Future Propulsion Systems Undergraduate Review
by JLR
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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
Primarily worked as a Reliability Engineer in Powertrain. Most of my time was spent working with Powertrain Engineering teams and facilitating Failure Mode Avoidance (failure analysis) for their components/systems. Involves lots of meetings each day and report writing depending on the outcome of meetings. Also some time spent on XiL simulations and data analysis for validation purposes. This involves using MATLAB and Python - creating and running scripts, and processing results.
Skills
Technical: Failure Mode Avoidance, Systems Engineering, Simulations - how to use Python and MATLAB, Design Verification Planning, CAD - 3DExperience Soft skills: Communication, collaboration, time management, planning, presenting, report writing/technical writing, critical thinking/problem solving, negotiation
Responsibilities
Lots - individually responsible for supporting 17 components in failure analysis, running own sessions with engineering teams, presenting own work to wider team
Support & Guidance
Lots of support and guidance from my manager, senior manager, and mentor. Weekly 1:1s with mentor, regular catch-ups with manager. Huge focus on growth and development in general. Lots of training. Support from Early Careers and guidance from Cohort Leads.
Culture
Very positive environment, inclusive and diverse culture. Large emphasis on diversity. Good work ethic and interesting work being done.
Your Impressions
Found the year highly enjoyable. Lots of interesting work to get involved in, lots of opportunities to be taken, supportive environment, opportunity to take responsibility early on.
Yes
Focus on the Creator's Code in the application process - see which pillar you resonate with most and make sure you talk about that. Read up on the company and make sure it feels like a good fit for you. Be yourself in the interview process - they only want to get to know what kind of person you are.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Automotive Engineering
West Midlands
June 2025
