Dyson has been making waves since it came to Singapore – first with its announcement to build an electric car manufacturing plant in Jurong last year, and then shifting its headquarters to Singapore this year. Most recently, they’ve opened the Dyson Demo Store – Beauty Lab at Funan. Even Dyson’s founder – Sir James Dyson – is reported to have bought himself Singapore’s priciest penthouse suite (at over $100 million), which is located in Tanjong Pagar.
All this movement from the giant British electronics appliance maker can only mean that it’s opening doors to engineers, creatives, and managers alike.
Collaborations with students
Last year, the National Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) launched the Dyson-NTU Studio, Dyson’s first on-campus engineering studio in Asia led by Dyson engineers and NTU professors.
The studio simulates Dyson’s working environment, providing NTU engineering students access to advanced prototyping equipment to test their ideas and turn them into solutions. NTU said that Dyson will contribute $500,000 to the Studio for five years.
Half of Dyson’s headcount is made up of engineers and scientists, and the company has been hiring “high-quality graduates in Singapore whom it can quickly train”, ST reported.
The Studio, led by Dyson engineers and NTU professors, will simulate Dyson’s working environment and its R&D processes.
Half of Dyson’s headcount is made up of engineers and scientists, and the company has been hiring “high-quality graduates in Singapore whom it can quickly train”, ST reported.
An education with Dyson
But that’s not all Dyson is planning to do in Singapore – according to its CEO Jim Rowan, the firm is also considering Singapore as one of the locations for its first university outside the UK.
Dyson currently works with Warwick University (in the UK) to offer graduates an engineering degree at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology located on the company’s campus in Wiltshire.
What’s interesting is that students do not have to pay any fees, they don’t have to repay a bond, AND they will be given a salary while working alongside Dyson’s engineers!
In Sir Dyson’s bid to grow engineering talent in Britain, more than 850 students have applied for the 4-year programme which launched in 2017.
They hope graduates will stay with them but understands that “these young engineers will have a great idea and they want to start their own business”.
