Fractional VP of Engineering Services in 2026: What It Actually Costs and When You Actually Need One

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Last updated: April 24, 2026 A fractional VP of Engineering typically costs $8,000 to $20,000 a month for two to three days of engagement per week, fills the specific gap between having a technology vision and having someone who actually runs the engineering team, and is the hire most startups need six to eighteen months … Read more

How to Hire a Mechanical Engineer in 2026

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How to Hire a Mechanical Engineer in 2026 Hiring a mechanical engineer means finding someone who can take a product from napkin sketch to manufactured reality, owning the CAD models, the tolerance stackups, the material selections, and the arguments with the manufacturing floor about what is actually producible at volume. The median base sits around … Read more

Reshoring in 2026: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Coming Back to the US

US manufacturing facility under construction as part of 2026 reshoring investment wave

Reshoring in 2026: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Coming Back to the US Reshoring brought 244,000 manufacturing jobs back to the US in 2024, according to the Reshoring Initiative’s 2024 Annual Report. That pushed the cumulative total past 2 million since 2010. The facilities are getting funded. The construction is happening. The part that keeps stalling … Read more

What is a Field Service Engineer? Complete Career Guide

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Field Service Engineer Career Guide: Salary, Skills, and How to Break In A field service engineer installs, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs technical equipment at customer locations, spanning industries from semiconductor fabs to hospitals to defense installations. Salaries range from $66,000 at entry level to over $105,000 for experienced engineers. Most engineering careers keep you at … Read more

KORE1’s Expands Engineering Staffing Solutions Nationwide

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Irvine, CA – KORE1, a top provider of staffing solutions nationwide, is excited to expand its engineering talent division to help organizations across the United States secure the highly skilled engineering talent they need to achieve pressing business goals and objectives. The company is focused on delivering the expertise required to support clients’ engineering projects … Read more

4 Reasons It’s Hard to Hire IT Engineers

4 reasons it's hard to hire IT engineers — KORE1 blog on IT talent shortage challenges and engineering recruiting solutions

Those who rely on engineering talent to achieve business goals have learned a hard truth in recent years: there’s a shortage of qualified engineering professionals in America. Making matters worse, finding engineers who specialize in IT is even harder. With so much demand and competition for talent, it’s no wonder roles like Software Engineer are … Read more