College of engineering

My roles as a Central Operations and Engineering Engineer includes analysing and reviewing in Wafer Level Testing, Material Review Board (MRB), and performed data analysis in Manufacturing and Parametric Testing. Through my daily tasks, I was able to learn how to analyse the data and conduct tests on modified parameters to improve the yield performance of the batch of wafers. After test were conducted, I analysed the data to understand what were the issue of the wafers that causes yield loss and from there, I conclude with the possible cause of the issue (such as manual handling or equipment issues) and provide a possible solution to reduce the yield loss. 

“It has been a fruitful experience for the past few months working at Infineon. We have applied the technical skills we have learnt in school to real-life scenarios.

We also had a chance to not only discover the technical aspects but also the business aspects of a project and hone our soft skills as well. We are very thankful for this opportunity and the valuable lessons this internship has taught us.”

Being given the opportunity to experience the job & culture in one of the biggest semiconductor industry, Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd., have been rewarding. People definitely plays a part in providing a conducive environment as the team members in Micron are friendly & helpful. Their mentor-mentee program have made the transition from being a student to an intern much easier. To add on, the company have various focus groups to take part in such as the Micron Young Professional (MYP) where young employees are grouped together to organise & execute an internal charity/ volunteering events for the team members. It is somewhat like a CCA in the company to give a path for team members to take part in to build relationship with other team members as well.

Keep your mind open and allow yourself to explore out of your major. Internship gives you the best opportunity to broaden your knowledge in different engineering aspects. You might even find yourself as a Product salesperson, liaison officer, computer scientist and many other roles that you would not have experienced before. 

I was an intern involved with one of the digital twin projects in my internship organisation, where I was tasked with designing a dashboard for production to visualise various process parameters, which could potentially be used for monitoring and quality adherence tasks. As I had some knowledge gaps when it came to designing a dashboard, I am grateful for the support that my colleagues have provided me, while also giving me the space to learn and explore. Apart from acquiring the hard skills, I had the opportunity to hone my presentation and conversational skills, through meetings with the users to gather feedback to improve the dashboard design and features.

I really enjoyed the culture here at AMD, a shoutout to my team and supervisor who have been supportive and nurturing in my journey to know more about the semi-conductor industry. Being from a data science and artificial intelligence background, going into the semi-conductor industry was a challenge no doubt. I really came to learn more about the technical terms and the procedures/working of producing a product which I would have never learnt in school. Another learning point would be mainly focusing on soft skills, as I must communicate with people located in different parts of the world through online platform, communication becomes very important, how I portray and explain my works and ideas during meetings was some skills that I honed over the span of my journey with AMD.

Throughout the program, I was able to experience different job scopes inside the organisation/department. My supervisor at L’Oréal was very very nice and responsible, so was the WSDP officers who kept track of my progress. Even though eventually I chose to join another company, I believe my experience at L’Oréal was very valuable and helped me get the graduate offer. Therefore I would highly recommend my juniors to go for WSDP, as it adds great value not only to your resume, but also in terms of skillset and network.

This internship has allowed me to gain proficiency in big data tools like Hadoop and Spark that are increasingly important in today’s world. It also allowed me operate in a live environment with actual consequences, hence careful consideration has to be put into any decision I make. It has given me clarity into how a Data Analyst gels into the larger tech ecosystem, as well as the possible future career paths that I can go into.

I support the department on day-to-day tasks not limited to business continuity projects and business improvement projects. Working in a Multi-National Corporation such as Airbus widened my perspective on how I should perform in a dynamic environment. Things are much more fast-paced and every second counts. Take initiative to constantly adapt and improve yourself. Always occupy yourself with things that keep you relevant.

I was mainly in charge of detection models, supporting algorithm in a large codebase, investigating techniques to reduce the size of models for faster inference and  accelerate the training progress for faster model iteration. I have a better understanding of theories behind all kinds of networks, including but not limited to, restnet, xmrnet, etc. I also get a better idea of how computer vision/computer graphics can be used in commercial programmes. I learned more about the life as an algorithm researcher in a company. And I have a better clue now on whether I should pursue a higher degree or start to work

I learned that in order to hold myself accountable to do my job well, I should not satisfy with only the technical aspect of my job scope, it is also important to understand the product as a whole, as well as appreciate user feedback and expertise from colleagues from different backgrounds.

Working directly with the client really helped me understand that presentation of any information you have is of the utmost importance. This internship also introduced to a new field of engineering which I had very little information about. Learning about smart manufacturing really helped me see what the world could be heading towards in the manufacturing industry.