Combat Systems Software Engineer Review

by BAE Systems

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Worked with the portsmouth team to develop software used by a range of BAE Systems and Royal Navy customers. This software includes data analytics in MATLAB and other tools build in Linux with C++.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I have learnt the following skills: MATLAB C++ Django Leadership Project Management I have developed the following skills: React.js Python MySQL Presentation And a range of other technical and soft skills

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

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

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

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • I was trusted throughout the course of my placement. I had the responsibility to be the sole developed for a key piece of proof-of-concept software as well as becoming an expert in one of the teams' software projects. I arranged multiple events, sorting travel and activities to do on the day and claiming costs back on the company card. I also acted as Team Lead for another software project.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • Everyone was a great support throughout my placement and would always be willing to answer any of my questions. I was still trusted to complete the work and provided necessary training for software/programming languages if necessary.

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

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

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Very welcoming and accepting. Everyone in the company I crossed paths with were great to work with and provided a great support during my placement. I appreciate being trusted with key tasks as any employee would rather than being singled out as a placement student.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

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

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I loved the whole placement and I plan to return as a Graduate. I have met many great people along the way and cannot wait to return to see what projects I will be working on next.

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

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

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems

    • Be genuine and trust your own knowledge. You are not expected to know everything, but to be eager to learn more and develop what you do already know.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Software Engineering, Computer Science

South East

June 2023

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