Cultural Diversity In Engineering Insight Experience (for applicants not entering final year) 2024

• Immerse yourself in our virtual 2 day Cultural Diversity in Engineering Insight Experience where you will find out what a career in engineering is really like. You will hear from a range of inspiring culturally diverse BAE Systems employee who will share their career journeys with you and how their work is making a real difference. They will explain how you too can make an impact within BAE Systems. You will also benefit from interactive skills development sessions that have been designed to support culturally diverse undergraduate engineers seeking to enter the workplace. Our culturally diverse Engineering Insight Experience is aimed primarily at candidates from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds seeking insights into a career in Engineering, to join our Insight Experience you must currently be studying a STEM degree and be on course to achieve at least a 2:2. Please note: This insight experience is a learning opportunity and is unpaid. 
• To apply, you must be currently studying an engineering degree, be on course to achieve a minimum of a 2:2 and not entering your final year of studies. If you are due to graduate in 2024, we would still love you to join us, but please apply for our other Insight Event here.
• The 2 days will run 23/24 August 2023 9.00–17.00 UTC and will include various interactive presentations, Q&A’s, skills sessions and activities to get you familiarised with life at BAE Systems. 

Day 1

• Overview of the Insight experience and BAE Systems
• Group based engineering challenge
• An introduction to graduate and undergraduate engineering career pathways at BAE Systems
• Importance of Diversity & Inclusion to BAE Systems
• Interactive Sustainability discussion and task based activity 

Day 2

• An interactive ‘How to highlight your strengths’ skills session 
• Inspirational talks from culturally diverse engineers at a range of career points
• How to overcome and combat ‘Imposter Syndrome’
• Q&A and networking with current engineering graduates and undergraduates
• Interactive session on available graduate and undergraduate engineering opportunities at BAE Systems
• Please note: This insight experience is a learning opportunity and is unpaid.

Follow your passion with the following opportunities

• With around 100 places available UK wide, during your virtual 2 day insight experience, you will have the chance to network with other culturally diverse employees in engineering from different areas of our business, and at different stages in their career journey – from graduates to senior leaders. You will hear all about the work our colleagues are doing and the difference we are making for our clients and our communities.
• Best of all, you will hear more about the fantastic range of engineering roles available and have the opportunity to apply and be considered for one of our fantastic graduate roles.
• What we have on offer for you! 
• We welcome you to immerse yourself into the culturally diversity in Engineering Insight Experience and the chance to join our graduate or undergraduate programmes.
• Take your first steps in a career that motivates, rewards and evolves. At BAE Systems you will be working on exciting, world-leading engineering and business projects from day one. Our graduate and undergraduate programmes will prepare you with the skills you need to navigate situations that bring others to a standstill. We will help you make the very most of your talents. We place great importance not only on what we do, but how and why we do it. We are passionate, collaborative, and take pride in work that helps our customers and communities. Working for BAE Systems, you will go home at the end of each day knowing what you do really makes a difference.