Electrical Engineer Review

Item: Electrical Engineer at BAT
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at BAT

Placement (10 Months+)

Southampton

Review Submitted: September 2021

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.

My role in BAT was:
* Supporting device HW engineering from concepting to implementation
* Perform planned testing and understanding the device design, device failure modes, analysis of
internal components of the devices (HW test tools, CT-scan, SEM, mechanical test equipment, Etc.),
* Battery PCM testing etc.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

It was great opportunity for me to develop my technical skills. Therefore, I was always ready to help out other teams. Such as software team etc.

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?

Over the year I have developed great interpersonal and technical skills. I had the opportunity to work with highly experienced team.

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?

BAT intern team was always there for support. I had a great time with my line manager, he was very supportive.

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?

Rewarding. They always appreciate you for the good 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 had a wonderful time. Before the placement, I set few challenges for myself and I am glad that I was able to complete all those challenges by the end of placement.