GE Aerospace
GE Aerospace Digital Technology - 12 Month Placement
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In the 12-month Digital Technology (DT) Placement, you'll gain invaluable skills and experience, providing support in either business or technical areas of Information Technology.
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About GE Aerospace
Are you ready to see your future take flight? At GE Aerospace, we are advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. Your work will contribute to the production of advanced jet engines, components, and integrated systems that power commercial and military aircraft. You’ll be part of a team that embraces your drive, your curiosity, and your unique ideas and perspectives. Most importantly, you’ll share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world!
Digital Technology
Be a part of an exciting data transformation journey within GE Aerospace. On our Digital Technology team, you’ll have a hand in designing, deploying, and maintaining technologies and systems to address the ever-changing needs of our customers and business.
Roles And Responsibilities
In the 12-month placement in Digital Technology (DT) you’ll gain hands-on experience in IT operations, project management, data analytics, and software development. You’ll work on exciting projects to improve business processes, support IT systems, and drive digital transformation.
We have different types of roles in this area; here is a brief snapshot into each:
- Digital Technology (Cardiff) - you will play a key part in developing a Digital Toolset to drive productivity within the business functions. You will lead various projects utilising applications from the GE Toolset and new Analytics Tools. You will partner with these business functions to understand requirements and translate these into Operational Tools.
- Digital Technology (Caledonian) - Development of prototype local applications for SQDIP improvements.
- DT Technology and Operations Team (Cheltenham) - providing support for iPhone and iPad devices, including setup, upgrades, compliance, and issue resolution. You will manage requests for new network port installations, remote access, and GUEST WiFi changes, while assisting users with supply chain applications. Responsibilities also include managing a Raspberry Pi-based signage solution, covering procurement, build, and configuration of devices. Project activities may involve supporting application deployments and upgrades, as well as managing small-scale equipment deployments and installations.
- Digital Technology (Dowty) - improving how the business uses data and digital technologies to drive better decisions and performance. You will help enhance data maturity by improving data quality, structure, standardization, governance, and accessibility, and work with business and digital teams to understand reporting needs and develop dashboards and visualizations for key metrics. The position involves gathering, cleaning, validating, and analyzing data to support operational and strategic decisions, while identifying opportunities where AI can create business value and building clear business cases for adoption. You will research digital and AI trends and best practices, help evaluate AI use cases for impact, feasibility, risks, and data readiness, and lead or coordinate a digital technology project from scope definition through milestone tracking and stakeholder communication. In addition, you will support cross-functional collaboration to ensure solutions align with user needs, prepare presentations and updates for reviews, and contribute to process improvements that enhance efficiency, visibility, and decision-making.
- Cyber Security (Cheltenham) - you will work across five key cyber security areas: Intelligence, Enterprise Vulnerability Management, Insider Threat, External Threat, and Digital Forensics. The student will spend two months in each area, gaining an understanding of daily operations by working with key staff and delivering a small project to showcase what they have learned. In the final two months, the student can choose one of these areas to focus on. Throughout the placement, they will receive training and hands-on experience with cyber tools used by the UK Cyber Team, explore topics aligned to their course such as malware analysis and networking, and have opportunities to participate in Cyber Capture the Flag events during the year.
- Engineering Leadership (Cheletenham) - data and digital - focused role embedded in engineering, closely linked to supply chain and factory operations. Reporting to the Engineering Executive Leader, you will support major initiatives such as Product Cost Hoshin Kanri, Defect PSR, and zero-defect improvement activities by using data analytics, digital tools, and AI/advanced analytics to analyse product cost and defect data, build dashboards and digital solutions, and drive lean, data-driven process and quality improvements. Key responsibilities include applying statistical and data science techniques to product cost data, creating visual dashboards (Tableau, Power BI, Excel), exploring AI methods (predictive models, clustering, anomaly detection), and collaborating with engineering, supply chain, IT/digital, and cross-functional teams. You will also develop defect analytics tools, use AI/ML for defect pattern recognition and risk scoring, participate in Genba at the factory to link digital insights to real processes, and help shape data pipelines, performance metrics, and visual management that support continuous improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
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This placement is perfect for students who want to grow their skills and gain valuable experience in digital technology.
You will be guided by structured goals and objectives and will have responsibility to deliver on inspiring projects supported by your People Leader and team around you. We will guide you throughout the year to ensure you make the best of your GE Aerospace experience. Your People Leader will offer coaching and mentoring, and you will be provided with the opportunity to connect with other placement students across the UK.
This opportunity is offered in our Cardiff, Caledonian (Prestwick, Scotland), Cheltenham and Gloucester (Dowty, a GE Aerospace company) sites, during the process we will ask you to share your location and role preferences.
GE Aerospace Wales
GE Aerospace Wales specialises in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of a range of commercial jet engines. The facility, based in Nantgarw, just north of Cardiff, occupies over 1.2 million square feet of workshop space and has two state-of-the-art aircraft engine test facilities, along with a significant repair capability – known as Component Repair Wales.
The site has the capability to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for a range of engine types – including the world’s most powerful commercial aircraft engine the GE90-115B and the world’s most popular commercial engine the CFM56.
As one of the largest commercial aircraft engine maintenance facilities in the world, with annual sales of over $2bn, the business works with over 90 customers worldwide, including Emirates, TUI, Lufthansa, Delta, United, ANA and British Airways.
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In 2017, the Wales site was selected as the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facility of choice for the GE9X; which will become the world’s largest and most fuel-efficient jet engine when it launches into service. The business will benefit from a £5m investment from the Welsh Government to support the total £20m investment put forward by the business, to equip and upskill the facility to be ready to maintain the GE9X fleet when it enters service on the new Boeing 777X aircraft.
The Wales team places a strong focus on providing career opportunities for talented individuals. Our apprenticeship, internship and work experience opportunities have been built to ensure the long-term success of our business by developing the next generation of technical, engineering and problem-solving talent.
GE Aerospace Caledonian
GE Aerospace Caledonian is a purpose-built aircraft engine overhaul facility, adjacent to Glasgow Prestwick International Airport. The Caledonian site was officially opened in 1980 and has since grown into a centre of excellence for Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) of CF6 & GEnx engine types. After each overhaul, the engines undergo intensive performance testing on site in our bespoke test cell, before returning to our global customer base ready for service.
Our vastly experienced and innovative workforce are passionate in the contribution towards the training of future engineers, leaders and surrounding talent in our organisation. At GE Caledonian, our Apprentices (Foundation, Modern & Graduate), XLP, OMLP and interns are key members of our team helping achieve the challenges of tomorrow. They continuously develop new skills to keep up with the pace of change in the Aviation Industry and become comfortable working in this ever-challenging environment which thrives on embracing change.
Our diverse team have a strong foothold in the local community, proactively seeking new volunteering opportunities to give back and deliver on our corporate responsibility. We have a dedicated affinity group on site who facilitate opportunities to the wider team, creating an inclusive culture we can all be proud of.
GE Aerospace Cheltenham
With over 1,700 employees, GE Aerospace based in Cheltenham is one of the largest sites outside the USA and a major contributor to the local economy.
Our heritage dates back to 1940 yet our technology is cutting-edge. Located in the heart of Gloucestershire, the Power Distribution & Controls (PD&C) site focuses on the design, development and manufacture of state-of-the-art aircraft power distribution and avionics systems for the global aviation industry. Our customers include all major aerospace manufacturers - covering commercial, business jet and military applications. The scale and complexity of engineering projects offer our employees unique opportunities to work on major international projects, developing critical aircraft systems that will be relied on by many people for decades to come.
At GE Aerospace we strive to be an employer of choice by offering internships, apprenticeships, mentoring and staff development programmes that create a workplace where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential.
Innovation, a commitment to engineering excellence and leadership development places GE Aerospace based in Cheltenham as a pioneering force in building the future of flight.
Dowty, a GE Aerospace company
Dowty, a GE Aerospace company, is based in Gloucestershire. It is a world-leading supplier of electronically controlled, composite propeller systems for A wide
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