Electrical Engineer Review
by MBDA
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
3.0
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Your Impressions
3.7
- 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
Very hands-on electrical circuit design. I worked a lot with some commercial sensors in a datalogging application - so lots of datasheet reading and writing driver files etc. Also built up a proof-of-concept rig for a multipurpose testing application - so lots of programmable PSUs, ADCs/DACs, SPI I2C communications and connections etc.
Skills
Learnt to use some new software for PCB design. Also did some surface mount soldering for the first time! Definitely developed existing skills when it came to working with and programming microcontrollers such as Arduino or the STM32 line
Responsibilities
Absolutely. There was of course guidance from mentors and team leads, but we certainly got the chance to do some hands-on and self-directed work, which I really appreciated. It meant the first few weeks were quite intense, but after you settle in the experience you gain from the environment is invaluable
Support & Guidance
Had both a mentor and a buddy for both practical industry support as well as any non-work related issues. Listened to talks and presentations from senior engineers with the opportunity to ask questions about their roles which was great. Had some fantastic chats with the people organising the placement about career stuff which was brilliant.
Culture
The culture was good, people were very friendly. As it was the summer where things were moving a little bit back to normal with Covid there weren't huge amounts of people in the office so you miss a bit of that dynamic. However the general atmosphere was very good
Your Impressions
I found it an invaluable experience in terms of seeing what working in industry was actually like, and I'm really glad I did it. I learnt about a lot of intangible things which you gain from the workplace, as well as concrete soft and hard skills. Met some great people too!
Yes
Live in stevenage! And take the opportunities to talk to any senior engineer you can - they are always keen to share their experiences and advice.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
East of England
November 2021
