FPGA Engineer for Smart Factory Review

by Intel Corporation

Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Meetings with team to discuss progress or problems. Working on solutions with Verilog, MATLAB or C++ depending on which project I was working on at the time. Finding and fixing bugs. Learning sometimes when I needed to sharpen some skills.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I learned a lot about FPGAs and the tools Intel provides to deliver solutions. I worked a lot on MATLAB and Simulink and have gotten very confident with the software. I had a to work on a C++ based project where I sharpened my skills and learned more about OpenCV. I got a overview of neural networks and how they work.

  • 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?

    • 3/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • The projects I undertook were often related to a line of work already going on at the company therefore my work was relevant and useful.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • There is a lot of support, from sessions for new interns at the beginning, training to support work, a personal "work buddy" for help with most things and then a team of very talented engineers.

  • 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?

    • The company had a great focus on its workers and expanding their opportunties. As well as many extra activies for interns such as Intel Inspire which let interns educated children about STEM subjects. Therefore the atmosphere was very good.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 5/5
  • 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 really enjoyed my placement due to the freedom I had with making solutions, the only down side was due to COVID we worked from home so the social aspect wasn't quite as good.

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Intel Corporation

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Intel Corporation to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Intel Corporation

    • Keep the CV short and to the point, fill it with the skills you have that are mentioned in the job description. Then use the cover letter to tell more about yourself and maybe any extra projects you have done, maybe even a link to Git hub

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

South East

November 2021

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