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Hazel gets to move around lots on our rotational graduate scheme whilst also applying her degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics with Spacecraft Engineering from Southampton University:

鈥淚鈥檓 on the scheme where you get to move around and do lots of different things which has been really, really good. Dstl is a big organisation in some sense, but small in others, so being able to see what鈥檚 going on across the lab is really cool. I鈥檝e had very positive experiences with all the groups I鈥檝e worked in. They鈥檙e friendly and welcoming and keen to get you involved to get the best out of you.

鈥淚n my current 6 month placement I鈥檓 working on survivability of different platforms, mostly air-focussed, looking at ways to make them perform better and make them safer for those operating them.

鈥淚鈥檓 using my university skills too; Python to look at data, pulling out information, plotting it, looking at trends. At the moment I鈥檓 looking at orbital mechanics, I did a module in that at uni, so I鈥檓 using a lot of my background knowledge and applying it into some new software.鈥�

Hazel also looks forward to new experiences with an industrial placement:

鈥淚鈥檓 so excited about going off on my external placement. You get the freedom to choose where you want to go to match your interests. I鈥檓 hopefully going to RAF Waddington where they look at tactics and training - a perfect match to my Aerospace degree.鈥�

Joining Dstl has been a great match for Hazel too:

鈥淚 found it easy to settle in. There was a big social when we all started so it was nice and easy to get to know the other 20 or so people in my cohort. I鈥檓 lucky that I didn鈥檛 have to move house but people who had to relocate used the group chat to get to know each other and find house shares. They all get on really well.

鈥淚 heard about Dstl from a friend in the university climbing club. The work she was doing sounded really interesting. So I applied. And the climbing gym is one of the social groups I鈥檝e enjoyed at Dstl - you get to meet other people who are not on the graduate scheme which is good fun.鈥�

And everyone is different:

鈥淔riends from my uni course, also on the scheme with me, have all got completely different interests but it鈥檚 been easy to each find something we enjoy at Dstl. So, if you want to do computational fluid dynamics, propulsion systems, code development, or you like to be creative and think up weird and wacky new ideas - whatever you鈥檙e into you鈥檒l find it at Dstl.鈥�

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