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Siemens Healthineers

Engineering Intern Review

at Siemens Healthineers

Placement (10 Months+)

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Eynsham

Review Submitted: July 2024

Overall Rating

4.4 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role
4.8/5 - Skills Development
3/5 - Support and Guidance
4.5/5 - Company Culture
5/5 - Overall Experience
4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
A Research and development role to help as part of a larger team to solve problems in new technologies. I then made and tested them day to day. This included a larger year long project- with other smaller interesting projects from coworkers.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I led a project and the decisions that went on with it along with all the hands on testing, analysing the results and reporting back all by myself
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have developed so many skills including but not limited to: time management, presenting to different audiences (Technical coworkers and senior management), my networking ability within factory floor workers and other teams, coaching ability, problem solving approaches, my technical knowledge and time management between different projects.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Everyone there was lovely and friendly and easy to talk to, with everyone willing to talk to me about everything from career advice and technical knowledge to personal problems. On the actual structure side, I didn't particularly get much direct feedback on how I was performing as an individual within the business due to my managers being busy
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
2/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Super friendly and approachable. Everything is not stressful with not overwhelming pressure with lots of support mechanisms to ease mental health and personal well being with people passionate in many different things and willing to share on hobbies such as running, baking, board games and the gym
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I absolutely loved it with a wide array of valuable training and life experiences as well as a large community of interns (20+) that all got on well all while being in different departments but in similar positions. I also enjoyed the interesting variety of work that I was involved in and the other extracurricular activities I was involved in
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at Siemens Healthineers
4/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Siemens Healthineers to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Siemens Healthineers
Go for it, lots of great people in a very inclusive environment filled with a lot of people going through similar experiences as you. Personally, Find the best department for you and ask different people about different roles and see what you like
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