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Mechanical Systems Design and Analysis Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Boeing for 2 years
November 2, 2019
Everett, Washington
3.0
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Pros
  • Variety of interesting and challenging work.
  • First-line managers will support whatever academic or professional path you set out on.
  • If you want to slack off and just do the minimum, you have the opportunity to (but it’s not a good feeling when everyone around you is trying their hardest and making things happen).
  • Pay is decent for “traditional engineering”.
  • Work-life balance is heavily in favor of the “life” part.
  • Paid overtime.
  • Laid-back business casual environment.
Cons

Bureaucracy permeates everything. The only thing Boeing doesn’t have a written process for is going to the bathroom. Some days are just hours of looking for the right forms, waiting for someone’s signature, or sending emails into the ether.

Pay is decent relative to other “traditional engineering” companies and fields, but Seattle is a software engineering town. For a level 1 position at Boeing, 75-85k is peanuts compared to the compensation thrown around for level 1 positions at, say, Amazon.

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