Product Engineer Review
at Cummins
Placement (10 Months+)
Mechanical Engineering
Daventry
Review Submitted: May 2023
Overall Rating
4.8 /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
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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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.
Running minor proactive engineering improvements, coming from Engineering or customer requests. There are lots of meetings with other departments, suppliers and customers to discuss and implement engineering changes. Running or supporting failure investigations, writing technical reports and reviewing work with senior engineers. A mix of technical (drafting, analysis, hand calculations) and communication (meetings, negotiation, discussing drawings).
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes. I was leading multiple projects from day 1, with increasing responsibility as I familiarised with the role. I always had support from colleagues if I needed it, but otherwise I could make engineering decisions. The company is very trusting.
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?
Learnt GD&T (technical drawings) and Creo (CAD software) to a proficient degree.
Applied 7-step problem solving process to a real failure investigation.
Developed public speaking skills through technical review and more personal presentations.
Had opportunity to learn Ansys through training sponsored by company.
Applied 7-step problem solving process to a real failure investigation.
Developed public speaking skills through technical review and more personal presentations.
Had opportunity to learn Ansys through training sponsored by company.
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?
Fantastic support from manager and colleagues. We always had the weekly 1:1 where we went over my projects, with lots of other chances to meet and talk over technical work as well.
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?
Very friendly and trusting. Everyone is nice and happy to help, whether in the office or working from home. There were a decent number of socials and out-of-work activities to take part in too.
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?
4/5
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?
Very much. I learnt a lot, made good friends and made a lot of contacts with other people too. Every day was different and there are always new problems to solve.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Cummins
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
Put a lot of effort into the presentation for the interview, and go over the script a few times so you come over as an eloquent speaker
