Composite Design Engineer Review

A composite designer role would include CAD design of various components on the car and composite tooling assemblies. This includes a lot of collaboration with various designers in different design groups to ensure high quality components. The role also includes a lot of hands on support for manufacturing, supporting operations and production on any potential queries they may have, and supporting on any problem that might be encountered.

I had the opportunity to develop multiple skills throughout my placement. I gained invaluable technical knowledge about composite design in an F1 team and familiarised myself with a new CAD package. I also developed various soft skills, such as effective communication, which was a big part of the role, communicating with different stakeholders to ensure parts were delivered to a high quality and to ensure deadlines were met.

Yes, from the get go, I was able to get involved with projects which had an impact on the team. Naturally the level of responsibility increased throughout the placement, being able to be fully responsible for components and assemblies by the end. The design group was always very supportive of any question I might have had, and enabled me to complete all projects on time and to a high quality.

All that I needed, my design group was always very helpful when I had any potential question and was happy to help me whether it be with for a technical question, or more of a software related question. A mentor was assigned to support me, and I also had regular one to ones with my line manager. The early careers teams was also very helpful throughout the placement for any problem/question.

Very good, with the new owner and team manager, the company had a very positive mindset, with the ambition of making it up the grid. There is also a very open culture, being able to go speak and ask questions with anyone in the company, making it a very rewarding and passionate place to work.

I really enjoyed my time at Williams Racing, being able to have an impact from the get go. The training provided enabled me to pick up design tasks and really feel like my work had an impact on the team. Being in such a fast paced environment, with some of the brightest people in engineering also taught me a vast amount of technical knowledge.

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