Engineering intern Review
at Rolls-Royce
Placement (10 Months+)
Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
Bristol
Review Submitted: August 2024
Overall Rating
5 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Depends on what you do, but could be helping design a part of a RR engine, working in manufacturing and helping fix problems or working on some code for a software tool or engine.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Loads of responsibility. Proved software required a delayed release. Took RR customers around site. Recommended several thousand pound investments in software pilots. Helped speed up development of an engine part. Helped manage changes within a program and recommend next steps. Controlled and helped update a critical program management plan for a 100+ million pound program. Your responsibilities increased as you proved capability.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Tonnes. University prepares you for the technical aspects, but the placement makes you learn how to actually apply it, what's actually important and helps you gain loads of "soft" skills.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
As much as needed. Managers were friendly, kind and helpful. If needed they micromanage when I was uncertain or didn't know enough. But they provided information on what I need to do next and how it fits in with the bigger plan. Leading me to become more and more independent. As I became more independent I was given more space and freedom. All of the time though they recommended I explore additional training outside of what my job was just to learn more about RR.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Absolutely fantastic. I was treated as a real employee and when I finally did leave I was given a leaving meal, card, gift card and many people came and have personal conversations with me saying thank you etc. it's an incredibly friendly place.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I loved my placement so much I was dreading the last day. I have had genuinely the best year of my life so far, and so now going back to university whilst I know I'll enjoy it, I wish I was still at RR.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Rolls-Royce
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Rolls-Royce to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Rolls-Royce
Apply apply apply. Make the most of it, be in the office every day, ask as many questions as possible and grab every opportunity possible. You won't regret it. Make sure you complete your tasks and work hard too and the teams you work in will really love you.
