Product Cyber Security Intern Review
at Rolls-Royce
Internship (1 Month+)
Information Technology
Bristol
Review Submitted: August 2021
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
4.3/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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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.
This role predominantly focused upon familiarity with regulatory frameworks that govern embedded systems and understanding how these can be applied to a range of products. On occasion one would be tasked with the responsibility to research new technologies that could provide Rolls-Royce with new security capabilities and also look into new security oriented working methods. Each day there are a range of meetings that reiterate the long term focuses of the team and tasks that can be done to enable resilient and secure products.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a lot of responsibility during my internship, in the majority of my projects the work was self led and required me to use my skills to delivery what was expected. I believe that a key reason why I was given responsibility was because I worked in a small team.
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?
- Ability to understand changing threat appetites
- Increased familiarity with regulatory frameworks
- Developing an understanding of cyber resilience and it's role in embedded systems
- Refined my report writing style and research methods
- Improved soft skills in the cyber security domain
- Gained an ability to work in an agile and lean framework
- Greatly improved presentations skills
- Increased familiarity with regulatory frameworks
- Developing an understanding of cyber resilience and it's role in embedded systems
- Refined my report writing style and research methods
- Improved soft skills in the cyber security domain
- Gained an ability to work in an agile and lean framework
- Greatly improved presentations skills
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
4/5
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 was supported throughout my internship, I had lots of contact with my team in which I could ask them questions. I believe that this was also supported by the fact that I was in a smaller team.
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?
As this placement was online for the most part it was difficult to gauge the company culture and atmosphere, however, my online interactions were always friendly and I was treated as an equal by those in my team and laterally across the business.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
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?
I thoroughly enjoyed my summer internship, the learning experience (despite being less academic than university) was invaluable and will enable future endeavours. It provided a great opportunity to gain an insight into a company with a global responsibility and diverse portfolio. At such a early stage of my university experience it is great to have a realistic vision of what my future may look like at similar companies.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Rolls-Royce
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Rolls-Royce to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Rolls-Royce
Ensure that your soft skillset is refined, Rolls-Royce strive to have employees that are both intellectual and socially aware. I believe that it's important to give your all during the assessment centre as Rolls-Royce allow opportunities to cascade and a summer internship can easily develop into a future graduate program or other opportunity.
