The way to Victory - Design Engineer II General Atomics Employee Review

5.0
Dec 5, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Touching things. Being able to look at a schematic with out contract negotiations. Having defined processes which are actually followed. Having entrance exams to weed out applicants. One management structure. No matrix organizations!!! Working with other links in the chain because they have a name and face. Helping to improve the USA and her allies kill ratios. Working at a defense contractor which operates the way they used too. Unlike the ones which Ike saw come out of WWII and warned us against. NO EVMS!!!!

Cons

Growing pains. Several systems/processes are relics of a smaller company. Oddly, NGC does do a few things better.

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Pros

Very good work life balance

Cons

9 hour shifts 4 days a week

4.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

Good working environment Exciting projects Great coworkers (for the most part, like any place)

Cons

Like any maturing company, it has become more and more top-heavy, placing more and more emphasis on project management and milestones, sometimes over bread-and-butter engineering. I could have half the PMs I have now and do a better job

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