Design Engineer Review

by Cummins

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • My role includes optimising the design of a new or existing component as per customer requirements whilst taking into consideration process and supplier capabilities, technical standards, interfaces i.e., neighbouring engine components. Conducting design reviews with multidisciplinary team to promote design along each phase.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Learnt modelling in Creo and create drawings Learnt how to use varies analysis-led-design software like Ansys Developed confidence and communication skills Greatly developed teamwork by working in a team of people with different backgrounds Enhanced planning and management skills by learning MS Project


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was given responsibility from Day 1 to work on a real project for real customers. My team and supervisors have supported me since the very first day and slowly build up the nature of workload. They were very considerate to the learning process and give you time to adjust especially in these COVID times.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Support and guidance provided whenever needed. I don't remember a single time where I had to struggle to get guidance. I get regular 1:1 sessions with my manager where I am made feel welcome to share any concerns or issues I have. Subject matter experts are there to support you with any technical problems and I have had no issues when approaching people with questions.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Having been working from home, I might not be able to answer this question fully but what I can say is, despite things being online, Cummins has made me feel part of the team from Day 1. Everyone has been extremely helpful and supportive. And things would surely be the same if I was onsite.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed it more than I was expecting but would love to come back as a graduate engineer.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Cummins
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
  • Try to get in your applications well before the deadline as I know its gets quite competitive. Do read the job description and expectations of the role you're applying to understand if its what you're looking for and if relates to your career plan.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Engineering

North East

June 2021


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