Low bar for success, can be low stress if you just don't care. Poor work quality just means maintenance contracts can be extended, so there's very little incentive to actually do a good job. Not the worst way to grind out a simple life and eventually retire.
Cons
Low pay. Govt contracting requires lots of "process". Most days are spent on meetings, planning, documentation, etc and very little real work gets done.
General Dynamics Mission Systems Response
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Good work life balance
Projects matter for our war fighters
Most co-workers are competent and dedicated
More work than people, and moving to other engineering jobs is possible
Cons
Some numbskulls seem to get into senior positions.
A "Consolidation" of buildings is underfunded, poorly planned, and drives chaos.
The push to squeeze every nickel of efficiency means that there isn't always money for equipment or team building events (below the VP level).