R&D Electronics & Software Engineering Intern Review

Supporting the design of the hardware/software control electronics for the supervisory boards for the superconducting magnets of MRIs. On a day-to-day basis this means programming for the loadware releases, making PCB surface mount modifications and testing functionalities and components!

Yes - they let interns get involved right in the critical topics, and support you wanting to work in any specific area. This may vary department to department, but for R&D it is definitely the case!

Existing skills developed: Programming (python, C, C++, HTML), electronics testing and verification, PCB schematic capture and design
New skills: NX 3D design, Xpedition PCB software, Surface mount modifications
Amongst others!

My team was very supportive of me wanting to learn specific softwares, or if I wanted to get involved in certain tasks/projects. We also received a lot of guidance from the intern development programme that everyone was involved in, as we were given training in communication, presentations skills, etc. My team members were also very willing to share advice or help troubleshoot issues that I might come across.

Quite friendly, everyone seems to have a good balance of building real connections between coworkers as people first! The separation between the shopfloor and office workers does seem to be quite distinct though, and it would be nice to see more balance there.

I enjoyed it a lot, it exceeded all of my expectations and I think I would be hard pressed to find a better team, manager and company purpose. The large intern cohort makes it very enjoyable as a transition into the workplace, and there's lots of scope to keep learning!

Yes