Good and bad - Senior Specialist Engineer L3Harris Employee Review

3.0
Mar 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Space industry is growing, so this site should remain relevant for a long time coming. The overall worker is engaged and wants to do well. Lots of natural talent is employed.

Cons

The entire business is run like private equity or a holding company. Disjointed business processes across all sites and sectors focusing on the immediate need, it doesn't matter that there is so much inefficiency to accomplish one task. The public sentiment is the defense industry has zero idea how to run itself effectively, and this company does nothing to remove that stereotype. Significant management issues from the CEO down really hinder progress. It would be interesting to see what a real consulting company would say about this place. The young engineers with all the natural talent are being corrupted by inadequate mentorship, zero training, outdated software and poor business practices.

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5.0
Apr 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Provide a good work life balance

Cons

It can be very repetitive

2.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Missions are impactful to the world Top talent in specialized fields Wonderful people Respectful environment

Cons

Processes and policies are not robust enough to support the large growth / merger, which leaves everyone operating in silos and interpreting things in their own ways Shared service model is not structured properly Not enough critical thinking around how budgets should be allocated for tools, capital, and salaries Higher level leaders are too in the weeds and not working on the harder strategic aspects Businesses are not aligned with common products to gain best synergies as all businesses fight to defend $s not what actually makes sense for the company (radios sharing same suppliers are in completely different segments; CCAs are built across 10+ different factories managed by different management teams instead of a couple of large COEs) All leaders felt unempowered due to lack of ownership of budgets. Budgets were set but then adjusted at further levels without any additional discussion of new targets and how to achieve. Then budgets would be reallocated a few months into year if you weren't demonstrating that you truly need it. This drove teams to spend heavy up front and not make the smartest decisions at times

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