Once I graduated, I worked at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) working in their Special Vehicle Operations department, working on developing whole vehicle test programs for the future vehicles. In July 2018 I was lucky enough to move to McLaren Automotive, working as a project engineer for McLaren Special Operations (MSO), where I was working on developing bespoke limited run features for customer cars.
Since February 2021, I have switched roles working in the main McLaren business. My degree supported me in this by not only giving me technical knowledge that I use every day to problem solve issues that are seen in design and manufacture of parts on vehicles, but also in giving me the skills I needed to be able to present and reason technically.
One of the key skills that I learnt during my degree was how to look into an issue and research by asking questions and testing possible failures, and then finding the reason why an issue occurred, but also then knowing about the subject to be able to solve the issue.
I am currently working for McLaren Automotive as a project engineer, helping to organise the design and development of exterior trim for vehicles present and future. I do use skills that I learned at Loughborough every day and it has even helped me to quickly understand key issues with materials as well as to be able to share those findings with the wider team to quickly get issues fixed.