Software Engineering Internship (Placement Year) What is the better choice for my career? Big Company vs Small Company?

I am a CompSci student based in England, UK.

I have good grades and have a solid amount of commercial experience. The time came to placement year applications and I now have a hard decision to make.

I am a dual national (UK & USA) so I have the choice of the two countries.

I applied to a lot of UK companies and I heard back from all, however my final choice for the UK is GE Aviation and they have offered me a full paid (year long) internship / placement year in Cheltenham UK. The salary is £18k. I would be working on more specialised systems (mention of software to control a new GUI for cockpits) and I am not sure if it would be the best internship for growth as a software engineer. But something about software engineering for commercial airplanes amazes me. Also, Job security is high.

I have received an offer to move to the USA for a year and work for a smaller company, but the work I would be doing is so general and I think I would learn a lot. They need a full system, including database, API, front end, middleware etc and I would have the chance to shadow and interact in every single element of the system, furthering my experience in several areas. They work would begin when I start as an intern (June/July 2019). The salary is minimum $30k ranging upwards. I would live in a beautiful city on the East Coast (where my mother lives also) so I would be close to family. However, job security is less than GE, still good, but less.

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So...

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I am trying to compare, I have no doubt that my overall experience in terms of quality of life would be higher in the USA and the pay is better. However, GE Aviation as a company has a much bigger impact. I am stuck and I have until Friday this week to decide. What would look better on my CV, where would I gain the most experience... what do I do? I have so much to think over and I don't even know where to begin. Do I disregard the chance to travel, earn more and live in a new city for a year for the amazing opportunity given to me by GE, or do I follow my heart, take a risk and work for a smaller company?

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TLDR

Do I work at a smaller company that pays more and gives me an overall higher quality of life (and offers more general software engineering experience), however higher risk... or do I work at a huge company in a more specialised field and get their name on my CV?

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Any advice would be well received.

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Thanks in advance.

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