During my placement year, I worked at a design consultancy in Cambridgeshire, 42 Technology. I realised that Cambridge is a hub for engineering and that upon graduating, I wanted to return; this motivated to work hard in my final couple of years, as I knew how competitive it would be to secure a role in Cambridge. I was excited to graduate with a first class degree, and immediately after graduating I worked as a Product Design Engineer at Videojet Technologies, where I was able to get a grasp of engineering in a global company with a well-established product (they are a market leader in CIJ printers). During my time there, I learnt that I wanted to pursue a career in mechanical design with a product that has more scope for development.
I am now working as a Graduate Mechanical Engineer at Cambridge Medical Robotics / CMR Surgical.
My day-to-day role includes the design and development of consumables, such as surgical instruments that are used with the CMR Surgical Versius System, a medical robotic system used to assist in minimal access surgeries.
My course was really helpful in securing this role. There were some key modules that gave me the knowledge required for me to do well in technical interviews, and some of the project work completed during my degree offered real examples of applications of theory, which gave me plenty to talk about during interviews.