Rockwell Collins Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I worked there for about 6 years as a contractor. I worked on some interesting projects and have flexibility in my schedule. I enjoyed meeting the people there."

"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."

"My main project as a Head of the Flight Control Department at AEROS inc. finished in August and now I'm in a transition position as a Software Lead at ARINC, helping to generate the next release of the one of ARINC's Surface Transportation and Security Systems products."

"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."

"Rockwell Collins is a great company for which to work."

"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."

"I've worked for Rockwell Collins since 2012. The company employs around 25,000 people and has over 100 locations in the world."

"Very good company to work for, it is just too far from home. Also work 2nd shift and need to get on days for family reasons."

"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."

"Proven embedded software professional and good team player"

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"Great place to work, diverse, innovative and reputed avionics company with great products."

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

"Company is located in a small town in Iowa with limited social activities. Also forecasted 1000 layoffs for the coming year."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Frequent reorgs in the company disturbs the teams and my suggestion to the management is reduce the reorgs."

"I had leeway in pursuing things I felt needed to be accomplished, and authority."

What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?

"The freedom and latitude I had in doing my job, plus being a part of the team that defined our working goals."

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

"Not really. Ensure you are dressed in a manner that conveys professionalism."

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

"Lack of growth opportunity, although that was not a concern of mine."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"General; not specific to my own previous management. Trust the skills and decisions of your employees. Counsel when required, but ensure that training is provided to improve any areas that require refining."