RF Hardware Engineer Review

by MBDA

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • 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.
  • • Developing hardware simulation packages • The designing, manufacturing, modelling, and testing of future hardware capabilities


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed RF design skills and electrical engineering knowledge to utilise in simulation packages


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Initially I was (rightfully so) not given much responsibility, but as I developed as a competent engineer, I was provided with more opportunities to be responsible for bigger pieces of work


  • 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 had a line manager who I worked with throughout my whole placement, with a technical coordinator and a buddy. Lots of support.


  • 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 welcoming, potentially an opportunity to create more friends at MBDA but as a whole, very welcoming culture.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

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

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I massively enjoyed my placement at MBDA. I worked alongside technical experts that provided me with a wealth of knowledge and gained valuable experience that I will use for the rest of my career


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

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

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

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to MBDA
  • Join in as much as you can and try to utilise as much benefits and opportunities while you are there. You may not think it is necessary, but will be remembered if you decide to return as a graduate


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Engineering

South East

July 2024


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