Supportive culture and great pay, but leadership issues - Senior Research Engineer nou Systems Employee Review

3.0
25 May 2026
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Pros

Great people, great pay, interesting work; very supportive of work/life balance with flexibility in schedule. ESOP.

Cons

Mediocre benefits with extremely long vesting times, senior leadership that doesn't take input well, horrible administrative support

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5.0
1 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great family-like environment where team members can grow and thrive.

Cons

Team members are expected to perform at a high level.

5.0
4 May 2026
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Pros

- Immense talent across the company. There are so many SMEs who you can reach to try something new or bounce ideas off of. Extremely collaborative culture - Flat hierarchy. Senior Management is reachable and receptive to everyone across the hierarchy, including entry level talent - High transparency and serious about ESOP culture. There are regular, detailed updates on the company's financial performance that are open to the entire company - High density of technical PMs helps contracts run a lot smoother - Very strong R&D culture. High autonomy to seek new work, try new methods, and propose new ideas. - Award winning security culture. Company takes security culture seriously and has uniquely high integrity with regards to it

Cons

Mostly associated with GovCon as an industry: - As with any contracting role, experiences can vary a lot by contract/customer. There is always intrinsic risk in this industry that you will get an uncooperative or uninformed customer that makes a contract a pain to work on. - Compensation is higher than government GS equivalents, but growth rates are similarly slow once you're in. - Award winning security culture. It can be quite hard to get new tools that may be needed for your work

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