Noise and Vibration Engineer 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
3.5
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Culture
4.3
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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
In an average week, might go on board the submarine one to two times, rest of the week will be spent doing analysis and technical write up of the testing. Other work includes maintaining testing equipment, helping out with other ongoing projects and just general learning/studying.
Skills
yes - technical skills used in the department - presenting skills - teamwork skills -etc
Responsibilities
yes, perhaps too much. My line manager admitted he put too much on my plate at the end of my placement. I was given a big task and presented a good piece of work at the end. The department itself holds a lot of responsibilty and just by working there you are under a lot of pressure to be responsible and use good judgement with sensitive data.
Support & Guidance
not enough to be honest. I managed just fine and when people were available they were always happy to help. But it was just unfortunate I joined at a time where the department was incredibly busy and my manager spent months away on trials. This was happening while my work was picking up and thus I had to be quite independant.
Culture
very friendly and inclusive with the new starts. Decent amount of social events outside of work. Wider company has some general issues and things that could be improved but nothing unusual as far as major companies go.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed it a lot, the work was so interesting and submarines are awesome. I was under a lot of pressure with the difficulty and size of the work I was given though.
Yes
- research/study before the interview - be ready to put up with living in industrial, dull towns - there is a lot of pressure to act responsibly - get as involved as you can, sometimes work doesn't come to you unless you ask
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Engineering
North West
November 2024
