L3Harris Mechanical Engineer Reviews

Pros

I love the flexibility L3Harris shows by letting employees work remotely and hybrid if their specific job doesn't show a need to be in the office. I believe they are ahead of other similar companies in this aspect! The work is fun, interesting and challenging. Work environment, whether remote or in office is friendly and inviting.

Cons

May not match offers from other companies to retain talent.

Pros

Good PTO(4 weeks)/sick leave/WFH. The company has moved to a 9/80 schedule giving a 3 day weekend every other week on the trade-off of 9 hour work day.

Cons

The experience gained in your first couple years varies dramatically depending on how much of a self starter or how involved your manager is. For example, in a group of 5 that started on the same day, I am supporting a whole program solo while 3 of the 5 have yet to be given a real assignment. The pay is also much lower than industry standard and there seems to be no ‘perks’ to being self motivated as my pay is lower than those who have yet to leave the ‘training’ stage despite interning for the company prior to accepting a full time offer. You also tend to work on only one thing for huge chunks of time limiting marketable skills for future positions or other jobs outside of the company. You have to actively seek out work that challenges you. There is also very little diversity is the company especially in terms of gender and that is reflected in frequent inappropriate jokes ‘around the water cooler’. Some groups are better than others, however my personal group is referred to as the “Old White Man’s Club” by others in the facility. Retention is a huge issue with many leaving the day that their 401k contributions are fully vested (3 years). Raises are done by giving each managerial group (~8-12 people) a budget and you compete with your managerial group to receive anything above the standard (~3%). This group contains level 1 to level 4 engineers making the competition not very fair for new engineers. If anyone gets a promotion, no one else gets merit raise as that eats the entirety of the pay raise budget.

Pros

Competitive pay, good work life balance, 9/80 schedule, good sick time policy, reasonable benefit costs, plenty of opportunity to move around within the company.

Cons

Below industry average retirement contribution and no match for the first year, no annual bonus, raises not on-line with inflation, large company with poor resource sharing, hard to find who knows what, not the most exciting work in some divisions of the company, they give out a scientist title which regularly goes along with an inflated ego, they use an outdated release of 3D CAD software that has had 5 newer versions released in the last 8 years.

Pros

Good amount of work when the economy is good.

Cons

Benefits package is not that good anymore.

Pros

Many resources to solve complex problems

Cons

Red tape and processes make for slow development cycles

Pros

Flexible schedule, 9/80s, little overtime, PTO

Cons

Large company where it can be hard to get promoted or recongnized

Pros

Job security Many locations Networking opportunities Great raises for employees straight out of school

Cons

Large company, so you tend to be treated more like a number than an employee Not as good benefits as other large companies If you have a clearance, they don't let you move to projects you want, only the ones they need you in

Pros

Money and alternate work schedules

Cons

Greenville Texas is a small time

Pros

L3Harris is a well oiled machine, good people work there, and the work is interesting

Cons

You are an easily replacable cog. Raises are subpar

Pros

Good career opportunities for early careers

Cons

Lack of planning from the higher management