Systems Engineer Review

by MBDA

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Systems engineering using DOORS to analyse systems requirements. Involved in the entire project to accurately perform requirements analysis and improve on existing requirement documentation. Raised queries with stakeholders across the project to address developments, discrepancies and key details that need to be captured within requirements.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Primarily developed systems analysis skills. Learnt how to use important systems engineering software DOORS. Developed interpersonal skills in working as a team to effectively get information. Learnt about how the systems I was working with worked at a surface level from a mechanical, electrical and software perspective.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • As the sole systems engineer for the project I was working on, I had a lot of responsibility. I had regular meetings with senior systems engineers to review my progress


  • 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?
  • Had checkins every morning and dedicated meetings twice a week to discuss my work and raise problems. I could get support instantly whenever needed and rarely had any major problems. Had a lot of support overall.


  • 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?
  • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Balanced culture with a relaxed but focused atmosphere.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed the placement as I learnt a lot and got exactly what I was looking for. I liked the company culture and plan on returning in the future.


  • 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 MBDA
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to MBDA
  • Applying to MBDA is a great choice as there is a place for most people there.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Engineering

South West

August 2023


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