Cyontroland instrumentation engineer Review
at BAE Systems
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Systems Engineering
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Review Submitted: May 2025
Overall Rating
3.3 /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!
2/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
3/5
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Support and Guidance
3.5/5
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Company Culture
2.5/5
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Overall Experience
3/5
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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.
I mainly do engineering work with a small team, with my placement having alot of MATLAB but each one can vary, as some placements are awful and some are really good but you have to speak up and get changed as you could be reading documents all day looking for needle in hay stacks which I personally hate
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes but you do have to push and keep asking as it you are passive you will get nothing
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
MATLAB, GIT and Jira. Working in a team and office etticate
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
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?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Got alot of support but you do have to ask
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
1/5
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?
Very long and slow I never felt it was a fast paced environment or much urgency, but it my be from my previous experience in retail I have to compare it with
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
It was awful at the start, nothing to do for like 4 months had to go high up the chain to move somewhere l, I would get work.But after pushing alot I finally got moved to somewhere with good work. Alot is how much your willing to put up with before your bored and lucky of the draw with the placement
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
2/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems
Make sure you are asking for work and are proactive, and if you don't have anything make sure you say that and keep emails that you sent saying you don't have anything as often it takes a full report for something to happen
