Employers Seeking to Hire MSE Alumni

Established in 1991, NTU’s School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) is one of the world’s largest materials engineering institutions and is ranked #2 globally and #1 in Asia in the QS World University Rankings and the U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings by Subject 2025. Our graduates are equipped with multidisciplinary training and hands-on research experience in areas such as materials innovation, sustainability, and advanced manufacturing.

Our Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Engineering) programme is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Board under the Institution of Engineers, Singapore. To date, MSE has a global alumni network of over 5,000 professionals contributing to fields like R&D, product development, energy systems, biomedical engineering, and sustainable materials. Whether you're hiring for technical, product, or cross-functional roles, MSE graduates bring strong analytical skills, engineering rigour, and a deep understanding of materials to your organisation.

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Current MSE students, graduates, and alumni can explore select roles shared by our trusted industry partners. Note: This is not a full job board, but a curated listing of opportunities relevant to the MSE community.

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Major Recruitment Timeline:

Full-time Roles: January – June peak hiring (student graduation from June onwards)
Internships: Varied duration across the year (10, 20 or 30 weeks)

Support We May Provide:

Talent promotion via NTU MSE website/email/newsletters
Talent promotion via NTU MSE social media channel(s)
Alumni resume referrals via our faculty and network
Campus recruitment events (virtual or in-person)
Branded employer presentations and career booths
Industry-alumni networking events or advisory panels

Whether you're an employer or MSE alumnus looking to hire or reconnect, we look forward to collaborating and closing the talent loop.

Diverse Functions Powered by Materials Science Expertise

Our graduates contribute across a spectrum of roles — from core technical specialisations to sustainability, digitalisation, policy, and people-driven impact. This functional versatility equips them to thrive in both R&D-intensive and cross-sector environments, making them valuable talent across advanced manufacturing, public service, consulting, and the broader innovation economy.

Core Technical Functions

1. Material and Process Optimisation: Design, evaluate, and optimise materials and their processing conditions for improved product performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency — especially in electronics, semiconductors, biomedical, and aerospace applications.

2. Product and Component Development: Collaborate with R&D and engineering teams to prototype and refine components made from advanced materials, often balancing mechanical, thermal, electrical, or environmental demands.

3. Quality Assurance and Compliance Testing: Conduct performance, reliability, and failure tests to ensure that materials, assemblies, or products meet regulatory, safety, and customer standards — commonly in cleanroom, fab, or manufacturing settings.

4. Materials Research and Innovation Support: Contribute to experimental design, data analysis, and documentation in laboratory or corporate R&D environments — from nanomaterials and polymers to sustainability and energy solutions.

5. Failure Analysis and Reliability Engineering: Investigate material degradation, system failures, and root causes using tools such as SEM, XRD, FTIR, and microstructural analysis — particularly relevant in the electronics and defence industries.

Cross-Functional, People-Centric & Impact-Driven Functions

6. Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, and Supply Chain Planning: Leverage insights into material properties, cost-performance trade-offs, and supplier capabilities to support data-driven procurement, vendor selection, and supply chain strategies — especially in electronics, aerospace, chemicals, and FMCG.

7. Business Consulting and Technical Advisory: Use materials science expertise as a springboard into broader business problem-solving — integrating design thinking, and entrepreneurship. Graduates contribute to strategic roadmapping and business transformation initiatives in consulting and management trainee programmes.

8. Product Lifecycle and Project Workflows: Apply structured engineering processes to coordinate cross-disciplinary teams in the design, development, and introduction of products — with emphasis on timelines, resources, vendor coordination, and operational efficiency.

9. Technical Sales, Applications & Customer Success: Provide technical pre- and post-sales support on material systems, working closely with clients to integrate products into complex environments — common in B2B, consulting, and supplier roles.

Sustainability, Digital & Policy-Aligned Functions

10. Sustainability and Lifecycle Analysis: Support ESG-driven engineering efforts through materials circularity assessments, green material sourcing, and lifecycle modelling — increasingly demanded across electronics, packaging, and energy sectors.

11. Data & Digital Integration in Engineering: Apply process data, sensors, or simulation tools to optimise material performance, monitor yield, or predict failures — applicable in yield optimisation, defect detection, and smart manufacturing.

12. Regulatory Documentation and Standards Compliance: Develop technical files and regulatory documentation for product approval in biomedical, pharmaceutical, electronics, and global export sectors.

13. Education, Public Sector & Policy Engagement: Apply structured engineering processes to coordinate cross-disciplinary teams in the design, development, and introduction of products — with emphasis on timelines, resources, vendor coordination, and operational efficiency.

Recent MSE Graduates have found employment at:

AMD
Applied Materials
GlobalFoundries
Lam Research
Micron
SSMC
STMicroelectronics

A*STAR
Abbott
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Lonza
Roche
ExxonMobil
Sembcorp Industries

IBM
Schneider Electric
SHIMANO
Shopee
EY
PwC
DBS

MINDEF
SAF
NTU
MOE
3M
P&G
Johnson & Johnson
...

1. What is Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), and how is it contributes across industry sectors along other engineering disciplines?

Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) is the foundation of all physical products—it focuses on understanding, designing, and applying materials such as metals, polymers, ceramics, semiconductors, composites, and biomaterials, based on their structure, properties, and performance.

While traditional engineering disciplines (e.g., Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering) focus on systems design, structural integrity, energy transfer, or fluid dynamics, MSE provides the building blocks that make these systems work—stronger, lighter, safer, more sustainable, or more efficient. Because materials underpin virtually every engineered product, MSE graduates are trained with broad, transferable capabilities that allow them to succeed in roles commonly filled by:

Industry / Sector	How MSE Graduates Fit
Aerospace, Automotive & Advanced Manufacturing	MSE students understand stress-strain behaviour, fatigue, thermal tolerance, and failure mechanisms in structural components. They are well-suited for roles in product development, failure analysis, process engineering, as well as in materials selection for high-performance parts.
Chemicals, Coatings & Process Industries	MSE graduates are skilled in materials synthesis, reaction processes, and thermal/chemical processing — ideal for materials manufacturing, coatings, and surface treatment industries.
Construction & Infrastructure	MSE students learn about corrosion, structural integrity, and material durability, making them effective in infrastructure materials testing, cementitious materials R&D, or failure analysis.
Energy & Batteries	MSE graduates contribute to battery materials, hydrogen storage, solar cells, and thermal materials in clean energy systems.
Healthcare & Biomedical Devices	Through exposure to biomaterials, biointerfaces, and biocompatibility, MSE students contribute to medical device development and bioresorbable materials.
Semiconductors & Electronics	With training in semiconductors, dielectric materials, and nanostructures, MSE graduates support roles in microelectronics, sensors, and battery development.
Sustainability, Environment & Circular Economy	MSE integrates lifecycle assessment, circular materials design, and green technologies — preparing graduates for roles in ESG, waste valorisation, and sustainable product development.

In addition to technical depth, MSE graduates bring:

Strong laboratory and instrumentation experience
Cross-disciplinary collaboration skills
Analytical and problem-solving ability across industries
Awareness of how material choices affect product cost, lifecycle, and environmental footprint

With this versatility, NTU MSE graduates are uniquely positioned to step into engineering roles that require both breadth and depth — delivering value not only as technical contributors, but as cross-functional problem solvers.

2. MSE seems relatively unfamiliar to me. Is this a new discipline?

While MSE may be less widely known in industry hiring pipelines, it has been a foundational enabler of innovation for decades. In Singapore, the discipline began to take shape in the early 1980s with the setup of the country’s first Scanning Electron Microscope at SISIR (now A*STAR). NTU established the School of Materials Science and Engineering in 1991 — the first materials engineering degree programme in Singapore — and it was elevated to a full-fledged engineering school in 2000. Today, NTU MSE is globally ranked and widely recognised in fields such as sustainability, semiconductors, energy storage, biomedical devices, and advanced manufacturing.