Special Process and NPI Engineer Review
at GE Aerospace
Placement (10 Months+)
Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
Cardiff
Review Submitted: June 2025
Overall Rating
4.1 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.5/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
Tooling design, Engine Manual updates and concessions by having conversations with the hardware owner, 3 D printers maintenance, assistance to speacial process owners in solving repair issues (technical issues)
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes I have been given a responsibility of solving repair issues with a part and getting concessions for each part by having conversations with the headquarters (design engineers) and achieving targets of engine assembly.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Developed CAD skills and technical skills. Understood the how parts are designed based on repairability. 3D printing and maintenance skills. Lean six sigma principles.
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?
4/5
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?
There are mentors and people leaders who are very supportive and sit between them. This is really helpful having conversations with them while understanding the business and technical aspect of the site. This also helps develop interest in a topic and work in projects with the help of mentors.
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?
A very friendly and knowledgeable environment. Question are welcomed and answered by visually showing the issue on the shop floor. Encouragement from the shop floor and very supportive if placement students make errors which are corrected by valid explanation.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
3/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Most of the helpful people around and how the placement community is united together and encouraged by every individual in the site.
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 GE Aerospace
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend GE Aerospace to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to GE Aerospace
Be honest, if anything in the interview is out off your knowledge let the interviewer know “you would be interested in learning it” instead of not answering the question. Follow GE Leadership behaviours and try to answer all the questions off your knowledge.
