Our Scholars have the opportunity to work on some interesting, complex and impactful projects during their work placements with their sponsor company.
Read more about their experiences:
Ethan
EDA Solutions
I wanted to work in a small team and learn about the whole flow from setting up machines, licensing, installation and troubleshooting the whole design flow.
Daniel
Cirrus Logic
"Being at a large company meant I would have the chance to interact with top professionals in the field, and have a large resource pool to enable me to operate at my best."
Jack
MAC Ltd
"Having never used VHDL and Vivado before, I was surprised how quickly I got the hang of it, and I have my MAC Ltd mentors to thank for this."
Daisy
CSA Catapult
"CSA Catapult has teams with different specialities such as Photonics and Power Electronics, which meant that I could broaden my knowledge and experience across the spectrum."
Liza
Beko
"I went through with Beko as their project’s outcomes seemed to have the most immediate and fastest impact even for a short-time internship."
Philip
AMD
AMD's diverse range of offerings, including CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and more, perfectly aligns with my passion for intricate electronics.
Dawid
Renesas Electronics Europe
With my interests surrounding automotive engineering and passion for programming, Renesas offered me a great opportunity to delve deeper into the world of embedded systems.
Ola
Siemens EDA
That atmosphere of mutual understanding combined with the possibility of developing both my hardware and software skills made Siemens a dream company to be in.
Kajol
Collins Aerospace
"I was exposed to the field of systems and safety, where I learnt about Model-Based Systems Engineering, requirements management and FMEA"
Abigail
STMicroelectronics
I have an interest in electronics because it's such a huge and varied part of modern day life. Almost everything now depends on electronics to improve a process, whether that be to automate a task or to simplify a task.
Katerina
Cadence Design Systems
“My programming skills were significantly improved and time management, problem solving and communication skills as well.”
“The UKESF Workshop was one of a kind. All the talks were very interesting and meeting all the other scholars was great”
UKESF Scholar 2021