FPGA Software engineer Review
by Intel Corporation
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 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 Intel Corporation
- 7. Would you recommend Intel Corporation to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Intel Corporation
Overview
I was a software engineer for FPGAs. I would mainly write code in TCL which would be used for the generation of FPGA designs. I also created driver code as well as undertook extra projects such as helping with AI research. Day to day I would have meetings to talk about code progress, build and test different code implementations
Skills
I learnt a new language called TCL. I used Linux based systems much more and became acquainted with a ML framework called PyTorch. I became much more confident talking in meeting and making documentation for my code
Responsibilities
I was given a lot of independence and responsibility with how I approached my tasks. I would be able to go off and work without needing external help for days at a time until I decided i needed help
Support & Guidance
My placement had a very good support system with 1-1 meetings and group meetings to talk about any issues. Membership outside my team were also ready to help with anything if needed
Culture
The culture was very friendly, everybody was interested int their work and what I was doing in mine. The management was very kind and understanding when it came to how long we needed for our work if if we needed time off e.g. an appointment
Your Impressions
I enjoyed the placement very much. The social events were great and the team made work feel like home. Sometimes there were projects that were more menial and felt like they didn’t use my ability to it’s best but taking side projects meant there was always something interesting to spend time on
Yes
Having a good background of programming projects is more important than high grades. Admitting you don’t know something is never seen as a bad thing.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Science, Software Engineering
South East
November 2022
