Can you share your experience at ALSTOM and what key lessons shaped your career path there?

My key takeaway has been the importance of diversification; it's crucial not to put all your eggs in one basket. At ALSTOM, a core value is the ability to adapt. I believe in embracing multiple functional roles to broaden my learning and growth opportunities. Regardless of the path you take, there are always valuable experiences to be gained and numerous ways to advance your personal and professional development.

Alstom is known for its work in railway systems, including rolling stock, signaling, and electrical systems. Here are some of my experience:

For me, Alstom’s culture is deeply rooted in safety and quality. Every design and decision is made with these in mind.

I am working on signaling designs for UK main line projects. The work was highly collaborative, involving software, hardware, and field teams. I learned how safety-critical systems are designed and tested. The documentation standards were rigorous, which taught me discipline and precision.

Alstom values diversity and innovation. Freshers are given structured training and are encouraged to participate in innovation challenges. The company culture promotes sustainability and ethical engineering.

It is always an appreciable trait that you have goal and wanting to move towards it. I am writing this response as a collection of self-reflection, guidance's from seniors, my own path and where I am heading.

Curiosity, goals and ambition will help you get started. Position your first role entirely to learn, be more hands on, curious on the WHYs. As an Engineer you need have a lot od hands on experience. You should never constrict yourself to a specific domain or discipline in railways or any field as a grad engineer, so ask questions, try reasoning on why a decision on design, standard, operational or leadership decision were made. Engineer's key core thought process, value add to Alstom is their ingeniousness. This is a long term acquired skill and will keep growing as you grow.

Be kind to yourself, as a grad you will face time where you will be entirely wrong. That's the whole reason peer reviewing, design reviews, customer reviews occur. Learn from the mistakes, all that matters is the learning. Always remember as a grad there is very little deliverables that are expected out of you. So, use this period of being a grad to understand how you work, create your own processes that work for you to deliver good quality results. These are key skills that will help you as you progress, develop and define the core of you. Enjoy the work, ask for what you need, try everything and anything that comes your way. Again, pass on the knowledge, educate, mentor and lead in helping others in need.

Alstom as a multi-system OEM has an environment that will provide you conducive growth space. All the very best, I can vouch that Alstom will be the best place for your start as a Grad.