Pros: - Fantastic product with tons of interesting problems to solve that will have a huge impact on saving people's lives. - Team is dedicated and intelligent. Some of the smartest and hardest working people I've ever interacted with. - Constant success and growth. The vision is incredibly ambitious and yet every month it seems a huge milestone is hit that tops the last. This is both a combination of the leadership and product development being excellent. - The leadership is comprised of former researchers and professors at Draper Labs and CMU, Navy Seals, an Admiral, and a founding CEO with an engineering background and previous successful exits. - Engineering culture values thinking long term. People care about both internal and external quality. - Friendly open culture that encourages personal growth and helping those around you. - Constant focus on doing things that truly matter, having impact, and 'always be cool'. - Main office is located in Downtown, San Diego. Beautiful weather year round, great Mexican food, and lots of craft beer. - Lunch and Dinner is provided (Did I mention the food is great?) - One of the best gyms in San Diego is located in the same building and is 50% off for employees.

Cons: - Work life balance can be challenging because the company is growing at a very rapid pace. Always more things to do than there are people. - Environment is geared towards self-motivated people. You will thrive here if you can take ownership of things without being told. There are always people willing to help you with your task though. - Open floor plan, despite its benefits, can be distracting at times.

Pros: - Factually, one of the most successful start-ups in the country. The company sells several real products that customers are really buying and using. There is no vaporware being built here. Leadership is aiming to compete and collaborate with the other defense primes as peers. The jobs here feel secure and promising. My fastest career growth has taken place during the years I've worked here. - Respectful and professional culture. I've witnessed the least amount of workplace drama at this company than any previous. People here are friendly, always value poise, and are focused on the mission and solving challenging engineering problems. - Incredible talent pool. Many of the most talented engineers in the country work here, and you will grow as an engineer by working with them. - This company is grappling with frontier technologies. Much of the development happening here is for advanced novel technologies, and this is exciting for a certain type of engineer.

Cons: - This company makes products that empower state security and military powers with advanced surveillance products. Like it is working for the rest of the defense companies, you should understand and come to terms with that and decide for yourself if that is a con for you. - This company works with the US government, and so all employees are now required to log time worked per project due to industry rules and audits. It is no longer a start-up where employees can just focus on engineering, instead you will be spending some time each week just filling out time sheets. - You are expected to enjoy working here. If you don't have huge career ambitions or just want to work a minimum amount and sign off, then this might not be the company for you.

Pros: - ambitious leadership trying to do a lot at once. This creates a lot of opportunities for growth both technically and in career ladder - the engineers around me have always been fantastic

Cons: - I felt spread thin because doing too many things at once means lots of things are not done well, and direction continues to shift frequently.