Electrical Industrial Engineering Placement Review
by BAE Systems
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 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
My role was helping the team design and implement electrical control and instrumentation systems. My role on a day to day basis consisted of daily team meetings as a check up, and working through documentation related to the system. The main aim of my role/tasks was that the documentation related to the systems were as accurate and in line with the standards, so that they were ready for review and authorisation.
Skills
I've learnt various skills such as MS office, teamwork/collaboration, effective communication, presentation skills, interpreting electrical schematics, Bill of Material, Change Control, loop powered devices, analogue signals, low voltage distribution. I have also been able to use my existing skills learnt in university such as circuit analysis skills.
Responsibilities
Yes, the amount of responsibilities/tasks that were assigned to me mirrored my colleagues amount of tasks. The responsibilities that were given to me were decided by manager and team mates.
Support & Guidance
I received quite a lot of support and guidance during my work placement. My manager had weekly sessions with me with the focus of transferring the skills that I obtained from university and using them effectively in the industry. Additionally, BAE Systems had early career specialist who also gave me support and guidance and often checked up on how I was getting along.
Culture
Hard-working and honest yet it was very friendly and people could be honest with what their issues and concerns were. Most people were always happy to help
Your Impressions
I enjoyed my placement a lot as I learnt various things that I wouldn't have at university. I was able to see where my learning from university would be useful in industry and how real world engineering works. As most of my work was office and documentation based, I would've liked to get a bit more hands on or see the design implementation coming to life.
Yes
Learn what the company's projects and its importance are, be honest with what your expectations are and what you would like to do, apply with an open mind
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
North West
September 2024
