Product Engineering: Hardware & Mechatronics Undergraduate Review

Item: Product Engineering: Hardware & Mechatronics Undergraduate at JLR
Rating: 4.5
Author: Anonymous

at JLR

Placement (10 Months+)

Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Gaydon

Review Submitted: June 2025

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 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - 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.

Electronic/Mechatronic Engineer for JLR's Heat Flux Management System.
Responsible For:
•CATIA V6 In-context Designing, Rapid Prototyping.
•FFA, DFMEA Engineering in TRM and XRAY.
• Intelligent Quality Issue Management and Problem Solving (6Sigma Yellow Belt).
•Embedded Programming and Simulation Creation
•Communications

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

At the beginning was a lot of shadowing but quickly got into work and had a lot of responsibilities and tasks.

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?

Yes. Problem solving, research, quality engineering. Knowledge of cooling mechatronics, sensors and instrumentation, automotive protocols and software. Also confidence in supplier and internal meetings.

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?

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?

Line manager has been very good with upskilling me and giving me confidence. HR also have meetings with early careers and I also had an accreditation mentor. So all good.