HumanFactors Review
at MBDA
Placement (10 Months+)
Engineering
Nottingham
Review Submitted: June 2022
Overall Rating
4.4 /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
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
Within my role I worked across a variety of projects. Some would take a handful of days with others taking months. I would help with interface design and user centred design on top of admin roles for specific projects. A few trips were called on for external meetings and frequent catch-ups are common.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Far more responsibility than I anticipated, I found that I was trusted a lot with personal projects and felt comfortable with everything being asked of me.
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?
Learnt new skills on interface design, system integration and developed user centred design 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?
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?
Moderate guidance. By far the biggest flaw is people not coming in to the office meaning I don't feel like I know them at all, and making it Extremely uncomfortable to ask questions.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
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?
Everyone is friendly and genuinely wants to help. I never really felt like an undergraduate and could fully immerse myself.
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?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I have really enjoyed it when things have been good. Sounds obvious, but when my department are in the office and my workload is high I thoroughly enjoy my time, it's just when there's little to do and no one is in can it start to get dull.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at MBDA
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend MBDA to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to MBDA
Don't anticipate people coming in to the office necessarily, it can feel awkward but you'll have to start sending out questions on messaging services which is uncomfortable compared to just asking whoever's behind you. Also if you want specific work, just ask; they will tailor the experience to you.
