Fairy-tale land - Engineer Atomic Machines Employee Review

Great snacks does not make up for no IP. The technical challenges are difficult and the schedules are not realistic. Important milestones are missed repeatedly. An effort to reach a milestone in 2023 was labeled a “Death March”. Leadership team lacks the experience taking cutting edge technology to proof of concept, Validation, and Commercial production. A significant challenge for engineers at this company is the frequent requirement to align design decisions with the 'long-term vision.' The company objectives are to create a cutting edge component based on a cutting edge manufacturing concept that isn’t fully developed. Project management approaches are changed regularly. The number of missed milestones is proof that the challenges of parallel development of a cutting-edge component and the manufacturing capability have been underestimated! This issue stems from the initial vision of the company, which appears to have been conceived without a full understanding of the technological complexities involved in realizing such ambitions. The missed schedules have resulted in an environment where projects are dictated (micro-managed) by someone who may not fully grasp the underlying issues. Additionally, superficial interactions are the norm, and genuine support often wanes when you are perceived as less useful. PS Don’t ask for vacation time…..