MITRE Principal Engineer reviews

2.0

8% would recommend to a friend

(63 total reviews)
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Mark Peters

66% approve of CEO

11% positive business outlook

Principal Engineer employees have rated MITRE with 2.0 out of 5 stars, based on 63 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Engineer professionals have a poor working experience there. MITRE is rated 45% below average by Principal Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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63 reviews
3.0
Aug 31, 2025

Downhill

Recommend
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Pros

Important work, good relationships for the most part

Cons

Shrinking drastically - morale is low with three RIFs so far, one more announced, and clearly at least one more to come after the next

1.0
Aug 25, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Despite several round of RIFs, they are able to keep hiring away at the same time. While the RIFs are challenging for some as the process is opaque with no accountable reasoning, it's remarkable that almost no managers were impacted. There is quite a bit of office space available.

Cons

Platitudes and group think are favored over realism, pragmatism, and operational experience. Junior management frequently have no substantive work history for the topics and people they manage, Severance falls well short of OPM guidelines, extended service and performance is not considered. It was awkward to justify (high) costs to government leaders as compared to national labs while at the same time being expected to grow work. PTOB time accrual is calculated down to two decimal places, presumably to avoid the same rounding effects that are ok for reporting work hours.

3.0
Aug 10, 2025

Ok

Recommend
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Pros

Was a semi-technical company ten years ago

Cons

Getting to work on a good project requires that you are part of a clique.

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