Mechanical engineering intern (FOV) Review
at Atlassian Williams F1 Team
Placement (10 Months+)
Mechanical Engineering
Wantage
Review Submitted: October 2024
Overall Rating
4.5 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Mostly CAD based. Day is spend refining technical briefs, multidisciplinary communication across the business depending on the project, and designing components to fit the brief. Feedback is then often collected on parts to evaluate their success.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Lots of responsibility is given to students and they are expected to work quite independently from the start ( but are given lots of help and training where required )
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Improved my Siemens NX skills, MATLAB skills and general technical skills as well as soft skills working in a large organisation
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?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
A reasonable amount of support and guidance was given, however at times this could have been improved due to staff capacity to give time to the student.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very nice, supportive and friendly culture. One of the highlights of working here
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
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?
To a high extent, really enjoyed the placement from start to finish!
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 Atlassian Williams F1 Team
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Atlassian Williams F1 Team to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Atlassian Williams F1 Team
Try to get a reasonable understanding of an f1 car and the working mechanics of the systems involved, keep working hard in your degree and the standout feature for you as an individual is your personality, being interested in engineering and showing this goes a long way!
