Thermal Analysis & Space Physics Intern Review
by Airbus
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
3.8
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 Airbus
- 7. Would you recommend Airbus to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Airbus
Overview
Daily tasks involved a mix of department process improvement (writing scripts to assist department work) and working on thermal analysis for missions. Exact workload depends on what missions are ongoing and at what stage. Report writing and data processing was sometimes part of my daily workload, if a report deadline was approaching for a given project. Thermal analysis often involved a lot of geometric modelling and parameter setup using industry standard thermal analysis software.
Skills
Learned plenty of coding skills, including languages I hadn't worked in before such as Fortran. Learned to use key thermal analysis software and some FEA software as well. Developed a lot of business sense and got a lot of insight into the space industry - thermal engineering gives you a good view over the whole project.
Responsibilities
Given lots of responsibility over internal tasks such as process improvement. Given some responsibility over live projects - generally I was able to work independently when working on projects, however my work would often need checking by the engineer I was working under especially on the analysis work and report writing.
Support & Guidance
Lots of good support from my line manager and from others around me - my department was helpful and pretty much anyone was willing to answer questions.
Culture
Busy atmosphere, everyone always had lots to do on several projects at once within the team. Interns didn't face as much pressure as full time engineers, but it did ensure there was always lots of work to do. Lots of support and connection between teams.
Your Impressions
Really enjoyed my year in industry - had a lot of fun working on some cutting-edge projects, developing loads of useful skills. There was always something to do or something that I could help on and it's hard to match the space sector when it comes to how interesting your work is.
Yes
Know your subject, think creatively and be able to show an interest in your area. You don't need to know everything before you join, just be able to show that you can think your way through a problem.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering
East of England
October 2024
