Take TRX Systems, one of this year’s small-sized Top Workplaces for Engineers. 

Meet TRX Systems

Located in Greenbelt, Maryland, TRX Systems was co-founded in 2004 by engineers from the University of Maryland. Since then, the company has grown to 50 employees, half of whom are degreed engineers. TRX delivers positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems for public safety and security personnel operating indoors and in GPS-denied areas. The company has nearly 50 U.S. patents — with more pending — focusing on collaborative structural and signal mapping, a navigation constraint engine for real-time historical processing, and sensor fusion for location and context determination.

Of particular note is TRX’s NEON technology, which includes a variety of GPS-denied positioning, navigation, and mapping products. NEON technology uses patented algorithms to fuse satellite-based PNT information with inputs from inertial sensors, map data and other sources for reliable position tracking. The company has shipped thousands of products powered by this technology to military, security and commercial users.

In March 2023, the U.S. Army awarded TRX a $402M production contract to deliver its DAPS GEN II systems — commercially branded as TRX DAPS II — after years of R&D as well as rigorous independent testing. Needless to say, for a company of 50 people, that’s an enormous success and a huge leap forward for TRX.

“We were competing against large defense contractors and respected research groups,” recalls Ben Funk, VP of engineering at TRX Systems. “But we won by remaining agile, innovative and customer focused. Winning an Army Program of Record as a business of our size was practically unheard of, so we’re incredibly proud of that.”

Engineering at TRX Systems

Designing and manufacturing PNT products requires a diverse set of engineering skills, as Funk explains. “A little more than half our team is software, about five are on the electrical team, and we have a few mechanical engineers as well,” he says. “We also have engineers on our sales and marketing teams, and our CEO and CTO are engineers as well.”

With a background in electrical engineering, Funk has been with TRX since the beginning as its first full-time employee. Working on electronics design and development, embedded software and sensors, Funk says it took a few years for TRX to establish itself as a business. Large enterprises are infamous for having daunting recruitment processes and layers of bureaucracy but, in many ways, adding headcount in engineering is even more of a challenge for a small business.

“We look for A+ players,” says Funk. “We want self-starters with creativity, adaptability and the potential to be leaders. We also look for skills or experience that complement our current capabilities, which could be technical skills or experience at a larger, more established company.”

Fortunately, TRX Systems is ideally located to recruit engineers with this unique combination of ambition, experience and skill. More than half of the employees at the company have degrees from the University of Maryland, and the company’s close proximity to Washington, D.C. and the Beltway means there are numerous defense contractors nearby. “It’s uncommon on the East Coast to find the type of talent that fits our work, but we’ve been successful in attracting them,” says Funk.

What it’s like to work at TRX Systems

TRX Systems employs design and manufacturing engineers with electrical, mechanical and software expertise, and the company values creativity and leadership potential. This is by no means uncommon for a small engineering firm, but the question is: What’s the best way to encourage those values? 

According to Funk, it comes down to the engineering workflow. “At the beginning of a project, we start with brainstorming sessions to bring in different perspectives,” he says. “We’ve found that applying constraints actually promotes creativity, and keeping the process collaborative, open and dynamic lets people build on each other’s ideas.”

While working on applications for the defense sector may seem intimidating, Funk emphasized that TRX makes the effort to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment. “Inclusion naturally results from hiring a broad range of people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives,” he says. “Diverse perspectives improve engineering design and development because they allow us to examine problems from multiple angles.”

Growth and support at TRX Systems

In addition to supporting its engineers in their day-to-day efforts, TRX also stands out in providing support for professional development and career growth. Funk says the company maintains a career progression pathway that clearly outlines the requirements for advancing to the next engineering level, pairing each engineer with a supervisor or mentor to set goals and timelines. TRX also reimburses the cost of the courses, advanced degrees, training and attendance at professional conferences and seminars that are essential to advancing one’s career as an engineer.

From a broader perspective, the mission of TRX Systems also provides a sense of meaning and fulfillment, as Funk explains. “Everything we’ve worked on since I started my career at TRX has been meaningful,” he says. “We’ve always had a mission-driven focus, whether it’s helping first responders be located inside buildings, mapping indoor spaces to improve safety, or providing soldiers with critical information on the battlefield.”

What makes TRX Systems unique

When asked about what sets his company apart from other small engineering businesses, Funk answers without hesitation: “This is an easy one for me because it’s the feedback I always hear from new team members. Our culture is defined by openness and mission awareness across the organization. Everyone has access to everyone else, all the way up to the leadership team. Our CEO regularly presents updates on long-term R&D roadmaps, financial plans, and our competitive landscape. This ensures that our engineers, even as they become more specialized, always keep the big picture in mind.”

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What makes LJA Engineering so special for engineers? 

For one thing, the firm is employee-owned. Each of LJA’s employees owns shares of the company under an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, or ESOP. The company considers this an important part of its identity. Every employee, down to the interns, receives an annual ESOP contribution in the form of company stock.

“We have some people who are hitting a million dollars in their stock,” Robin Mitchell, LJA Engineering’s employee engagement specialist, told Engineering.com. “We rely heavily on our employees to keep us growing, and we value their input. We want to see them grow, and we also take pride in helping them grow.”

If you’re wondering what an employee engagement specialist is, it’s another reason LJA Engineering made the top workplaces list. Mitchell’s job is to ensure employees are engaged with their work, their teammates, and their communities. 

“We have to like where we work. We have to enjoy being with each other,” she said.

LJA Engineering hosts company picnics, holiday parties, and coffee talks with leadership. The company sponsors local sports teams and reserves Pickleball courts for employees to use in the summer. To support personal development, LJA Engineering employs full-time trainers to teach classes on management, collaborative communication and more. The company also has a mentorship program and reimburses tuition for engineers who want to go back to school. There’s also the LJA buddy program, which supports new LJA employees with a dedicated colleague who can help them adjust to the company.

Mitchell ensures that LJA’s culture of employee engagement is consistent across the company’s offices — whether that’s at the headquarters in Houston, where she’s based, or locations elsewhere in Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Colorado, Florida, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, or Alabama.

“I have a different activity person in each office to make sure they get all the same resources that we do, all the same events that we do,” Mitchell said.

The prestige event is no doubt the LJA Engineering holiday party. Not only do all employees benefit from a company-wide closure between Christmas and New Year’s, they’re all invited to one of the top hotels in Houston for the annual celebration. The company covers flights and hotel costs for out-of-town employees, plus their guests.

Having fun is one of LJA Engineering’s stated values, but it’s tied to another: Making a difference. The LJA Cares employee volunteer program aims to serve local communities through charity events, including water cleanup efforts, food bank volunteering and donations, school supply drives, toys for tots programs, and science outreach at local schools.

“All of our offices are challenged with giving back to the community, whether we do cleanup days, sponsor different fun runs for them, or we go back and do workshops with the kids within that community,” Mitchell said.

LJA Engineering’s open-door policy is another reason engineers rate it a top workplace. “You can walk into anybody’s office at any time and have a conversation, whether they’re a VP or whether they’re front desk staff, and they’re always willing to help,” Mitchell said.

As for tangible benefits, LJA offers standard healthcare, life insurance, disability, and paid time off. Employees are required to be in the office, but they have a choice of work hours. They can stick with a standard nine-to-five, working eight hours per day, or opt for a so-called 9/80 schedule, in which they work nine hours per day and get every other Friday off. Mitchell prefers the 9/80 schedule (naturally — it’s hard to resist the allure of a biweekly long weekend).

We asked Mitchell why she thought LJA Engineering was rated a top workplace for engineers. Her answer was simple.

“We’re a top workplace because we enjoy our work,” Mitchell said. 

If you have that, everything else is gravy.

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The Haskell Company was recently recognized as a Top Workplaces for Engineers by Engineering.com and the Top Workplaces employer recognition program of HR technology company Energage. More specifically, The Haskell Company was recognized as an organization that provides exceptional workplace environments for its engineering professionals. 

For more information about the spirit of innovation and values of the firm, Engineering.com spoke with Meredith Adragna, director of talent acquisition at The Haskell Company. Here’s what she had to say.

What types of engineers do you hire?

We hire automation engineers, civil engineers for positions in infrastructure and transportation, civil engineers for site, electrical, mechanical, and packaging systems, work, engineers for process-systems projects, and structural engineers. 

What qualifications do you look for in engineers?

Qualifications vary by engineering discipline and the markets they serve. Haskell provides integrated delivery of capital projects across 15 different markets. Generally speaking, we look for candidates with four-year engineering degrees and relevant project experience. While education and licensure requirements can be firm for some positions, we are open to skills-based hiring. A candidate may not have experience in a particular market, but we welcome individuals who display the attitude and aptitude to venture into new markets and project types.

What growth opportunities do you have for engineers?

Top-down, we are dedicated to the personal and professional growth of all our team members. We are transparent with potential career paths and intentionally train our leaders on how to conduct career planning discussions. Haskell has a technical training team that is focused on our engineers and how to enhance their experience with a job or discipline-specific focus. We also have a corporate Learning and Development team that provides high-quality accessible training and professional development opportunities.

Additionally, we offer simple yet impactful benefits such as tuition reimbursement and professional membership reimbursements.

What makes your culture unique?

In 2018, our Executive Leadership Team created a strategic plan called Haskell 2025 that will culminate at the end of this year. First and foremost, this is built on the foundation of our core values — team, excellence, service, and trust. These values guide every team member, every office, and every project.

Beyond that, Haskell 2025 has six pillars. The first pillar is a pledge to our employees — provide team members with the BEST job of their lives. 

Why do you think you’re a top workplace?

I believe this goes back to our culture. A strong and sustainable culture comes for the top down. Jim O’Leary is our valued President and has truly ensured Haskell employees have a sense of personal and professional value. Our employees completed the TWP survey by voicing their opinions. Stemming from our win, they feel valued with a strong path to success here at Haskell.

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Engineering.com and Energage are delighted to recognize companies that create positive and sustainable work environments for engineers. The Top Workplaces for Engineers award highlights organizations that prioritize employee well-being, innovation, and a supportive workplace culture.

The award is determined through employee feedback gathered via the Energage Workplace Survey, a research-backed tool assessing workplace culture. To qualify, companies must employ at least 35 engineers or have engineers make up at least 10% of their workforce. Participation is free, with no costs associated with nomination, employee surveys, or receiving the award.

This year, we recognize 35 companies for their commitment to creating exceptional workplace environments for engineering professionals across a variety of industries. Here they are, according to their size: large, midsize, and small.

As a reminder, nominations are welcome all year round! Visit topworkplaces.com/engineering-com to nominate your company for consideration on next year’s list.

Top large companies for engineers

Large companies include those with at least 500 employees worldwide. This year, we have 10 winners:

1. LJA Engineering, Inc.

Headquarters: Houston, Texas
U.S. employees: 2,531
Year founded: 1972

LJA is an employee-owned, full-service, comprehensive multi-disciplinary consulting firm. With offices across the Southeastern U.S. and Colorado, LJA offers one-source, one-stop reliability for all of its clients. It is organized around nine comprehensive sectors: Public Infrastructure, Land Development, Transportation, Water Resources, Energy Services, Rail Services, Surveying, Construction Engineering & Inspection, and Environmental & Coastal and can seamlessly build successful project teams with civil, structural, and electrical engineers, plus hydrologists, planners, landscape architects, construction managers, GIS designers, and surveyors.

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2. Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering, LLC

Headquarters: West Columbia, South Carolina
U.S. employees: 524
Year founded: 2005

Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering, LLC is a team of passionate problem solvers dedicated to delivering innovative infrastructure solutions. Founded on the principles of excellence, integrity, and collaboration, ICE has grown into a leading civil engineering firm specializing in transportation infrastructure. The team thrives in a dynamic, people-focused culture that values professional growth, teamwork, and work-life balance. They believe that great people build great projects and are committed to investing in their employees through ongoing training, leadership development, and opportunities for career advancement. From interns to executives, every individual at ICE plays a key role in shaping the future of infrastructure while upholding its core values of quality, accountability, and innovation.

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3. The Haskell Company

Headquarters: Jacksonville, Florida
U.S. employees: 1,800
Year founded: 1965

Haskell combines architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) expertise with a corporate culture of transparency and integrity. The result is unmatched customer experience. To know Haskell is to know its spirit of innovation and assurance of certainty. To support its position as an industry leader, the company has built a distinct family of brands to best serve its clients and achieve growth and leadership in markets that provide superior opportunities. Haskell embraces each client relationship, helping them reach where they want to be, working collaboratively and strategically to deliver innovation, high quality, and sustainability performance.

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4. Sargent & Lundy

Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois
U.S. employees: 4,020
Year founded: 1891

Sargent & Lundy is one of the world’s longest-standing full-service architect engineering firms. Founded in 1891, the firm is a global leader in power, energy, and decarbonization with expertise in grid modernization, renewable energy, energy storage, nuclear power, conventional power, carbon capture, and hydrogen. Sargent & Lundy delivers comprehensive project services — from consulting, design, and implementation to construction management, commissioning, and operations/maintenance — with an emphasis on quality and safety. The firm serves public and private clients in the power, energy, gas distribution, industrial, and government sectors.

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5. Ulteig

Headquarters: Fargo, North Dakota
U.S. employees: 1,230
Year founded: 1944

As a forward-thinking leader in the engineering industry driven by purpose, Ulteig continues to focus on client success and expanding its portfolio of infrastructure and field service projects. Motivated by its corporate purpose, “Creating and solving for a sustainable future,” its professional engineering and technical services consultants cover a wide range of offerings, including design and planning, serving what it calls the Lifeline Sectors of Power, Renewables, Transportation, and Water. With 80 years in the industry, Ulteig is trusted by its clients to produce cutting-edge solutions, collaborate, and improve the design and reliability of critical infrastructure while delivering vital engineering, program, and technical solutions.

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6. EOG Resources, Inc.

Headquarters: Houston, Texas
U.S. employees: 2,971
Year founded: 1985

EOG is one of the largest exploration and production companies in the United States, with proven reserves in the United States and Trinidad. EOG’s business strategy is to maximize the rate of return on investment of capital by controlling operating costs and capital expenditures and maximizing reserve recoveries. EOG implements its strategy primarily by emphasizing the drilling of internally generated prospects in order to find and develop low-cost reserves. Maintaining the lowest possible operating cost structure, coupled with efficient and safe operations and robust environmental stewardship practices and performance, is integral in the implementation of EOG’s strategy.

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7. Stanley Consultants

Headquarters: Muscatine, Iowa
U.S. employees: 850
Year founded: 1913

Stanley Consultants has been helping clients solve essential and complex energy and infrastructure challenges for over 110 years, successfully completing more than 50,000 engagements in 120 countries and all 50 states and U.S. territories. Values-based and purpose-driven, Stanley is an employee-owned company of engineers, scientists, technologists, innovators, and client-service experts who are recognized for their commitment and passion to make a difference.

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8. Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. (BPMI)

Headquarters: Monroeville, Pennsylvania
U.S. employees: 1,186
Year founded: 1956

Life and culture at BPMI are deeply rooted in its “One Team, One Mission” vision. As a dedicated prime contractor for the U.S. Navy, its jobs influence and strengthen national security. It’s a serious responsibility that requires employees to be accountable for high-level quality, attention to safety, and unfailing security. Together, its employees rally around this important mission and foster a “One Team” environment where employees feel like they belong and are valued. BPMI has focused on building an environment that meets each employee where they are personally, so that they may succeed professionally. President and General Manager Barb Staniscia leads a team of managers who are dedicated to ensuring its employees have the freedom to think and speak in a psychologically safe environment — the support they need to thrive and succeed in their careers — and a deep sense of purpose and connection to their daily work.

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9. DRMP, Inc

Headquarters: Orlando, Florida
U.S. employees: 750
Year founded: 1977

DRMP’s founders, a group of engineers and surveyors, took an uncommon path in 1977 by joining together to offer their clients a full-service firm with a collaborative approach to produce superior infrastructure. The firm has never faltered on this path and continues to search for more opportunities for collaboration and growth throughout the southeastern United States. Keeping the future in mind, the company will continue its journey with the resolve and desire to create partnerships with its clients to provide tailored solutions that satisfy their needs, achieve success for its employees, and benefit the communities it serves. DRMP’s leadership is committed to creating an integrity-based firm that delivers quality projects through a partnering project approach, which provides the flexibility to work with a diverse group of clients and the communities they serve. Collectively, the leaders represent more than a hundred years of experience, which enables them to guide the firm through its forward-thinking business strategy and apply its core values to achieve client satisfaction.

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10. Orbital Engineering, Inc.

Headquarters: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
U.S. employees: 605
Year founded: 1969

Orbital Engineering, Inc., has a unified mission of working with business partners to create, improve, and sustain industry and infrastructure. Whether the team is in the field inspecting client assets, working with electric, gas, or water utility clients to improve infrastructure and reliability, or providing engineering support for heavy industrial clients, Orbital Engineering, Inc. is at the forefront of sustaining the country’s most critical assets and infrastructure. With over 50 years of experience in electrical and natural gas utility transmission and distribution; midstream and downstream oil, gas and chemical; mining and metals; and infrastructure industries, Orbital Engineering, Inc. has successfully supported its clients both nationally and abroad. The company takes pride in knowing that what they do matters.

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Top midsize companies for engineers

Midsize companies include those with 150 to 499 employees worldwide. This year, we have 14 winners:

1. Oddball

Headquarters: McLean, Virginia
U.S. employees: 334
Year founded: 2015

Oddball is a software consulting firm dedicated to the digital modernization of federal citizen-centric services. As a unique digital agency, Oddball supports federal clients from design to deployment of scalable software solutions that are purpose-built for the citizens they serve and the workforces they enable. Experienced teams of full-stack developers, human-centered designers, product managers, and project managers offer a proven record of delivery excellence in enterprise devops, cloud migration, user experience, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment.

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2. MBP

Headquarters: Vienna, Virginia
U.S. employees: 355
Year founded: 1989

MBP is passionate about providing smart solutions, which means more than just a list of services. Its diverse team of experts brings value, innovation, and efficiency to every project by advocating on its clients’ behalf. The result? Better project outcomes. Established in 1989, MBP is a leader in mitigating construction risk, offering a broad range of construction management and consulting services to optimize value within the built environment. It is a Virginia-based firm with offices in Richmond, Chesapeake, Williamsburg, Roanoke, and Fairfax, and additional offices in Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The company works with federal, state, local, and private clients, providing cost-effective solutions in both construction management and the resolution of disputes on a wide range of transportation, utilities, building, plant, and environmental projects.

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3. Garner Health Technology

Headquarters: New York, New York
U.S. employees: 167
Year founded: 2019

Garner Health is a health tech startup that is transforming the healthcare economy by enabling patients to receive high-quality and affordable care. Garner Health has two core offerings: Garner, a benefit program that uses a new approach to data science and incentive accounts to help employees find the best doctors in their communities, and Garner DataPro, a provider recommendation platform that serves referrals based on the most accurate provider performance and directory data in the industry. Garner Health’s offerings utilize over 75% of the medical claims data in the United States to objectively examine patient outcomes based on more than 500 specialty-specific quality and efficiency measures. By analyzing millions of healthcare journeys across 82 distinct medical specialties, Garner Health sets a new industry standard in delivering reliable, actionable referrals and navigating patients to the highest-quality providers. Garner Health is a remote-first company based in NYC.

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4. BCC Engineering, LLC

Headquarters: Miami, Florida
U.S. employees: 370
Year founded: 1994

Established in Miami in 1994, BCC Engineering has always questioned the status quo, which has enabled it to come up with innovative, best-in-class solutions for some of the largest and most complex engineering projects in the Southeast U.S. and Puerto Rico. Since 2006, when principals Jose Muñoz and Ariel Millan bought the company, it has grown rapidly, adding new offices in Tampa, Orlando, Georgia, Texas, and Puerto Rico. The company is known for its complete dedication to its clients and its ability to handle a wide range of projects.

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5. LER Techforce

Headquarters: Columbus, Indiana
U.S. employees: 340
Year founded: 2020

LER TechForce is a leading provider of engineering and technical resource solutions, specializing in delivering top-notch engineering expertise across various industries. With over two decades of experience, the company has refined its ability to connect exceptional engineering talent with organizations that require innovative solutions to complex technical challenges. As a proud woman-owned business, LER TechForce is certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), highlighting its commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Its client-focused approach is at the core of its mission, striving to deliver high-quality results by tailoring engineering services to meet the specific needs of clients, ensuring they have the right talent in place to succeed.

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6. Credo Semiconductor, Inc.

Headquarters: San Jose, California
U.S. employees: 235
Year founded: 2008

Credo was founded in 2008 by a seasoned team of analog, digital, and mixed-signal experts as a fabless semiconductor company and became publicly traded on the Nasdaq (CRDO) in 2022. Its innovations ease system bandwidth bottlenecks, and its strong SerDes IP portfolio is the foundation for its high-performance, power-efficient, and cost-effective connectivity solutions. Credo has a history of innovation and pioneering new technologies. The team believes this positions the company to deliver best-in-class products and IP solutions that address its customers’ various bandwidth, power, cost, security, reliability, and end-to-end signal integrity requirements. Its engineering-focused workforce and highly technical management team have deep industry experience and connectivity expertise. The team continues to grow, with offices in North America and Asia.

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7. FedWriters, Inc. (FWI)

Headquarters: Fairfax, Virginia
U.S. employees: 252
Year founded: 2010

FWI is a professional services firm that specializes in delivering high-quality communication, technical writing, and research services to government and commercial clients. With a team of experienced professionals who have a deep understanding of technical, legal, and regulatory requirements, FWI prides itself on its ability to work closely with clients to deliver tailored solutions that meet their specific needs. The company is committed to providing the highest quality services and has been recognized by industry organizations, including Inc. Magazine, Washington Technology, Moxie Award, and OrangeSlices AI, for its outstanding work.

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8. SCI Engineering, Inc.

Headquarters: St. Charles, Missouri
U.S. employees: 183
Year founded: 1978

Established in 1978, SCI Engineering is a multi-discipline engineering firm with six offices and almost 200 employees located in Missouri, Illinois, Texas, and Colorado. Its service lines include Geotechnical, Environmental, Natural Resources, Cultural Resources, and Construction Materials Testing and Inspection. Its staff prides themselves on their ability to provide consulting services with quality, professionalism, and responsiveness to clients during the development, design, and construction phases of projects. The company’s success is attributed to its team of highly skilled and experienced staff that includes licensed professional engineers, geologists, archaeologists, scientists, construction experts, and engineering technicians. The ability to develop innovative and cost-effective design solutions is not only a result of the diversity and experience of our staff but also the commitment between different service groups to work as a team to provide quality consulting services.

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9. Mission Design & Automation

Headquarters: Holland, Michigan
U.S. employees: 167
Year founded: 2004

Mission Design & Automation develops custom process and equipment solutions that simplify automation for North American manufacturers. The company helps conceptualize, specify, build, program, and install new automation solutions that improve safety, speed, quality, repeatability, and revenue. Manufacturers turn to the company for automation integration of varying-sized projects and with all levels of complexity. Its team has developed solutions for the aerospace, automotive, construction, consumer goods, defense, e-commerce/logistics, EV, electronics, food & beverage, furniture, medical device, and munitions industries, and it is always learning more about expanding automation applications to emerging industries.

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10. Ayres

Headquarters: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
U.S. employees: 393
Year founded: 1959

With a team of innovative problem-solvers nationwide, Ayres stands with integrity behind thousands of projects that strengthen communities and the country’s infrastructure, economy, and environment. Clients notice its project managers’ ability to translate and transform every detail into actionable, understandable, smoothly coordinated pieces of a successful project. Side by side with client partners, project managers serve as the confident, communicative navigators at the helm of each project. Their tools and expertise include civil and municipal engineering, transportation, structural design and inspection, river engineering and water resources, architecture, mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineering, landscape architecture, environmental, geospatial, planning and development, and telecommunications and SUE.

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11. Clari

Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
U.S. employees: 499
Year founded: 2012

In 2013, Clari set out to fix an all-too-familiar business problem: unpredictable revenue. The company quickly realized that sales, marketing, and customer success teams simply didn’t have the information they needed to work together in a coordinated, cadenced fashion. Instead of acting, they were reacting. Instead of executing, they were guessing. So, Clari got to work. Today, its market-leading Revenue Platform helps go-to-market teams of every size and stripe take control of their entire sales process and revenue operation. The result? Flawless sales execution, unprecedented productivity, and revenue forecasting that really works. Simply put: nothing else comes close.

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12. Getac

Headquarters: Irvine, California
U.S. employees: 170
Year founded: 1989

Getac Technology Corporation is a global leader in rugged mobile technology and intelligent video solutions, including laptops, tablets, software, body-worn cameras, in-car video, interview rooms, and evidence management software. Getac’s solutions and services enable the vital work done by frontline workers operating in the world’s most challenging environments.

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13. McLean Contracting Company

Headquarters: Glen Burnie, Maryland
U.S. employees: 250
Year founded: 1903

McLean Contracting Company was started in 1903 by Colin McLean, making it one of the oldest companies in the Baltimore metropolitan area. It is responsible for building many of the bridges and much of the marine infrastructure in the area and owns a significant fleet of floating and land-based cranes, which are housed at its shipyard on Curtis Creek. The company’s employees take pride in being able to tackle some of the most challenging marine and infrastructure projects in the area and to provide innovative, efficient, and safe solutions for their customers.

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14. PAR Systems

Headquarters: Shoreview, Minnesota
U.S. employees: 485
Year founded: 1961

From the automated manufacturing of life-saving medical devices to the safe dismantling of Chernobyl, sending rockets into deep space, and the adaptive manufacturing of aerospace components, for over 60 years, PAR has been designing ingenious solutions that bring our customers’ innovations to life. With expertise in highly regulated and precision industries of Life Sciences, Aerospace, and Nuclear, the company designs and integrates engineered systems for the world’s most renowned visionaries.

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Top small companies for engineers

Small companies include those with at most 149 employees worldwide. This year, we have 11 winners:

1. TRX Systems

Headquarters: Greenbelt, Maryland
U.S. employees: 50
Year founded: 2004

TRX Systems develops cutting-edge positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) solutions for the Department of Defense. The company’s military grade PNT solutions improve the safety and mission effectiveness of warfighters in environments where GPS is unavailable, inaccurate, or intentionally denied. The TRX Systems team continuously innovates, seeking to equip warfighters with the most technologically advanced and durable PNT solutions so that, even in the most adverse conditions, they always have an assured position and time.​

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2. Scrum Alliance

Headquarters: Westminster, Colorado
U.S. employees: 48
Year founded: 2001

Scrum Alliance is a global 501c(6) not-for-profit membership organization and is recognized as the leading certifying body in the scrum and agile space. As a membership association founded and funded by the agile community for the community, the team intends to advance agility and scrum practices in the world of work for individuals and teams. They nurture the agile movement by providing education, advocacy, research, community, and connection while providing individuals with substantive certifications and practical skills that positively impact their work and careers.

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3. Integer Technologies

Headquarters: Columbia, South Carolina
U.S. employees: 62
Year founded: 2021

Integer is a science and technology company dedicated to creating a safer world by transforming innovative research into fieldable technology for national security and industry customers. Its high-tech solutions help both human operators and autonomous systems make better decisions faster in uncertain environments. The company offers digital engineering capabilities across a portfolio that includes robotic and uncrewed systems, sensors and perception, power and energy systems, advanced manufacturing, and cyber-physical systems.

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4. KCL Engineering

Headquarters: West Des Moines, Iowa
U.S. employees: 71
Year founded: 2008

KCL Engineering has built a workplace where collaboration, flexibility, and self-management empower its team to thrive. The company’s entrepreneurial spirit and relentless attention to detail drive innovative solutions, making it the best consultant, problem solver, and decision-maker for its clients. Recognized as a top workplace, the team cultivates a culture where talented people love what they do — and it shows in the work they deliver.

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5. dataPARC

Headquarters: Washougal, Washington
U.S. employees: 135
Year founded: 1997

Founded in 1997, dataPARC’s team of engineers and process industry veterans continues to deliver on its promise of being the most intuitive and easy-to-use manufacturing decision support system available. The company was born from the needs of operators and engineers on the plant floor and continues to be home to process engineers, chemical engineers, industrial analytics pros, and other brilliant and dedicated individuals who share the goal of helping process manufacturers make better data-driven decisions.

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6. Hargrove Life Sciences

Headquarters: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
U.S. employees: 90
Year founded: 2011

Hargrove Life Sciences serves the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food and beverage, and specialty chemical industries in the U.S. and abroad. In an industry where the facility and “clean” process elements must work together, the company’s experienced teammates understand how to design and build in order to meet the rigorous GMP standards. Hargrove’s teams of engineers, architects, and project managers offer extensive experience in the planning of greenfield facilities as well as the renovation and expansion of existing process development, clinical manufacturing, and commercial operations. In addition, Hargrove has a culture and system of seamless cross-office collaboration. Its clients benefit from all the expertise of a specialized engineering firm supported by the experience and capabilities of a larger firm with a broader focus.

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7. MSB Consulting Engineers

Headquarters: Metairie, Louisiana
U.S. employees: 131
Year founded: 1978

Since 1978, M S Benbow and Associates Professional Engineering Corporation (MSB) has set out to solve the biggest engineering problems in the public and private sectors that impact the way people live, work, and play. The company produces results that are as smart as they are effective, based on the belief that there is always a better way of engineering. MSB’s success speaks to the depth of its experience and passion for delivering reliable and trusted solutions across a diverse set of complex problems. As the engineering industry has evolved, so has MSB in its ability to adapt to emerging trends and new technologies without forgetting its roots.

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8. FEA Consulting Engineers

Headquarters: Henderson, Nevada
U.S. employees: 50
Year founded: 1990

FEA Consulting Engineers, founded in 1990 by Robert Finnegan, PE, and Boyd Erickson, CPD, is a leader in multiple disciplines of engineering, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, low voltage, AV, and lighting design. The Las Vegas-based firm is renowned for delivering award-winning engineering solutions across a broad spectrum of projects. Its approach to engineering is innovative and tailored to match the business models of its clients, ensuring that every project the team undertakes is both groundbreaking and sustainable. At FEA, innovation begins at the conceptual stage. Its dynamic atmosphere, fostered by its principals and team of associates, emphasizes innovation and a legacy of high-quality service. This commitment is evident in every project, ensuring that its designs are far from cookie-cutter and are instead innovative solutions that truly reflect the needs and expectations of its clients.

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9. PCCI Group

Headquarters: Metamora, Illinois
U.S. employees: 102
Year founded: 1982

Since 1982, PCCI Group has been providing turnkey construction and engineering solutions for underground and aerial ISPs and utilities. Based out of Metamora, Illinois, it has offices in Georgetown, Kentucky, and Bonita Springs, Florida. However, its work expands beyond its immediate service areas; the team has completed work throughout the United States, from California to Virginia, and Wisconsin to Texas.

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10. Rugged Science

Headquarters: Sparks, Maryland
U.S. employees: 37
Year founded: 2013

Rugged Science designs and manufactures high-performance computing solutions built to thrive in extreme environments. From industrial automation to military operations, its products deliver unmatched reliability, durability, and longevity where failure is not an option. Engineered to endure temperature extremes, shock, vibration, and environmental challenges like dust and moisture, its systems ensure seamless operation in the harshest conditions. With a focus on innovation, customization, and long lifecycle support, the company empowers industries to achieve their goals with confidence.

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11. Bright Machines

Headquarters: San Francisco, California
U.S. employees: 75
Year founded: 2018

Bright Machines helps the world’s most innovative technology companies automate key processes to meet the global demand for AI infrastructure. Its full-stack automation solution combines smart robotics, AI-driven software, and data to transform how the world designs and builds products. Leading with integrity and respect, the team creates a high-trust environment for performance, always prioritizing the right thing for everyone involved. As a startup, every team member is empowered to drive change and influence transformation in products, processes, people, and community.

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Is your company a Top Workplace for Engineers? Visit topworkplaces.com/engineering-com to submit a nomination!

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With that in mind, we’re so excited to launch the new Top Workplaces for Engineers program today. Our editorial team is partnering with the professionals at Energage, the HR technology company behind the Top Workplaces employer recognition program, to find out which companies should be at the top of your list of potential employers each year. The award will honor companies that create exceptional workplace environments for engineering professionals across a variety of industries, and we will publish the list of winners in the spring of 2025. 

This new program will celebrate organizations that prioritize a people-first workplace culture where engineers can thrive and innovate. To be eligible, participating companies must employ at least 35 engineers or have an engineering workforce made up of 10% or more of its total workforce. The award is based on employee feedback captured by the confidential, research-backed Energage Workplace Survey. Participating companies will be evaluated against the industry’s most robust benchmarks based on more than 18 years of culture research.  

Maybe you’re currently at a company that is a fantastic place to work, and you’d like to nominate it for consideration. You can easily do so here: engineering.com/topworkplaces. The nomination timeframe runs through mid-January. But the next couple of months will breeze by with all the holiday celebrations, so make sure to nominate today.

And stay tuned for the exciting results, which will be unveiled right here, in the spring of 2025.

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