Modelling & Simulation Intern Review
by Airbus
Rating
-
Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 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 Airbus
- 7. Would you recommend Airbus to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Airbus
Overview
Maintaining, testing, debugging, and developing new features for the simulator or development environment. This could involve CI development, creating system-level tests, optimising existing models, and more.
Skills
Lanuages: C++, Java, Bash, Python. Tools: GitLab, Docker, Qt. Other: Linux, Agile development Soft skills: Communication, collaboration, time management, problem solving
Responsibilities
Yes, and not too much. The vast majority of my tasks were not time-constrained, and were more nice-to-have features as opposed to project critical. However, there was the odd occasion where my work was needed to be completed within a day, but that was achievable and motivating. I have never really felt stressed with the weight of my responsibilities.
Support & Guidance
A lot, especially to begin with. For the first half of the year I had a mentor that I could go to for all questions, concerns, and progress updates. Sadly he has left, but the whole team is more than happy to give help when needed.
Culture
The office is very big so it's intimidating to begin with. There is always a hubbub of chatter coming from meetings or colleagues communicating. Everyone is very respectful and polite - Airbus are good at hiring.
Your Impressions
I have enjoyed my placement a lot. Going into it I wasn't sure that software engineering was the career for me. This year has given me optimism that it is. The enjoyment level does vary week to week depending on the tasks that I'm given. For the most part, they have been fulfilling and meaningful.
Yes
Although the company and facilities are very big, everything is a lot more relaxed than you would think. Have confidence in yourself and don't let yourself be intimidated.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
South East
July 2025
