Does Draper pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Draper employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Draper. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Draper?

90% of Draper employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Draper 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Draper?

Intern (22) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (20) , Member Of Technical Staff (11) , Member of Technical Staff II (11) , Principal Member of Technical Staff (10) , Software Engineer (8) , Engineer (7) , Senior Member of the Technical Staff (7) , Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (6) , Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) (6) , Mechanical Engineer (6) , Systems Engineer (6) , Engineering Intern (5) , SMTS - Senior Member of Technical Staff (5) , Internship (4)

What are the pros of working at Draper according to real employee reviews?

"Great People and doing awesome work" ((in 64 reviews)); "Great benefits is about it" ((in 47 reviews)); "Good work life balance" ((in 22 reviews)); "Pay was good for what I did." ((in 18 reviews)); "Great coworkers." ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Draper according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management, politics plays big , Group Leaders have no clue what there people do in there departments." ((in 22 reviews)); "The culture is terrible." ((in 14 reviews)); "Purchasing and upper management are affected by this." ((in 13 reviews)); "4 different managers over about 2 years." ((in 9 reviews)); "Being that its mostly defense/government work, salaries aren't as high as in industry." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Draper layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Draper layoffs and their outlook for job security at Draper in 2026.

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4.1

90% would recommend to a friend

(384 total reviews)

Jerry Wohletz

94% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

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4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.2

Culture & values

4.0

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Draper has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 384 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Draper employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.5 stars).

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5.0

Oct 6, 2009

Great Place To Work

Principal member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Draper lab is a place where you can have intellectual stimulation and work with cutting edge technologies. It is also a wonderfully stable environment to work with excellent benefits packages and job security.

Cons

Draper tends to be a bit beaurocratic and the culture of the environment is bland.

4.0

Sep 19, 2009

Excellent technology, smart people. Difficult to advance. Management plays favorites.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most of Draper is high-tech R&D so there's lots of opportunity for challenging and fascinating work. Retirement plan is unbelievable - they put in $2 for every $1 you put in. Smart people who are good to work with.

Cons

Very difficult to advance through technical ranks. Although Draper is broken up into many different groups all working on different technology, management seems to play favorites with some groups as compared to others.

5.0

Dec 28, 2008

Excellent engineering company to work for

Avionics engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exciting & challenging technical work, class of people and management is excellent, get to work on programs of national importance, truly an applied science outfit

Cons

As with most all engineering companies the work hours can be long but rewarding. Distance & communication with satellite offices a challenge sometimes.

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