Surface Engineer Review

Item: Surface Engineer at JLR
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at JLR

Placement (10 Months+)

Product Design

Warwickshire

Review Submitted: June 2026

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.

Surface engineer, main role was creating the A-Class surfaces for the interior of the vehicle, meaning every visible or touchable surface had to be A-Class surfaced. Given CAD training on the software IceM Surf which we then used to work on live projects taking it through multiple gateways and making considerable development on the new vehicle

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given a lot of responsibility, working under a mentor on an area of the interior of the car, I was given independence and trust to work on many parts by myself, meaning the surfaces I created will end up on the final vehicle, this is great responsibility to be given in my first year. I was also given many opportunities to take more responsibility and have a more meaningful impact on the team and wider vehicle programme.

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?

I learnt how to use multiple new CAD software's, a skill I can take forward to sue in m final year of university and in my future career. I built on a lot of soft skills throughout the year as well, including communication, learning how to overcome the fear of communicating with new people. I also built on my presentation skills as I was given many opportunities to present my work throughout the year

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?

I was given a mentor to have throughout the year who was there for me to help with any CAD issues or problems I needed solving. Everyone in the team was very helpful and supportive, being there for me if I had any issues. As well as this I signed up to get a buddy, this was someone entirely random from a different team who was there to guide me in other aspects of being in my first job.

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?

My team did a lot of work throughout the year to build on team culture, making many changes if necessary to ensure everyone felt heard and seen. As well as this the company provided an early careers team who planned socials and get-togethers, to allow everyone who was new to the job field to get together and grow together.

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 thoroughly enjoyed my placement, it had minimal expectations going into it but it heavily surpassed everything I thought it would be. I thoroughly enjoyed the job role and it gave me a heavy satisfaction with the amount of responsibility and impact I was able to make.

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

5/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend JLR to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to JLR

Be confident in the work you produce and to not be worried, as there are so many opportunities put in place by the company to allow you to get stuck in with different crowds, it is a very open and welcoming place to work.