Rating
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Skills
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Responsibilities
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Support & Guidance
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Culture
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Your Impressions
- 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
On a day-to-day basis, I spend a considerable amount of time at my desk, generating requirements, concepts, testing plans and procuring COTS products necessary for the project I am working on. I also spend a reasonable amount of time in the lab, collecting data, testing scripts, and preparing test assets.
Skills
Yes, I like to think my coding skills in platforms such as MATLAB have developed considerably. I have also been introduced to new programs and tools such as MathCad. Soft skills such as self/time management and communication have also improved slightly.
Responsibilities
Yes, most definitely. I was tasked with procuring products, writing testing memorandums and results documents and optimising specific equipment layouts that were all to be utilised at a trials location with. stakeholder and customer attendance
Support & Guidance
A lot. I always felt that I could ask my line/project manager as well as other colleagues for any assistance that I needed along the way. Although the work is not spoon fed to you in any way and the task is there for you to interpret yourself, help and advice is only a quick email or skype message away.
Culture
Company culture is for the most part very welcoming, and incentivises you to take actions that will help your own career development. The general atmosphere is usually a happy and calm environment, although like any workplace I imagine there are more stressful times in busy periods and in the build up to important deliverables. Since undergrads don't apply for higher security clearance, I sat in a smaller section of the department's office which wasn't as busy/sociable.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed my placement a lot, particularly days where I was able to spend time in the lab and partake in hands-on/practical work. Also, I spent a total of 9 weeks working away at a trials site, which I found thoroughly enjoyable. This was also somewhat of an "eye-opening experience" as it was my first time seeing "real" engineering work happen outside of the workplace.
Yes
Just to make sure they know which area of the company they are applying for. This wasn't made abundantly clear to me in my application but I essentially got lucky and found myself in a department and area of work that suited my wants and needs. Not to say that it is common for others to be dissatisfied with what section of the company they are in, but it is just something to bear in mind.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Engineering
South West
May 2024