Software Engineer in Intelligent Systems Division - Software Engineer III NASA Employee Review

4.0
Jun 17, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

There are great people and very interesting projects at NASA. Where else can you tour Mission Control Center for an on-the-job trip?

Cons

Low salary to start if you are entry-level. Difficult to transition from contractor to full-time civil servant.

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Incredible WLB, impactful work, sense of pride when talking about what you do.

Cons

Have to work with legacy codebases often (like Fortran).

4.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

They tend to have managers who were engineers. And, "we're going to the freakin Moon!"

Cons

Government bureaucracy stuff, and residues of DOGE

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