Aerospace Summer Intern Review

Item: Aerospace Summer Intern at BAE Systems
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at BAE Systems

Internship (1 Month+)

Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Engineering

Warton, Lancashire

Review Submitted: September 2025

Overall Rating

4.9 /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 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Developing and integrating advanced digital engineering solutions for current and future aerospace applications.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Throughout my internship, I was given ample opportunities to showcase and develop my practical engineering skillset. This proved instrumental in me quickly convincing colleagues I could be trusted to deliver meaningful value add to the team, which I appreciated greatly. By the end of my internship, I had become very autonomous in self-assigning work to further progress projects/tasks.

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?

I underwent multiple training sessions on how to use and interact with various digital engineering toolsets (CAD, PLM, etc...) from a design and materials engineering perspective. These training sessions were extremely useful in learning how to use aforementioned digital engineering toolsets, but did place a time blocker on being able to contribute meaningfully to the team until access was fully granted - access was fully granted after approximately 4 weeks.
The internship also enabled me to further enhance my effective communication skills, presenting to audiences of varied technical subject matter expertise and size.

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?

Plenty. I was personally very comfortable with the support provided by my team day-to-day and did not require too much assistance from Early Careers. However, when specific guidance was requested, a conclusion was reached by the end of the day.
The Early Careers team provided routine communication to all interns and placement students via the following communication streams: 1-to-1 Teams messages, regular emails and bi-weekly meetings.

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?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Exceptional. Everyone was extremely welcoming, friendly, respectful, inclusive and open-minded to change - in my limited industrial experience, the latter is crucial to generating a positive general atmosphere. All colleagues treated with equity and made aware of the different diversity initiatives and inclusivity opportunities through online training courses regularly promoted by the company internally.

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?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

Overall I had a fantastic time at BAE Systems and it delivered on my high expectations of working for the biggest Aerospace & Defence Company in the UK.

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

5/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems

Be authentic and don't feel uncomfortable talking about why you believe you are a prime candidate for the role. It's about selling yourself, making it known your subject matter knowledge is top-draw and your working values align with the 8 main behaviours (see https://careers.baesystems.com/life-at-bae-systems/our-values) the company is looking for in all candidates.
Also, top tip, express your core interests and main passions at each stage of the application to maximise your chances of being assigned in the area of the business best suited to you - this is a joint decision between Early Careers and the hiring heads of the different internal disciplines (depending on business need).