Software Engineer Review
at GE Aerospace
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
Bristol
Review Submitted: May 2025
Overall Rating
3.6 /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!
3/5
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Overview of Role
3.5/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
3/5
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Overall Experience
2/5
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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.
Using the agile development process to develop software which has been defined with clearly laid out user stories translating into tickets for us to complete
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a fair amount of responsibility. Nothing more than expected. I was working on real meaningful work with every other permanent employee
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have developed my fundamental programming skills, as well as having picked up a new programming language and a wider array of frameworks. I have also learned slightly more about architectural design and how software is built to communicate with its individual components
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?
3/5
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
2/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I've received a good amount of support and guidance from a few people I have worked with. I always felt like I could ask questions about my work.
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?
3/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The company culture between all employees at the site is great. I believe there are improvements to be made though. There have been occasions where work will just be dumped on an interns plate by a project manager, or other members may try to approach interns and pull them away from their usual work to do something for them.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
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?
For the most part I've enjoyed my placement. Though there were definitely periods where I was very unmotivated and was simply turning up because its a job
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at GE Aerospace
2/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend GE Aerospace to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to GE Aerospace
Apply to the Cheltenham or Wales site if you'd like a better chance of career progression. If you are a software engineer, I would recommend applying to a tech company, not an aerospace company
