EDAS Software Engineer Apprentice Review
at BAE Systems
Degree Apprenticeship
Software Engineering
Yeovil
Review Submitted: April 2025
Overall Rating
4 /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
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Skills Development
3.6/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
4/5
Hybrid home/office working in a team of software engineers. Responsibilites are usually taking on tasks to help the team, e.g. developing code, testing, documentation, code changes. Attending online university lectures and developing a portfolio of evidence showing how you are developing personally and professionally.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
4/5
Very much, the people are great and always there for support. The work is interesting and made for you to learn and develop skills. The university lecutres are good but sometimes if time is not managed well the workload can creep up a lot but overall good.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
4/5
Yes, mainly coding and working with software in general. Other general professional development for working in a professional industry.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
3/5
Pretty well, the split of workload is good for managing time well. But sometimes university workload is a lot in a short space of time, and the portfolio of evidence had a bit of confusion around it as it was a new programme.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
5/5
Loads, never have an issue getting support for any issues at work. Online tools, contacts and people in the team are always available to help out.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
3/5
A decent amount, support is normally available but not as easy to get all the time as you're not in contact as frequently as with the employer.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
3/5
Good for building foundations of knowledge and basic skills but not much in-depth work to use in the role yet.
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
4/5
Yes, there are lots available to join, emails go out with invites and dates, there are online ways to sign up or see which ones are available too.
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
Yes
Why?
I've found the course really useful so far, always have loads of support available and the people are really good to work with, the work is interesting too.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems?
There is no need to be great at coding etc before becoming a software engineer, it might help, but you will learn those skills. If you are applying, focus more on being eager to learn and develop, as you can learn the skills on the job.
