BBC NEWS THEME MUSIC
The BBC broadcasts to more than 300 million people
across the world - on TV, radio and online.
As a broadcast apprentice, I usually speak into the microphone.
But without a team of great engineers working hard behind the scenes
inventing AND innovating, none of this would even happen.
Well, this is the Weather gallery,
so this controls all you see and hear
when you look at the weather of the evening.
Definitely do this course.
You're being taught by some of the best
and the most knowledgeable people around,
and you get to work with some of the coolest kit you can ever work on.
THE ONE SHOW THEME MUSIC
So we're here in the One Show gallery. Tell me what happens here.
So we've got a maximum of 12 live video sources, and seven cameras.
We can literally do anything from here.
Engineering is about creating and it's about innovation,
and if that is what interests you, engineering's for anybody.
It really is just about creating something beautiful, creating
something that makes others think, "Wow, that's absolutely amazing."
I looked at a lot of schemes, and what I was looking for was
the opportunity to learn on the job and development.
I mean, there are four six-month rotations
so you get a really good length of time to work on things.
And obviously you get to work on amazing product as well.
I've always wanted to work on a brilliantly public-facing product
and suite of services,
which the BBC offer to all different age ranges.
I'm working in Children's Games,
so that's CBBC and CBeebies,
working on the games that will be on the website.
Sometimes because it's research you don't really know the outcome,
you don't know if it's going to work or not.
So don't be too frustrated - be patient, stick with it,
and, yeah, just like challenges.
If I put on the headphones, and listen to something,
and then start moving,
the cameras in this room
will track my movement and will automatically adjust the audio.
I didn't know what path I wanted to take as a software developer
and I figured that this scheme would offer,
through the rotation programme,
different kind of skills I could gain,
different kind of protocol to participate in.
I'm a research technologist for BBC R&D, which means we try and make
future content or new ways of experiencing TV and radio
that are more interesting and more tailored
to each individual audience member.
Everyone on this scheme has come from such a diverse background,
we all have really different skills,
but I think, yeah, it's all based on technology and engineering.
I don't really see it as men versus women,
that women can bring something that a man can't, I think
it's important for men and women to work together,
to have a diverse workforce. I think that's really important.
So what's fun about engineering is the application
of all the theoretical subjects such as maths, all your sciences
and applying this into the real world, so
engineering is pioneering the future
and the way that we go about everyday tasks.
So what sort of person do you need to be?
I think to become an engineer
you have to be passionate about what you're learning,
you have to be hard-working, and very logical.
The buzz of it really is the amount of people that are going to see
what I've been working on so, for example, Broadcast Red Button,
18 million people use that service every week, and where else
am I going to work that's going to have such a reach, basically?
Who wouldn't want to work for the BBC?
They make hundreds of products that millions of people use every day,
so it's an exciting place to work and exciting to be part of that.
So as you can see,
engineering can literally mean ANYTHING here at the BBC -
from software designers to broadcast engineering
to research and development.
The only question is, which one will YOU choose?