Warheads Engineer Review
by MBDA
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
3.5
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 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
Computer work on specialist programs similar to finite elements software, some CAD work, data processing of results including graph work, regular team and personal meetings and memo writing of completed work. Generally dealing with large and complex problems from deriving a simulation to making sense of the work.
Skills
I have learnt how to use various specialist software, improved my CAD skills, improved data processing skills and overall developed a better problem solving mindset.
Responsibilities
Yes I was responsible with important and large problems for the entirety of their work cycle. I was given real important work tasks after 2 weeks once I had completed the training. Help was always easily available but a high level of independent thinking was needed.
Support & Guidance
The first 2 weeks were guided training to get used to the software. After this the friendly team was available most of the time to sit down and help with any of the tasks. However, a high level of independence was still important to manage the work given.
Culture
The company culture was reasonably relaxed with the dynamic work system allowing days to be worked at home if the nature of the work made it possible. Generally a lot of meetings at 9am but the time to go home was flexible. Generally a friendly atmosphere and a culture which supported collaboration.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed the responsibility and feeling the work completed was important. I also really enjoyed some of the more interesting aspects of simulating munitions and some of the specialist softwares used. There was a general treatment of being a new employee rather than a university intern and I was the only intern present. This initially made the internship more intimidating but the pay off was a much more authentic and confidence boosting experience
Yes
Be prepared to deal with some very complicated but rewarding problem solving. The content dealt with is highly specialist but not something you are likely to learn elsewhere. Make sure to ask for any assistance when needed, everyone is very happy to help and collaboration is key to completing some of the problems presented. The experience might be tough or intimidating to begin with, but it is much more authentic than many other placement schemes
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering
North West
August 2024
