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

Fractional VP of Engineering and startup CTO reviewing engineering org roadmap in conference room

A fractional VP of Engineering typically costs $8,000 to $20,000 a month for two to three days a week, and fills the gap between having a technology vision and someone who runs the team. It’s the hire most startups need six to eighteen months before they realize it, usually once the engineering org passes roughly … Read more

How to Hire a Mechanical Engineer in 2026

Mechanical engineer reviewing a detailed technical engineering drawing at a drafting table with precision measurement tools

Hiring a mechanical engineer means finding someone who can take a product from napkin sketch to manufactured reality: the CAD models, the tolerance stackups, the material selections, and the arguments with the manufacturing floor. The median base sits around $104,110 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but that number hides enormous variance depending on … 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 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 is finding the engineers to actually run them. Reshoring is adding manufacturing … Read more

What is a Field Service Engineer? Complete Career Guide

Field service engineer walking through industrial corridor to equipment service call with laptop and tool case

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 about $67,000 at entry level to over $100,000 in total compensation for experienced engineers. Most engineering … Read more

KORE1’s Expands Engineering Staffing Solutions Nationwide

KORE1 expands engineering staffing solutions — secondary image

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