Appealing environment but just a well concealed dumpster fire - Engineer Intuitive Machines Employee Review

1.0
27 Dec 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Autonomy - Exposure to hardware

Cons

Hiding my actual position but I was in engineering. Upper management and the core team was from NASA which is very appealing due to the assumed technical expertise. Although upper management knew lots about the technical aspect of the business they lack having ever built something with flight heritage along with actual management and execution. Constant cutting corners and the “get it done”/“stick the landing” attitude created a toxic environment where engineers were taking risks to appease the managers. The management team did not care. They do not want to create and cultivate an environment where engineers can grow and thrive. Mentorship and training is non existent and, although safety is considered the most important thing, management could care less about it. Checking off milestones is more important than cultivating a healthy and safe working environment. There is no room for growth, teams are heavily silo’ed and do not communicate, and lots of the original team that worked the initial lander design have left the company due to this. Contracts are won dude to connections not by capability. I strongly regret working there as I believe much of my initial career was just time wasted.

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5.0
31 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Anything you touch leaves this planet

Cons

Trying to save money by eliminating jobs and shifts. Timecard system is annoying. 30 min lunch with a 10 hour shift is to short. No sick or vaca it is all PTO.

1.0
27 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Intuitive Machines has done an excellent job creating hype about being a cool company.

Cons

In reality, the company is a sinking ship taking on water at a rapid speed. It may soon run out of money given its repeated mission failures. Numerous concerns make this a terrible workplace: 1. Complete lack of importance on technical competence. Ex NASA folks who are better off in retirement have been hired in bulk. All they do is waste valuable time discussing meaningless topics. 2. Management is focused on being politicians with NASA sponsors instead of doing the right thing. 3. Emphasis is on bravado and big talk rather than running programs that are successful. Two failed lunar landings is the track record out here. 4. Only focus is on building something for cheap even if it has no chance of working once launched.

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