SD-MS Summer Placement Review

by MBDA

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • 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.
  • Working within the systems engineering team, I was responsible for helping out with analysis of ongoing testing, as well as carrying out a small independent study that investigated a specific question about the weapon system posed by a customer.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed my teamwork and problem solving skills, as well as improved my coding ability a lot as I came in with very limited knowledge of how to use MATLAB compared to the end of the placement.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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 was responsible for carrying out some specific tasks and useful research for the team, however nothing to serious or overwhelming.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Support and guidance was amazing, as everybody in the team understood I did not have a background in engineering, and were always kind available and happy to help with any problems I had. The training packs I received for my specific role was well made and very useful.


  • 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?
  • Friendly and inclusive, I felt like an important valued part of the team even from day 1


  • 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 really enjoyed my placement and had good time, found it extremely interesting and got a lot out of it


  • 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 MBDA
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to MBDA
  • Go for it, definitely do not be put off if you have no engineering background if the opportunity you are applying for does not ask for it, as I never felt lacking, coming from a science background. When interviewing relax and be yourself since MBDA is a fairly relaxed company compared to most so you will look a better fit!


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Engineering

East of England

August 2024


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