To gain work experience in industry over a long period before graduating and to try to understand better what I would like to do as a graduate
University contact within the company
I had to send my CV and cover letter and then have two Skype interviews.
Putting together a report on a new medical device in which the company is interested and try to come up with new ideas for patent filing.
A typical day would involve doing a lot of reading around the topic of this type of medical device and the healthcare domains that are related to it, have meetings with clinical experts in these domains, write up the report, and possibly slides for presenting a new idea for an invention.
The very creative and friendly environment, and seeing how motivated my supervisors were.
Having to do things that I might have not being taught in university.
I mostly used skills that involved summarising, organising and presenting.
Yes, I now know that I would most likely like to do a PhD in industry.
Keep networking during the year, that's the best way of finding contacts useful to get a placement.
Form completed: 06 Sep 2017