Software Engineer Review
at BAE Systems
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
Warton
Review Submitted: September 2024
Overall Rating
4.7 /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
4.8/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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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.
My role was to develop software based on the current needs in the department. This ranged from a web application for emails to an override for physical hardware on a device. I also led a software development team for robotics in my stretch assignment.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes. I was in charge of developing projects on my own for the internal team, but I also worked on projects for external clients that were to be used off site. In the stretch assignment I was team leader and was in charge of delivering projects on time and meeting the proposed requirements.
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?
In terms of programming languages I learnt C++, WPF, C++/CLI, but I also learnt a lot of interpersonal skills and time management. Some projects I worked on my own but some were in a team. This reinforeced my paired programming skills and team work capabilities. In my strech assignment I learnt how to organise a team and how to divide up work based on each member's abilities.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
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?
I received support from my line managers, and from the early carrers team. In my first placement at the company my manager was not always nearby so I struggled in certain parts to understand where to start and what to do. However towards the end of my placement I developed the skills to work these out on my own.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
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?
The company culture was amazing. Everyone was always happy to help with any issues that I had. They offered tours of different areas of the sites and I got the chance to see a lot of interesting different parts of the company. A lot of the staff working there had been working there for well over 20 years.
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 enjoyed the placement overall. At the start as I was left to be very independent I didn't feel as if I was being used to the best of my ability. However after reaching out to others in the wider BAE team, I found ways that I could still use my skills and make an impact in more ways than one.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems
It is important to prove that you want to be part of the defence industry. Why would you want to work at BAE is the most important question. For me I had wider family in the armed forces so defence was always important to me.
