PE - Hardware & Mechatronics Graduate Review

Extremely positive, it was one of the highest paying graduate roles I came across. My manager is very easy-going and helpful, which is a massive plus. There's a lot of opportunity here to do what you'd like to do and to show yourself off, but it also doesn't punish people who aren't as outgoing and just want to do their job, I like that there are both options. The work culture is very progressive and relaxed, WFH is common here and I don't feel pressured to work long hours or anything like that.

During the graduate scheme you get to go on "placements", which is where you move around the business and spent anywhere from 3-6months in different areas of your choosing (down to manager discretion). I've really enjoyed this aspect, as my "home team" is exteriors, which is a collection of parts that make up the outside of the car, but I am more interested in robots and sustainability and I've been able to go on placements in those areas, which is something I didn't think I'd be able to do.
In my home team my responsibilities were doing things like design reviews of parts, which is checking parts against a specification sheet to make sure they pass all the specs. Designing and conduction tests, which is one of my favourite things to do, it is start to finish and quite similar to university labs.
In sustainability I was doing lots of research into future technologies and writing/delivering reports on these technologies and how they might be used by JLR.

I do feel like I contribute work and that my work is trusted by others.

Great pay for engineering in the midlands. Starting bonus and yearly salary increases are great, opt into the increased working week!

Lots of variety means I feel ready for any direction my career goes in.

Line manager and Buddy are great, extremely approachable and helpful, never make me feel stupid for any questions I ask, even a year into my scheme.
Early careers team has left a bit to be desired.

Always encouraged to go home on time, flexible for WFH as long as there is nothing going on in the office. Once I clock out I don't worry about work.

Always encouraged to go home on time, flexible for WFH as long as there is nothing going on in the office. Once I clock out I don't worry about work. CEO won an award for most LGBTQ+ positive UK CEO, so an inclusive culture.

CEO won an award for most LGBTQ+ positive UK CEO, so an inclusive culture. Always doing events at the main offices to promote smaller cultures/backgrounds.

Yes

For engineering, it was one of the best paying jobs, the work culture and relaxing atmosphere seems to beat out a lot of other places my friends work at. And JLR has given me so many chances to try out new things.

Probably the biggest issue, "Mechatronics graduate" is what the role was sold as, but my job has nothing to do with mechatronics, my home team mainly works in plastic moulded parts, completely different. I spoke with HR about this and they said they "didn't realise it meant anything and that it was just a cool engineering word". But once you get in you can move around a bit to meet your own expectations.