GE Aerospace is hiring a GE Aerospace Software Engineering - 12 Month Placement in Cheltenham. This is a industrial placement in Software engineering, read from GE Aerospace’s own careers site and last confirmed on 12 September 2026.
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GE Aerospace runs 12 month industrial placements and graduate programmes in the UK. It lists its UK sites as Bristol, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Eastleigh, Feltham, Gloucester and Prestwick, with placement areas including Software Engineering, Digital Technology, Data Science, Quality and Supply Chain Management. The placements feed directly into its "2 year rotational development programmes": the Software Engineering placement is "an intended pipeline to our Edison Engineering Development Programme (EEDP)" and the Digital Technology one a pipeline to the Digital Technology Leadership Programme.
One application only. The adverts say "Please only submit one application. If you submit multiple applications, we will progress the most suitable one", and the FAQ says "You can only apply for one placement, but we will discuss with you if we feel your application is better suited to a different opportunity". You do not pick a site on the form: each advert covers several sites, and GE says "during the process we will ask you to share your location and role preferences". There is a published closing date, but treat it as a ceiling rather than a target, because the adverts warn applications "may close earlier dependant on application volumes" and tell you to "apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment". GE publishes no reapplication bar anywhere on its own pages. If you need adjustments, the adverts give a direct address, UKEarly.Careers@geaerospace.com.
The 2027 placements opened on 6 September 2026. GE Aerospace's own Workday listings for both the Digital Technology and Software Engineering placements record "postedOn":"Posted Today","startDate":"2026-09-06" and "endDate":"2026-10-31", and both adverts say "Please note our applications will close on Saturday 31st October but may close earlier dependant on application volumes." 31 October 2026 is a Saturday, so the year is unambiguous. The FAQ states the pattern more generally: "Our Early careers opportunities open in the Autumn and close at the end of October." The same sentence was live on 10 October 2025, so this is a repeating autumn cycle rather than a one off. The placements themselves start "typically from mid-June to July".
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Read directly from GE Aerospace’s own careers site, requisition GE-Aerospace-Software-Engineering-12-Month-Placement. First seen on 6 September 2026 and last confirmed on 12 September 2026. The apply link goes to that exact application, never to a careers homepage.