Clear Lack of Vision - Associate Embedded Software Engineer Ball Aerospace Employee Review

2.0
Jul 25, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Good work/life balance, work structure is fairly flexible.

Cons

Extremely slow-moving and reluctant to change. Very clearly stuck in old-aerospace mindsets using design approaches. Hardly following industry trends, leading to them falling behind the curve. Overly concerned with budgeting and time code charging, leading to the impression that the company is extremely unstable financially. The early career experience here is overwhelmingly negative, it's clear that this is not a priority. There is little in the way of mentorship or professional development, outside of a shady tuition reimbursement program for grad school. No employee retention initiatives, and for the region and industry, the pay scales are extremely deflated compared to other engineering firms, which leads to their apparent bleeding of staff to competitors. It's fairly difficult to have a comfortable living in Colorado as expensive as it is on this salary.

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5.0
May 4, 2026
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Pros

Was a good place to be, just wish the pay was a little better.

Cons

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5.0
Sep 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing mentors, fantastic work life balance, and challenging and interesting work. Best place I could’ve asked to launch my career. This could very well be group/department dependent though, I think I got super lucky there with my manager, mentors, and team.

Cons

Almost all benefits got worse after BAE acquisition.

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