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Maintenance Engineer Review

at BAE Systems

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Systems Engineering, Data Analysis, Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering

Portsmouth

Review Submitted: April 2026

Overall Rating

4.6 /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!

4/5 - Overview of Role
4.8/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
4.8/5 - 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 job role was in the Maintenance Optimisation hub of the Asset Management department. My day to day tasks involved analysing data sets and going through the companies toolsets and the clients toolsets and finding issues and then creating a system or another toolset that enables the issue to be resolved and the whole asset management and maintenance planning to run smoother.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, I was given a lot of responsibility. In the whole year I went through multiple different roles/teams in which i would be given my own tasks to complete and in one case I was given a whole upgrade job to look after on one of the ships. In my stretch assignments I was also made a leader of a workstream in a research project.
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 mostly developed existing skills but I have learnt some new skills like business strategy and the importance of communication, as well as the ability to learn multiple different toolsets very quickly.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
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 was a lot of support as there is a very large early careers team and they also provide individual graduate buddies as well as having the graduate council who run sessions all throughout the year.
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?
It was interesting to start with due to the very close ties to the military and the amount of ex military now working for them. The general atmosphere was very easy to fit into as well as everyone is very friendly to newcomers
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?
5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed it a lot. It was not the job role I wanted initially but there have been so many opportunities to explore different things and meet different people that it was definitely worth it. I have altogether learnt a lot of lessons in the roles I have been in as well that I will use in any other job role.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems
Make sure you do a lot of research into the job role and find out which location you would be based at and make sure you know about the companies values and behaviours.

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems
5/5
Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?
Waiting to hear
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