Pros
Some excitement/thrill from live high speed crash testing everyday. This review is specific to the USA Adelanto Karco Engineering branch. If you're into automotive testing, you get a lot of first hand experience of the industry and NCAP. MASH or highway safety is the other department of testing conducted here. You will get to be very hands on with scheduling and seeing the testing from start to finish.
Cons
Small workforce is understaffed on different levels and as such are close to having a problem (missed employee or equipment) to cause delays. Needs to figure out the balance of workforce and profit to run smoothly. There are even more tests conducted than I listed, but the wider specialization needs more personnel so the smaller projects are neglected in the end. Year round testing means there's plenty of work so year(s) is needed to occur more PTO. No 401k. If you commit to living out in the desert the commute is short, if not your commute starts to add up.