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Future Propulsion Systems - Undergraduate Review

at JLR

Placement (10 Months+)

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Warwick

Review Submitted: July 2025

Overall Rating

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!

5/5 - Overview of Role
5/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
5/5 - Company Culture
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.
Communicating with customer teams about current testing status in the rigs. Prepearing and scripting tests on automation software. Troubleshooting problems when testing is not running as expected.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Throughout the year I was given more and more resposability until I was conducting my own testing for customer teams with minimal support.
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?
Several new skills developed that wouldn't have been the case at University. Includes, hands on experience with hardware and learning new test automation software. Also had chance to develop exsiting skills such as CAD
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?
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?
I worked closely with other engineers to grow and develop skills. I also got multiple opportunities to go on training courses off-site to get the neccersary qualifications and learning to perform in my role.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
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?
The company culture at JLR is has been really good through-out the year and is constantly looking for ways to improve. there is always something going on onsite and you can take time to go and join proffesional networks. It is also a place where everyone helps eachother out including lending equipment and expertise.
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 really enjoyed my placement and I plan to return to the team for the graduate scheme as well.
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
Make use of the people around you. JLR is a massive organisation and everyone is willing to help you develop your skills and career
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