Future Battlefield Solutions Review

by MBDA

Rating

3.6/5
  • Skills
    3.5
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • On a day to day I personally look into the viability of weapon systems and the future of those systems.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have developed my excel skills a lot and i know that is opportunities to develop my coding skills if I wanted to.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

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

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Not really it seems that I do alot of the basic tasks for others to build off of because I do not have the industry knowledge. This could also be because alot of the work that is done is either presented to or given to the stakeholders.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I have been given alot of information for me to learn about the industry but there was not alot of 1 on 1 learning at all which is understandable because of the work load of my colleagues.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • It was very relaxed as long as I have done the work that they want me to do and be productive with my time it is very flexible around working from home and the hours that we work within.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I have found the workplace to be a good learning experience of what I would hope the workplace is like after University.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at MBDA
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to MBDA
  • To communicate with you TC or line manager about the work they want you to do and to just make sure to do the work but also have a good work/life balance which they do tell you to have.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Engineering

London

June 2023


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