The Navy needs good technical managment. - Systems Engineer DCS Corp Employee Review

3.0
Apr 25, 2025
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Pros

The position was supporting a large Navy contract involving cockpit displays, mission planning, mission execution and intelligence gathering. There were many talented individuals to learn from. Old and new hardware and software challenges. New processes and Agile management. Early efforts in remote work was new to the DoD and was experimental at the time, 2020-2023.

Cons

Process heavy. Over use of Agile. Some of the management were not technically savvy (DEI hires) and could not help direct efforts.

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5.0
May 6, 2026
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Pros

Great Company with many amazing people that work here.

Cons

Raises seem to fall behind inflation.

3.0
Apr 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Solid work-life balance. I rarely worked late and all of my projects had distant deadlines. The projects I worked on were pretty relaxed and informal, i.e. a client would ask for support on some project and I'd provide it, no code reviews, agile boards, etc.

Cons

The pay increase schedule is a fairly generous annual adjustment (5-6%) but there's no pay bump for title changes so that's all you get. Additionally, the culture of my team at least didn't really promote career growth or skill learning. My manager gave me a lot of freedom to work as independently, but the tradeoff of that is that I didn't gain experience with code reviews, stand-ups, Agile, etc. Not as important if you already have a lot of experience under your belt but something to consider for a junior engineer.

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