Great place to learn - Engineer Intuitive Machines Employee Review

4.0
21 Aug 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I gained so much experience during my time here and I'm thankful for the really smart people I got to work with and learn from. IM was and still is fun and exciting because the founders have crazy ideas that somehow work, and they do really encourage innovation and learning. It's a cool environment, and there were many opportunities for hands-on learning, at least when the company had fewer than 100 people. Leadership does a decent job of keeping employees focused on the mission or task at hand, even through times of uncertainty.

Cons

Salary did not reflect the level of responsibility. I was given new titles without corresponding compensation. With a couple of exceptions, senior leadership was often dismissive of women in technical roles. Every woman I worked with in engineering leadership eventually left and has since thrived elsewhere. Watching experienced women colleagues be talked over and ignored discouraged me from contributing as much as I wanted. I was sometimes treated more like administrative support than an engineer, which contributed to the culture feeling very male-dominated. I do think they are at least trying to hire more women - hopefully they hire more women engineers and are able to keep them around. I also noticed some inconsistencies in how leadership communicated with investors and partners, which at times raised questions for me about company stability. Some of these issues may have been due to normal startup challenges.

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5.0
31 May 2026
Recommend
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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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