Boeing

I've gotten to be a part of some very cool experiences at Boeing, like flight tests and fire tests. I've gotten to travel to suppliers for work. And best of all, planes are flying every day with parts I've designed from scratch.

The work hours here can't be beat, either. It's 40 hours and out for the week, or sometimes overtime is needed, but it's paid. They also allow us to flex hours to take an alternative work schedule and get days off without having to use up vacation time.

It's a big company, and a lot of times that means we step on our own toes with processes and needing too many people to support one task. Also, the FAA seems to be making their regulation interpretations much harsher for propulsion systems. I worry how we'll be able to make a business case in the future for new airplanes when the FAA is requiring us to perform expensive testing more often and add heavy parts to the plane that serve regulation purposes instead of engineering purposes.