Unfortunate changes in NASA direction - Aerospace Structures Engineer NASA Employee Review

3.0
Jan 14, 2025
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Pros

-Good benefits -Decent pay & work / life balance, at least as a new employee

Cons

-Most design work has been relegated to contractor partners -Agency priorities have shifted away from science & exploration at the forefront. Building the space economy (funneling money to aerospace contractors) is now the focus.

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5.0
Jun 21, 2026
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Pros

thanks for providing opportunity at NASA.

Cons

co-worker is very kind and genius than C level

5.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Incredible WLB, impactful work, sense of pride when talking about what you do.

Cons

Have to work with legacy codebases often (like Fortran).

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