Hardware and Mechatronics Undergraduate Placement Review

Item: Hardware and Mechatronics Undergraduate Placement at JLR
Rating: 3.5
Author: Anonymous

at JLR

Placement (10 Months+)

Automotive Engineering

Gaydon

Review Submitted: June 2025

Overall Rating

3.5 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

3.3/5 - Skills Development

2.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

2.5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Daily tasks include updating timing plans for tasks to be carried out, joining meetings in order to get a better understanding of what is going on in the business.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

My MATLAB coding skills have improved whilst on placement, as well as my Python and also developed using CAE software like Abaqus. Also project management skills have improved and interpersonal skills

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

2/5

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

3/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

In the first half I got basically no support from my manager but in the second half my mentor was a lot more supportive although was still sometimes hard to get when he was busy

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

1/5

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?

The company culture can vary massively from team to team. My first team was very sexist and patriarchal and would make inappropriate comments especially outside of work. Second team was a lot more friendly and welcoming and as a whole the company has a pretty good environment

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

3/5

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 enjoyed it in the sense that I have made some good friends here but as it is a big company it is easy to get lost under everything and not feel a part of it so would not return.