In the first episode of our new series ‘Apprenticeships and the future’, Jessica Chatburn interviews Helen Driffill about her engineering story.

Helen Driffill is a wing specialist working in the Electrical and Technical Design Definitions Directives team at Airbus Operations Ltd based in Filton, Bristol. Helen talks about her career starting as an apprentice and working her way up. She also mentions some key moments of her career and what interested her in engineering in the first place.

In this conversation Jessica and Helen discuss:

• An overview of Helen's career 
• Helen's route into engineering and current role
• Helen's interests in engineering
• One of Helen's best achievements
• Helen's top tips to building a career and improving skills Helen's hobbies outside of work
• Helen's words of advice to someone who wanted to have a career in STEM