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Collins Aerospace

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Great Place to Learn and Network - Promotions are an Uphill Battle - Jr. Manufacturing Engineer Collins Aerospace Employee Review

4.0
Dec 1, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Onboarding is well done but a bit of follow-up may be necessary to be 100% effective. As my first job I learned a lot about manufacturing teams, productions tools and Lean/Six Sigma Procedures. Collaboration between coworkers is great, there are disagreements like any company but we all learn from each other and extending your hand to others helps each other in the long run. Mistakes happens and feedback is given to you and its up to you to work on it Pay is average as are the benefits.

Cons

Promotions are tough to get, it is a very competitive environment where more often than not, Network, Seniority or relations with manager is the deciding factor than knowledge or results. I think work balance between teams is an area of opportunity, some teams or members have an overloaded workload and others have a very light schedule, so distributing some of it may benefit everyone

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5.0
Apr 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance Super fun and fulfilling projects

Cons

Living in Cedar Rapids stinks

4.0
Jul 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Regular yearly merit raises from 3-4%. Out of cycle promotions common if you demonstrate positive performance under higher than typical workloads or time constraints. Value your experience with standard company software, technology, and processes. Great place to start within the defense industry. The emphasize passing down the knowledge of experienced engineers to the younger employees.

Cons

Training can be lacking if more seasoned employees do not have the bandwidth. Deadlines can either be hard to meet on short notice or not given a hard-set deadline at all. Learning curve can take sometimes before real contributions can be made to some projects.

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