Undergraduate Research Engineer Review
by MBDA
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at MBDA
- 7. Would you recommend MBDA to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to MBDA
Overview
Working in a research and development laboratory with a team of like minded individuals on electronics.
Skills
Developed independence and competence to work independently when required. Understanding how to delegate tasks when I needed help on specific tasks and the importance of seeking advice to carry on faster. Learned a lot of job specific skills, such as business composition and acknowledgement for the importance of products and their intended use cases.
Responsibilities
Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I did work a lot on my own and was very transparent with my superiors allowing them to not necessarily need to monitor me very closely. This trust formed between us allowed us to have peace of mind and to better focus on our own work. Though I would seek guidance when required which was very important.
Support & Guidance
From the very beginning I found it very easy to voice my concerns to my team, they were welcoming and open to suggestions, as was I when I required help. My team were very friendly and I think that made me a lot more comfortable from the get-go. I would often discuss future plans regarding work, to gauge a better view from another member of the team.
Culture
A very pleasant and focused work ethic shared by the vast majority of individuals. I was treated very well from the beginning of my placement to the very end by every department I interacted with. Regardless of age, ethnicity and religion, everyone treated each other with respect.
Your Impressions
My experience was very positive and I honestly do look forward to being back at work. This is mainly due to the characters and personalities of the individuals I worked with. We got along very well together and I made a lot of very good friends whom I could speak openly with about any concerns I had, whether it be work or what we did on the weekend.
Yes
Be ready to take on the application process, it will take a lot of time but if done right it will be worth the time invested in it.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
International
October 2021
