During my time at Boeing, they had the "Chairmans Innovation Initiative" A program where employees could apply for. Ideas that were selected were given funding

During my time at Boeing, they had the "Chairmans Innovation Initiative" A program where employees could apply for. Ideas that were selected were given funding, and either spun out into separate companies, or spun internally to an existing division. To me, that creates an aligned incentive for both the company, and the individual. To your specific point, you beat the odds, you will not only get profit sharing, but likely ascend the ladder quickly, opening up doors to the US government that you would never get if you went at it privately from the outside.