From October 2014 to February 2018 he served as Vice Chairman of Commission VII of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia—overseeing energy, mineral resources, environment, forestry, research and technology.

SWY holds a Bachelor of marine engineering (S1) from the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya and Masters (MSc) in Oil & Gas Project Quality Management from Cranfield University School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science in Bedford, United Kingdom; he also received his PhD degree in Energy & Power from Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment in Bedford, United Kingdom, [7] In the oil and gas field, he once served as Director of Federal Relations and Business Development for the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), and later for British Petroleum (BP) in Washington, D.C., U.S. when BP acquired ARCO.

His last professional stint was as BP representative at VICO Indonesia as Director of Business Development of Coalbed Methane (CBM), before finally starting his political career in parliament until the end of 2019 and being in the Government as a Member of the National Energy Council.

In April 2018, SWY received a new assignment as Deputy Chair of Commission I of the DPR until September 30, 2019, which oversees issues in the Defense, Foreign Affairs, Communication and Information and Intelligence sectors.

During the current 2014–2019 period, Satya Widya Yudha was mandated to be the Vice Chairman of Commission VII of the House of Representatives, before being replaced by Fadel Muhammad.

Yudha spoke on Fiscal and Contract Terms at a conference of the Natural Resources Governance Institute hosted by St. Catherine's College, Oxford University in 2015.

[15] In 2013, along with Joko Widodo (then-Governor of DKI Jakarta), Sharif Cicip Sutardjo (then-Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries), Yusril Ihza Mahendra (previously Minister of State Secretariat), Roy Suryo (then-Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs), and conglomerate Hary Tanoesoedibjo, Yudha received the ‘Right Man On The Right Place’ award in the category of Committed Achievement from Lensa Indonesia.