Undergraduate Engineer Review

As an undergraduate engineer you get the opportunity to work across different teams around Dyson alongside the engineers helping with their projects and doing your own. You are often given a high level of responsibility and have a lot of control over your time in the team

From day 1 you are learning new skills, such as health and safety, manufacturing/prototyping, CAD but also soft skills such as well being and personal development.

I enjoy it a lot and it is fun as the Dyson environment is very friendly and vibrant. However it is very hard work and you have very little free time to relax or do hobbies so it requires a level of dedication. The work however is very rewarding.

The university course is structured like a normal uni course with lecturers module leaders and a course leader. From their side we have an introduction at the start where we meet them and our apprenticeship tutors. From the Dyson side also we have introductions and are told the layout of the yearly work rotations.

There is an incredible amount of support set up at Dyson with multiple members of staff available solely for the use of the apprentices, with regular check ins about once a month. There are also people available in the wider Dyson for support such as line managers and mentors who order the work side of things and can help with professional development.

We get a tutor who checks in with us every few months guiding us towards our apprenticeship endpoint review which is good as it sets a goal and allows us to check in with someone completely separate from the workplace. They also offer a wider range of support and also free online lectures to learn new skills.

It gives the core knowledge needed in order to be able to be productive in the role. First year when you don't have much knowledge is a bit harder but often the course content and project content have some overlap which is good.

There are loads of sports teams and other societies such as bonsai club/surf club/ football to name a few available in both the Dyson wider community and also the institute only community.There is also plenty of opportunities to network within Dyson.

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Overall it offers such a unique experience that will round you into an employable professional while earning a degree and supporting yourself with your own salary. If you were planning on doing an engineering degree I think Dyson Institute is a much better option as you get so much more however it is hard work and there isnt the classic 'uni-life' that some people look for.

Just to be yourself and don't get hung up trying to revise anything as they are much more bothered about peoples potential rather than what they already know. Seek out as much experience as possible, even in life not just engineering based fields as all of this contributes to your skillsets.