Engineering & technology 12-month internship Review

Item: Engineering & technology 12-month internship at Rolls-Royce
Rating: 3.9
Author: Anonymous

at Rolls-Royce

Placement (10 Months+)

Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Filton

Review Submitted: September 2026

Overall Rating

3.9 /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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

3.5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

3.8/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

My roles taking on work from real projects that and teams Rolls-Royce is involved with. I these I use my skills and knowledge built up mostly from my degree to complete tasks given to me. Along side this there is opportunity for me to gain new skills and learn more about methods of best practice within the company when it comes to work within Engineering.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was able to take on my own tasks and projects from day one with them being mine to manage, work on and own. This involved setting out my own timelines and my own requirements for the project. So as far as responsibility is concerned I was fully responsible for the sections I was given with the understanding that I could always ask for help

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 have not learnt and new skills so far per se. I would count this experience as more more being able to expand upon skills and knowledge I have already had and apply them in new scenarios and contexts

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?

4/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

3/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

3/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

I received a good level of support and guidance in the initial stages of my internship with most guidance petering out as the weeks continued. That being said it has always been apparent where and when I should be asking for more and more guidance has been easy to access.

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?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

The general atmosphere of the company is very good with everyone being very kind and friendly and working culture being very healthy and supportive.

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?

2/5

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?

So far I have enjoyed most all of my placement. The only slight downside is the type of work I am doing at the moment is slightly reputative and slow. That being said I am very glad I am doing it as this has given me a really good insight into the type of work I would like to do in the future.

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

4/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

4/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Rolls-Royce to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to Rolls-Royce

Go in with a very open mind to the type of work you will do as you may find something that you might not have through about doing at all until you started doing it. I would also recommend you talk about your passions as well as studying the company values. They might at first seem cliché but they really do underpin a lot of the work that is done on a day to day basis and will let you know what kind of company rolls-royce is.