Working at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, IA: 52 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Cedar Rapids, IA Area

"Efficent company with standard corp structure."

"Pro: Rockwell Collins is great company to be a part of. Cons: most departments are slow in technology."

"I was with Rockwell Collins, Hyderabad, India. The company has got its own image in Aviation sector. It is spread globally. It maintains good employee ethics and is always appreciable."

"I'd recommend this company to a friend. Overall a great company to work for."

"Rockwell is a strong aviation company that I have worked for the last 8 years. They are in a competitive market that is evolving and changing quickly."

"I have started to work in 2009 and the policies are good."

"Rockwell Collins is an aerospace company with interests in the defense and commercial avionics sector. I have no experience in commercial but the government division is a very good employer, with ample work and reasonable hours. The downside is okay compensation and not much opportunity to move up quickly."

"Stable company and a well-known name in the industry. The pay is a bit below average, and yearly raises barely keep up with inflation.Good area to raise a family with a lost cost of living, but certainly not suitable for single or young professionals.Hard to move up unless you join the inner circle."

"If I never work at a Lean Electronics shop again, it will be too soon. It is a constant struggle to get sufficient resources to do the job right, which is a good way to win government contract bids, but very hard on the morale of a conscientious engineer."

"I've worked for Rockwell Collins for 10 years in multiple departments. The enjoyment of the job highly depends on the department head. Some departments are great at providing good tools and good life-work balance. Some departments will completely disregard any input and work you ragged. Overall benefits have gone down lately so they're about average."

"I worked there from 2004 to 2013. This was a good job."

"Continuous increasing responsibilities."

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"I like working with the government systems and the military customers."

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

"The company places is looking for high skill entry level personnel."

What don't you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"Long unpaid overtime and the lack of work life balance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Level load the work and allow more movement between the government and commercial divisions to level the manpower."

"Rockwell WAS a great place to work... things change."

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"The work is exciting. I am working on cutting edge products. I always have the ability to see my product through from concept to installation. We even have troops come to visit and tell us how well our product works."

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

"Look and speak professionally. Graduate from a well known engineering school."

What don't you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"Not a friendly place to work. If you fail you will be fired. Upper management is disconnected from designers. Often the management team makes a decision which conflicts with the engineering team, but the team is responsible for meeting management decisions. Then we spend months trying to figure out why we failed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better communication is needed. The entire team must understand and buy-in to the project to be successful."

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"I like my freedom to make decisions on my own."

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

"Yes, I would recommend getting to know as much about your department as possible. I wouldn't ask the basic questions of what would I be doing and things of that nature. I would focus more on: how do you cadence projects, what are your priorities, where do you see the company in ten years. Things like that."

What don't you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"I feel the company is poorly managed. To be more clear there are too many levels of management. Also, too many workers have become complacent and don't provide much value to the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest implementing a more stringent performance evaluation. I would also suggest a better project management process."

"My experience here has been good. I've enjoyed the work and the people."

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"People, processes, tools, and professional environment in which I have worked."

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

"Due to current economics, work within Commercial Systems where there is more job security."

What don't you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"Professional Politics where someone looking to get ahead makes others look bad to do so."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Care for and about your employees. Go the bat for them."