Hardware and Mechatronics Undergraduate Review
at JLR
Placement (10 Months+)
Automotive Engineering
Gaydon
Review Submitted: June 2025
Overall Rating
4.8 /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
4.8/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
CAD engineer in vehicle structures. In charge of creating and modifying CAD geometry for parts that are needed on programmes. Helped lead studies on design and manufacture of prototypes.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Wasn’t given much at the very beginning due to the steep learning curve. Began to pick up responsibility as time went on and now help to lead projects without the input of other more experienced hires.
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?
Learnt lots of new skills in CAD and CAM, improved Microsoft office skills. Sociable team and early careers experience helping to develop interpersonal skills as well as your network
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
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Lots of support from early careers teams and representatives. A little less from my team manager as it is a large team and can be difficult to find time.
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 comfortable and easy going culture. Very inclusive of everyone. Lots of societies and activities to attend outside of work to help develop relationships. Overall a very nice and fun place to work
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?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I’ve overall thoroughly enjoyed my placement and would recommend it to anyone. If I were to do it again I would certainly choose JLR.
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 JLR
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend JLR to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to JLR
Be yourself, learn the creators code and company culture to help yourself in interviews. Tailor your experiences as to how you can help the company achieve its goals and culture. Most importantly, be a good person, this massively outweighs any academic achievement
Industrial Operations: Manufacturing Undergraduate
at JLR
- Placement (10 Months+)
- Liverpool, Halewood.
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