Software Undergraduate Review

I did three different rotations on the placement, the first team was in propulsion where I designed implmeneted and tested embedded systems in C. In the second placement I researched various open source repositories and machine learning models and integrated them to create a data pipeline. In my final placement I was mainly coding in C++, creating unit tests and reviewing other peoples code. In my first and last team I also did some rig testing.

I felt like I was given a good amount of responsibility in all of the teams I worked in during the placement. I was generally given autonomy over how I chose to complete a piece of work but could always ask for support from more experienced members of the team if I was stuck on anything. The tasks I was given were very similar to other employees that worked there and felt like meaningful tasks.

I developed my skills in C,C++ and Python as well as learning subjects that were quite new to such as microprocessor architecture and machine learning. l also developed my skills in embedded software development and team collaboration. However I heard some people were put in teams where they weren't learning a lot or the work was not relevant to software development, but in that case they were normally given the opportunity to switch to a team they preferred working in.

The rest of the team were always very supportive during the placement. At the start of the year I was assigned a mentor that I could go to for support. I always felt like I could ask any questions if I was stuck on a problem. There were also various training days that helped give me an overview of the business and develop my collaboration skills.

The company culture at JLR is very good. It is a very relaxed culture where you are trusted to be able to do your work in your own time. Everyone I met was very friendly and welcoming.

I really enjoyed my time at JLR. The work was enjoyable and people were nice. It was also great to be given flexibility to choose to move to a wide range of teams during the placement in areas that interested me.

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