Application engineer Review

by Autodesk

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.4/5
  • The Role
    4.5
  • The Company
    4.0
  • The Culture
    4.8

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • Really enjoyed my internship at Delcam; got to work on real world projects in the advanced manufacturing facility and use of a high end optical scanning robot

    5/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • Feel work completed contributed towards key projects

    5/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • Everyone in company is more than willing to dedicate time if you require help or explanations

    5/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • Work load varies but there was never a time where I had nothing to do

    4/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • Completely trusted to carry out tasks without supervision using expensive equipment. Some key tasks were required to meet harsh deadlines

    4/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Was able to improve my project management with involvement in many projects simultaneously. Could apply my programming, design and manufacturing skills obtained from university

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • Very relaxed company with people always willing to help

    5/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • Organisation of placement coordinators is great. Knew my role from day one and had a good summer

    5/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • As I was there for only a summer it was hard to develop anything major. I learnt substances amounts about GD&T and metrology whilst working in the manufacturing environment

    4/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    Sports and Social Club

    4/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • Great company and will hopefully return in future

    3/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • Climbing club is especially good but overall very active to pubs and social events

    5/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • Birmingham is pretty cheap for rent, key locations are Moseley and Solihull, both have great nightlife and social scene

    4/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • See above

    5/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • Climbing club

    5/5

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

West Midlands

November 2015


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