Summer Aerospace Internship Review

Item: Summer Aerospace Internship at BAE Systems
Rating: 3.8
Author: Anonymous

at BAE Systems

Internship (1 Month+)

Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Engineering

Warton, Lancashire

Review Submitted: September 2025

Overall Rating

3.8 /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 - Overview of Role

3.8/5 - Skills Development

3.5/5 - Support and Guidance

3.8/5 - Company Culture

3.5/5 - 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.

My role was in the Technical Bid Team for GCAP. The team was responsible and accountable for the delivery of the 1st Int Contract. And hence the generation of supporting artefacts (e.g compliance matrix, WBS etc) as well as harmonising the solution across partners and suppliers. Day to day jobs varied but could include international meetings, producing professional documents, taking part in workshops etc.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, I was able to update various in use documents on my own. But also felt like I could ask my team if I had any queries.

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?

I feel like I have developed a variety of skills such as problem solving, time management, professional doc writing and analytical skills.

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?

4/5

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?

Early careers contacted us regularly and always responded quickly to any problems/ questions.
Everyone was very friendly throughout the company and offered help when you needed it.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

3/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Everyone in BAE Systems is very friendly and loves to chat about the projects they are working on, and future careers advise.
However as a girl within Engineering, it is staggering how extreme the gender gap is.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

4/5

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?

Overall I did enjoy the internship, there's lots of other interns/ placement students to socialise with and the projects you can get involved in are extremely interesting.
However, I did find that within my team there really wasn't enough work for me to do at times. So I felt like a bit of an annoyance.