Systems Engineering Intern Review

by GE Aerospace

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Rating

3.1/5
  • Skills
    3.3
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.0
  • Culture
    3.3
  • Your Impressions
    2.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • My role has involved the development of a system model for aiding in verification test review. Also I have completed technical documentation ready for review and release to the customer. The day-to-day involves progress towards larger scale tasks (such as the documentation) combined with smaller tasks such as bug fixing to solve other related problems on the project.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have learnt a significant amount about low level computing (hex registers, ASIC blocks etc), and also learned some skills such as understanding change control and requirements management.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • 2/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 3/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was given the solo responsibility to produce a complete and substantial piece of documentation which will ultimately be released to the customer as part of the project verification. Additionally, I was trusted to implement requirement changes to the system model and flight software.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I received a good amount of support and guidance


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • The people at the company were wonderful and were great to interact with, and there was a very healthy culture.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 2/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed getting to know and spending time with my team and others that I had met. The documentation tasks were very dull, but when I was able to solve problems it was much more interesting.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 2/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 2/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at GE Aerospace
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend GE Aerospace to a friend?
  • No


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to GE Aerospace
  • When you apply, the people are just as important as the technical.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

South West

June 2022


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