GPU Graphics System Software Annual Placement Engineer Review
by Imagination Technologies
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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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 Imagination Technologies
- 7. Would you recommend Imagination Technologies to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Imagination Technologies
Overview
The role entailed Linux kernel/driver programming in the C language and some Python programming for automating processes. Tasks varied between driver bug fixes, feature implementations and helping speed up the automation pipeline process.
Skills
Greatly improved system programming + software design skills, as well as learned Python and source control management.
Responsibilities
Surprisingly, there were many tasks of various difficulty assigned to me. At all times I was treated as a full employee and given both challenging as well as trivial tasks. One big responsibility during the placement was creating a Python script that greatly helped in reducing the complexity of the sourcecode repository.
Support & Guidance
I was always able to ask any team members / managers about guidance when getting blocked on a task.
Culture
Very relaxed. I joined the team expecting a corporate office atmosphere, but the opposite was true. We had casual chats and even went out to the pub a few times.
Your Impressions
I greatly enjoyed my placement and I can fairly say I got more than what I bargained for out of it.
Yes
If they don't mention it, ask about travel reimbursement if applying from a different location and have to go to the site!
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Systems Engineering
East of England
February 2021
