Manufacturing Summer Intern Review
at BAE Systems
Internship (1 Month+)
Mechanical Engineering
Rochester
Review Submitted: November 2022
Overall Rating
4.1 /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!
3/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.5/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Support factory workers, CAD design work, data analysis of the factory performance, creating factory worker training packages
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was responsible for creating training packages for factory floor workers as well as handling data for factory performance
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Data Handling, CAD drawing, communication skills
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?
4/5
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?
Managers were very patient and gave good guidance. They appreciated that this was a first job in industry and were very accommodating
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?
Company culture felt a bit archaic and no real buzz to the place. This was after COVID so many were working from home however so this will likely have improved. It didn’t feel like the company area was evolving or expanding, not having a lot of opportunity to progress. Again this might have changed since the pandemic
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
2/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed it a lot, it was a great entrance into industry and helped me gain another job the following year. I gained a real insight into the company and engineering industry as a whole
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems
Know their values and try to understand the business unit you’re applying for as they’re all very different. A lot of information is publicly available but try your best to understand by reading the news and on their website
