Test Quality Placement Student Review

Overseeing test issues and analyzing failures to find a root cause and make preventative measures in plant by cooperating with other employees as well as third party supplier companies.

I was responsible for helping my managing engineer on projects as well as some smaller individual projects monitored by multiple different people. In addition to daily tasks requiring me to be self sufficient and complete tasks entirely individually

I have widened my knowledge of combustion engines as well as standard engineering processes such as FTAs, MSAs, and data analysis

The first few months of my placement I was given little support however the department was down an engineer due to cutbacks in the company leading one engineer to fulfill a role that would usually take two as well as having myself to support. Since there has been a second engineer I had much more support with any tasks I was struggling with as well as further tasks to complete on their behalf.

The general working atmosphere at Cummins is great, where some companies have switched employment to a hybrid work scheme, Cummins has the majority of their workforce on site Monday to Friday. This is something I very much appreciated as it allowed me to get to know faces and who I should ask for what if I am in need of any information, as opposed to sending a faceless email.

I enjoyed Cummins the more and more I was there. The earlier months consisted of me sat at my desk absorbing information like a sponge but once I had that base knowledge I felt I could be a lot more involved in some of the work discussions that took place in my department. However on some days where it was quiet I felt as though I had occasionally wasted days where I had nothing to do and others were completing much more long term projects which I only gained 6 months in

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