Guidance, Control and Navigation Engineer Review

Item: Guidance, Control and Navigation Engineer at MBDA
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at MBDA

Internship (1 Month+)

Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering

Filton, Bristol

Review Submitted: August 2022

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.

Internship situated within the GCN department. Day-to-day work included lots of MATLAB, Simulink and Python programming. Designing autopilots, guidance loops, AI, to name a few. Work for the placement was a joint summer project with some other disciplines' interns working on a collaborative task for 10 weeks.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Responsible for my own work and driving the direction of the project, with guidance from technical experts in the field in the form of my supervisor.
Responsible for meeting deadlines unprompted, along with ensuring the project was developing in the right direction without constant input from supervisors.
Attempting to solve problems myself before seeking help.
Was responsible for a large and meaningful piece of work.

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?

Developed skills massively in Matlab, Simulink, Python.
Greatly developed Control Engineering and Maths skills as well as exposure to AI in the industry.
Large presentation at the end of the placement to seniors, therefore building on presenting skills.
Daily interaction building upon interpersonal skills.

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?

Just the right amount. Had a Technical Coordinator who was there for queries relating to HR/Business Processes and general on-boarding and wellbeing. Head of function (Line Manager) and the project, guiding the project direction of it and interested in milestones. A day-to-day supervisor to help with work-related queries, and a buddy on the Graduate scheme to help with anything else. A very good support system that is all very accessible and friendly.

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?

A very positive culture and atmosphere, lots of social events, activities, charity outreach events to get involved with if you so choose. Lots of diversity initiatives and talks, as well as charity book sales, bake sales, donation pledges etc. Lots of on-site sports teams such as inter-departmental football tournaments and department teams in other sports. Work-life balance was great, allowing time to relax.