Hardware and Mechatronics Undergraduate Review

by JLR

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • • Lead a £50k Project to reconfigure a storage room into a L4 Climate Control Rig Chamber • Kickstarted the transformation of our team into Agile, leading weekly meetings and guiding next steps • Involved in a number of other projects, such as the moving and commissioning of a Cruden Driving Simulator


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Networking, Project Management, People Management


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • I have full ownership of my projects, treated as a direct entry employee as soon as competency was established


  • 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?
  • Regular 1:1s with Manager and Mentor, Buddy system across teams, Valuable network of Early careers Employees, Monthly 1:1s with EO Early Careers Personnel


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very open, always happy to help, flexible with working hours etc. Very modern/agile


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

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

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

  • 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?
  • Highly. Built a substantial network and gained invaluable experience that has definitively influenced my career path


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

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at JLR
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to JLR
  • Have a look at what JLR is working on ('Reimagine')/upcoming technologies before interview. There are no aptitude tests at the assessment centre at the time of writing, only game based aptitude pre assessment centre


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Product Design, Project Management, Engineering

East Midlands

April 2023


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