Hardware and Mechatronics Undergraduate Placement Review
by JLR
Rating
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Skills
3.3
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
2.5
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
3.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at JLR
- 7. Would you recommend JLR to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to JLR
Overview
Daily tasks include updating timing plans for tasks to be carried out, joining meetings in order to get a better understanding of what is going on in the business.
Skills
My MATLAB coding skills have improved whilst on placement, as well as my Python and also developed using CAE software like Abaqus. Also project management skills have improved and interpersonal skills
Responsibilities
No
Support & Guidance
In the first half I got basically no support from my manager but in the second half my mentor was a lot more supportive although was still sometimes hard to get when he was busy
Culture
The company culture can vary massively from team to team. My first team was very sexist and patriarchal and would make inappropriate comments especially outside of work. Second team was a lot more friendly and welcoming and as a whole the company has a pretty good environment
Your Impressions
I enjoyed it in the sense that I have made some good friends here but as it is a big company it is easy to get lost under everything and not feel a part of it so would not return.
No
Be aware that it is likely that you might not be doing what you expect when coming from university and that it can be very slow
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Automotive Engineering
West Midlands
June 2025
