Boeing Employee Reviews for Systems Engineer

"I am not sure why I am being asked to review Boeing while applying for another job. Why would this be part of the application process. I will not review Boeing while applying for another job. This is very inappropriate."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"I was hoping to work on the GPS III effort, it never came."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Not too much. I pretty much just present what I can do for the effort."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"A group of former members of Loral Aeronutronics made the transition back in 1998 and controlled the comm. engr effort they had no background in causing all kinds of issues."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get people that have worked in the technical areas they are managing."

"I was hired to work on GPS III, it never came and ended up working comm. area."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"I was hired to work on GPS III satellite effort in 2001. The effort was delayed and lost by Boeing to Lockheed Martin in 2008. I had to move into military communication systems area, which required considerable effort on my part to acquire both the knowledge to work in a technical area I had very little previous experience."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Avoid going for what few positions are available at the Boeing Huntington Beach operation."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"Thet group at the Huntington Beach operation who made the transition from Ford Aeronutronics, thru Loral Aeronutronic sent en masse to Rockwell International which was taken over by Boeing. Members of that group had no background in military communication area and screwed up the FAB-T and JTRS-GMR military communication systems effort. Most of them are still there and the US tax payer has lost billions of dollars as a result."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get rid of the project manager and line managers from Ford Aeronutronics that had a significant hand in the screw-up of the FAB-T and JTRS-GMR efforts."

"Overall the Boeing company is good."

"Good benefits and education assistance."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"Chance to demonstrate tech skills."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be warm and fuzzy."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"Low productivity due to union shops."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Break the union before it breaks Boeing."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"People understand what an important job is, so they do not play, they get to work and show you how to do it."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go on."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"Sometimes they do not see opportunities for young people."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Open eyes, there are people who can help you, do not think you are everything or you can do all, you have to accept you are human and need advice."