Electronics Engineer Review

by Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • My main role was to develop a low light plasma diagnostic system for a prototype partical accelerator. My day to day included schematic and PCB design, embedded software coding in C/C++ using micro controllers. And doing tests on hardware that was developed and collaberating with physics colleges for their interpretation.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I greatly improved my PCB design and my embedded software skills, on the software side mainly using linux and coding for internet messaging protocols. And in terms of PCB I improved a lot on component knowledge and how to read datasheets more effectively to come up with hardware solutions

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • Yes I was given some what large responsibility in terms of the design of the optical diagnostic and trusted to write and publish the paper in the IPAC journal. Along with present a paper on the topic at an international conference

  • 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?

    • I recived a lot more support at the start of my placement as I didnt know as much but as i grew into the role I found myself needing less help. But still available if I needed it

  • 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?

    • Atmosphere was very friendly and very helpful and understanding of my lack of knowledge due to being a student.

  • 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?

    • I very much enjoyed my placement as what I worked on was very interesting and was given the freedom to study aspects I found interesting and come up with novel solutions myself

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

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

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

    • Just put yourself out there as much as possible. State if you have done personal projects and what your interests are. And do your research into the company before doing interviews

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

South East

October 2023

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