Systems Engineer Review
by BAE Systems
Rating
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Skills
3.3
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
3.0
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Culture
2.0
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Your Impressions
3.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems
- 7. Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems
Overview
Working as a Systems Engineer means your role will greatly depend on your team. You might be designing or testing, or evaluating your project depending on where in the life cycle your project is. For me, there was a lot of verification work at the end of the project, which meant a lot of testing and checking that the design criteria had been met
Skills
I learned a lot at the start of my placement, including Python and new programming skills that built on what I had from University. I also had to learn the how to carry out the testing on the project, which was very new to me
Responsibilities
On my first project, I had certain tasks that I was expected to do and I had a lot of responsibility. Once I moved I noticed I had much less to do, perhaps because the pandemic had greatly disrupted the communication and day-to-day function of the team as we worked remotely
Support & Guidance
It really depends on the team you are put in. Any flaws or weak links in the support network were greatly amplified because of the pandemic, so it really varied. My transition to a new team was an extremely isolating time for me, and I found that I had to seek a great deal of help myself as the infrastructure to help me adjust felt non-existent
Culture
It's hard to say, as most of my placement has been remote. For the time I was in the office, there were very few people in. That made it very difficult for me to know. I was told how things were normally all the time, which seemed a lot nicer
Your Impressions
I really wish that there had been more planning in how to keep the placement students connected and supported during the pandemic. Hopefully with the new summer intake this is something taken into consideration, as I have really struggled since the start of the 3rd lockdown. In terms of the work, it was engaging and helped me apply my degree, but it really depended on the team I was in
Yes
Look for people outside of your team to go to for advice and support, and if Coronavirus will still affect your placement, try and get into a team that is mainly in the office so that you can be as close to normality as possible.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
South East
April 2021
