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Researching new technology and working on existing projects. This can involve meetings with people within BAE Systems to discuss ideas, as well as meetings with outside organisations to discuss collaborations and mutual interests.
resolving different kinds of queries and providing engineering solutions as quickly and efficiently as possible. This will involve working with many different sections within the business.
I undertook computational tasks with the focus on model, simulation and analysis.
Using Finite Element software to design and analyse structures.
Going on-board ships and responding to queries that have been posed to the PEM Team. Reactive engineering to any issues raised on ship.
As a product safety engineer, your main role is to identify any hazards or safety concerns within a project and come up with appropriate mitigations and ways of managing each hazard. Usually this would involve using techniques such as FMEA and fault trees...
• Providing advice and guidance to installation teams on the design solution • Addressing technical queries on-site • Supporting installation quality inspections, equipment commissioning and test & trials at both the equipment and system levels for th...
Ensuring cash is getting into the business on a monthly basis, a wide admin role for many of the reporting processes, assisting co-workers in tasks/projects, improving internal processes, working with other teams within working groups and designing new an...
Work on a large software project, that is to become part of a bigger system.
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 ...
My role is to carry out tests at both a module and system level. This often involves fault finding too. I have also helped with the analysis and documentation involved in designing electronic hardware.
my daily tasks include using data from the manufacturing execution system to create live dashboards to monitor production times for assemblies and trialling these dashboards on various areas across the site, researching factory of the future ideas and ass...
Developing solutions to help further company product in the defense industry. Engaging with other engineers in meetings and onsite to come up with designs for equipment and tests to use to solve problems. Using CAD software and analytical skills to make a...
BAE Systems is an exciting company to have an industrial placement in - I had a good view of the way that the entire business ran, and had a well rounded day to day job. It was slow to start - beginning in the summer means that you start as many people ...
My placement was fantastic. Everyone I met was friendly and welcoming, and always willing to share their knowledge and help. My line manager was able to find me something that fitted in perfectly with the direction I wanted to take my course in my final y...
I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at BAE Systems. It gave me the ability to experience a broad spectrum of the engineering opportunities available. Alongside a competitive pay for industrial students, it has enabled me to improve my professional and techn...
Overall, I have really enjoyed my time at the company. My team were friendly, I had a fair amount of work to complete and there was plenty of support available if you ever had any issues (graduate buddy, line manager, graduate/placement manager). I do tho...
My placement year at BAE was very enjoyable and I would recommend to anyone looking for a placement which will both further your education and allow you to enjoy yourself during your placement year to apply for BAE. My role involved work and tasks that we...
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement it was unreal having the opportunity to work with so many amazing people and be able to go on ships as a part of my job. I did not know what to expect as I had never worked for such a large and fast paced organisation.
My placement at BAE Systems was really enjoyable. I was able to work on a range of different projects so expanded my knowledge in lots of different areas of engineering. The teams I worked with were all great too which always makes a big difference. My ma...
