Great benefits and work/life balance, very slow and boring work - Anonymous employee Lockheed Martin Employee Review

The work culture is laidback to the point of being boring. Very little design work for hardware engineers leads to most of the work being sustainment/production support (or all hogged by the senior engineers), which is just not remotely engaging for talented design engineers. You will probably be doing more paperwork than engineering for a long time. Systems engineering seems to run the show and hardware feels like it's expendable, despite the increased education and demands for a good hardware engineer. If you're not fortunate enough to be placed on a highly visible and engaging project, you'll probably flounder around for a while before getting frustrated enough to leave. Politics can be frustrating. Many people seem to be in their positions by virtue of knowing the right senior manager or chief engineer, and little understanding of the tech. Often described as a 'mafia' by a lot of the engineers. Overall would not recommend for a fresh engineer trying to learn and build cool things. Maybe more senior hires will have better luck.