB
- URA
- VISA
- Works Applications
- YCH
- Zalora