Lockheed Martin
I visited Lockheed Martin last week in Sunnyvale, CA. I went out on Oct 31st, visited Muir Woods (Redwoods) and had lunch with Chris the next day, then returned for an informal dinner with the recruits and young engineers at LM. The dinner was good because all the LM employees were fresh out of school (within the last few years), and they were very personable and seemed to enjoy the company. It's always a bonus when you get along with the people there (even if they are there because they are the more outgoing young employees).The next day (Thursday), we started bright and early at 7 am at LM. We had breakfast and a quick overview of the Space Systems sector from their VP, and then the barrage began - six 45 minute interviews back to back. What fun! Not. (I learned how to do a "Not" joke from Borat last night, haha. If that doesn't make sense, see the movie Borat.) But in reality, the interviews weren't that bad. I talked about my research, leadership skills, experience in systems engineering and design, strengths, weaknesses, etc. a lot that day, but there really wasn't too much overlap in the exact questions, surprisingly.
About three out of the six interviews I was pretty interested in - two were in Special Programs (their ultra-secretive branch) and one was in the TSat program (I forget what T stands for), but that is for a 6 satellite constellations of the largest satellites (they need 30KW!) ever built. The TSat and one of the SP jobs were for Systems Engineering (trade studies, modeling, interfaces, etc.), and the other SP job was for modeling and simulation, but of a multiple kill vehicle.
Overall, I liked the company and its career-development program, but I just don't know if I would prefer to do defense over space. Defense may be more lucrative, but I've always been passionate about space and would like to work on the CEV if I were at LM. But I have an on-campus interview with LM Thursday, so hopefully I can pursue that route. The Sunnyvale (San Fran Bay) area is also really expensive and doesn't seem all that less crowded than LA, so that's a drawback. They do have the mountains and the beach pretty close by, though, so that's a bonus. Location will definitely be a factor in my decision, but there are a number of more companies to be visited before that happens. Up next and confirmed:
Booz Allen - 13th
Northrup Grumman - 15-17th
APL - 29th
posted by Biff @ 11:30 PM
1 Comments:
Since you're so awesome, I'm sure you'll have your choice of places to work, but congrats on already completing one set of interviews, and good luck on the next ones!
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