Mechanical Engineer Review

by MBDA

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Working towards fulfilling project assigned solely to a group of interns. Involves a lot of office working, where you make concept designs on CAD software's and attend meetings with technical experts to get feedback and suggestions on how to proceed.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Presentation skills have improved greatly, as we have a customer meeting every week. Using a variety of software's as well as applying theoretical knowledge learnt from university onto practical applications.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • Yes, we were given the responsibility of completing a project that felt very important in informing future developments in the company.


  • 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?
  • Support was always given when asked. We were introduced to loads of experts in the company and met may important people.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • General atmosphere is very good. Much more open and free thinking. It is relaxed and very positive.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Enjoyed the placement quite a lot. however there were a few weeks where there was not a lot of work too do making it feel very boring.


  • 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
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to MBDA
  • Practice answering STAR questions and just have loads of scenarios ready which you can pick out from when asked relevant interview questions.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering

East of England

August 2024


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