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Skills
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Responsibilities
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Support & Guidance
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Culture
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Your Impressions
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems
- 7. Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems
Overview
Worked in systems engineering looking at different systems on the aircraft and their function. A lot of my work was around improving the safety of the systems via system analysis or looking at test data. I also got to take part in system specification. There was a lot of paper work that went a long with this.
Skills
Now know how Jira works. Developed skills relating to systems engineering and systems safety. Got better at communication and documentation. Also improved data management skills.
Responsibilities
Given a good amount of responsibility it can be hard for managers to determine what work you should get but I think they did a good job. A lot of the time I was assisting with a project but got to work independently with any work assigned. There where a couple of moments where I was leading work with assistance from more experienced team members.
Support & Guidance
I got an okay amount. If there was any questions I could ask either someone within the team and they'd normally get back by the end of the day or even within a couple of minutes. When it came to rotating placement there wasn't much guidance and it was a stab in the dark calling random managers and asking what their team does and if they have a position available. Additionally during the first placement where there was little work for the team I wasn't given much guidance for how to deal with that and the situation didn't improve until I rotated.
Culture
For me things where laid back and pretty relaxed along with a lot of other team members. For team leads and managers it seems like meeting [This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the RateMyPlacement Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions] with a lot of things going on which can mean it's hard for them to find time to communicate with you and assign work.
Your Impressions
It was okay. Nothing above and beyond and also not a complete waste of time. There was a lot of moments sitting around waiting and there where also moments where I was given a good amount of work and felt I was making meaningful contributions. The first placment I was in was not a good experience with the team as a whole having no work. Moving into my second placment things improved but towards the end things have slowed down a lot for me as managers and team leads appear to be swamped in other responsibilities providing no time for them to assign me work. The people I work with are very nice and good at their jobs I enjoyed some of the social stuff we did as well.
Yes
Memorise the company values and get good at recording yourself.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering
North East
May 2025