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      3.3

      84% would recommend to a friend

      (77 total reviews)
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      Mike Greenley

      47% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Software Developer employees have rated MDA with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 77 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. MDA is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Aerospace and defence industry (3.6 stars).

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      77 reviews
      3.0
      Jun 14, 2026

      Great learning opportunities for juniors, but career growth ceiling is hit quite early

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good opportunity to learn on the job - Exposes programmers to multiple programming languages and paradigms - Very structured (sometimes overly structured) - Good work life balance

      Cons

      - Very old tech stack (only applicable to Aviation group) - Waterfall methodology for software development (could never believe it till I saw it) - No system to isolate changes so people keep breaking each others features. - Aviation jargon + in-house jargons make understanding of requirements very difficult - Very odd way to test software features. - Too many meetings

      3.0
      Feb 12, 2026

      Great employees, Combatative executives

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Among everyday employees and supervisors you will work with, I have nothing but positive things to say. Great people and great minds, all looking out for each others interests, success, and life balance. You will work on interesting projects, have potential travel opportunities, and gain experience across a broad range of technologies.

      Cons

      Executive class of the company can be problematic. Recently executed a secret coup on upper managers, laying off many long-timers without notice, only to immediately afterwards push through RTO policy, that said managers were likely preventing. Often frame objectively bad news for employees like restructuring layoffs, RTO, mandatory vacation days, etc, as exciting new opportunities, or rewards for our hard work. This, paired with 8-figure insider stock sales triggering class-action lawsuits, with employee salaries remaining on the lowest end of competitive, has lead to widespread discontent among employees.

      3.0
      Feb 5, 2026

      Mid

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Coworkers are friendly. - No mico-management

      Cons

      - Leadership is quite weak, lacks technical knowledge.

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