Interesting work and decent pay, but business struggles - Mechanical Engineer III Sierra Space Employee Review

4.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting work, decent pay for the area. Working at the Madison office was great. I've heard the main campus in CO is much worse to work at. I enjoyed the job, but left for another opportunity rather than wait for more layoffs.

Cons

On it's way out of business.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great culture and reasonable incentives

Cons

Inflexible work arrangements, would be nice to work from home occasionally

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1.0
Jul 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay was decent and 401k match was great if you could last that long.

Cons

This was the biggest speed bump in my career to date. The company was dragged down by the dream chaser heritage and process. Nothing moves fast, I’m not sure how much work is actually happening here. Everyone seems busy with endless meeting yet nothing gets done. Their satellite production facility was nothing more than a couple empty buildings they had a lease on, no real work happened to develop these into workable spaces and they sat empty while we had more meetings to talk about what we should do. Little to no ability to progress in your career, rarely saw promotions other than senior leadership. PTO policy was subpar, two weeks per year that must be accrued is terrible for anyone mid career and above.

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