Overall Positive for a first job, Not enough salary growth for long-term - Sr. Associate Systems Engineer L3Harris Employee Review

3.0
Mar 24, 2026
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Pros

Role Advocacy - The management here wants you to be doing what you want to do. It has to align with business need, but they will do their best to get you into a role you like Meaningful Work - Working on satellites that provide weather and defense intelligence is challenging and rewarding. Role Progression -The work is complex and layered. I love the amount of autonomy and trust given to me as an employee Work-Life Balance: Generous PTO and limiting yourself to 40 hours is encouraged, in my experience.

Cons

Salary Progression - During my time here, the yearly bump has been 1.5-2.9%. Promotional bonuses are also disappointing. It makes it difficult to see myself here long-term if I want to raise a family, despite Fort Wayne's low cost of living. Attempting to climb the salary ladder here is a quick route to being underpaid. Coming in at a higher level may yield more significant returns.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 5, 2026
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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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