MBDA

Within my role I worked across a variety of projects. Some would take a handful of days with others taking months. I would help with interface design and user centred design on top of admin roles for specific projects. A few trips were called on for exter...

Technical office based role working on models and systems predominantly in a Simulink/MATLAB environment. Planning/attending meetings usually a few times a week. Working both individually and collaboratively.

Supporting customer focused solutions such as spares, training, and manuals.

Writing and employing software in order to assess the performance of products and offer methods of improving performance. Day to day there is a signifncant amount of coding using MATLAB as well as report writing.

In charge of verification and validation of missile systems. Frequently testing new software updates to ensure smooth working and that they adhere to the engineering requirements. Also connecting the systems engineers to the software engineers so that fut...

As a systems engineer: gathering evidence against requirements, liaising with team leads to keep track of timelines, writing documents as proving evidence against requirements. As a mechanical engineer: Experimental rig design in CAD, 3D printing of comp...

Very hands-on electrical circuit design. I worked a lot with some commercial sensors in a datalogging application - so lots of datasheet reading and writing driver files etc. Also built up a proof-of-concept rig for a multipurpose testing application - s...

Mostly general work experience and engineering experience assisting ongoing projects, with some additional tasks for development.

My role involved learning a new format of coding in order to convert some files into this new format. It was self contained so I held all the responsibility for its progress and execution. There was also opportunity to shadow colleagues in order to learn...

Taking a Human Centred Design (HCD) approach to the development of sophisticated systems Supporting the planning and conduct of User Experimentation and trials with military users on prototype through to real weapon system equipment and software. Carryi...

Working on requirements, safety and architecture deliverables on a real project alongside full-time systems engineering teams. This includes working with other specialisms such as hardware, safety, and software engineers in order to set good requirements...

System design engineer. A varied role, which included things such as generating requirements for systems, conducting parametric studies to assess suitability, assessing legacy technology and its usages, collaborating with other departments to gain insight...

Helped ground trials manager deliver a particular phase of a set of missile trials. Mostly documentation work - lots of documentation needs to be produced before a trial phase. Also tracking of different processes that needed to be completed pre-trial...

Two placements in different departments within Mechanical Engineering, given real responsibility for managing and delivering projects from day one including CAD, coding, testing and manufacturing. Opportunity to interact with people from across all aspect...

Undertook research surrounding a given cutting-edge topic within the Image Processing department. I was given a lot of free-reign regarding the direction I wanted to take the research but was given guidance when I needed it. This role involved lots of...

I was assigned to help an engineer set up a research project that we were able to take from the concept stage at the beginning of my placement through to the testing stage at the end of my placement. On a daily basis I would be working on getting the nece...

Helping the security team in a number of task. Thus included vetting, security patching and employee awareness

I worked on many projects throughout my placement, using MALTAB and Simulink to design test procedures for models to make sure that they met specific quality and accessibilty standards. I also ran diagnostics on models to make sure that they met already e...

Creating test packages on SPEA flying probe systems. Creating and updating test specifications and instructions. Collaboration with wider team including manufacturing and design.

For the first ~5 months of my placement, I worked on my own part of a bigger project. I worked mostly in MATLAB & Simulink (which was not that usual for the department). I then spent the second half of my placement mixing between programming in C# and C++...