180 Engineering

180 Engineering is a recruitment and executive search firm that places engineering and IT professionals. It recruits across electrical, field service, manufacturing, mechanical, quality, sales, software and test engineering, as well as project and program management and IT roles such as database administrators, network engineers, systems administrators and helpdesk technicians. Its client sectors are aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and medical devices.

The company offers direct hire, contract staffing and retained search, alongside consulting services, including Manufacturing 4.0 and cybersecurity audits, and payroll services. It says every candidate it presents passes a technical screen with one of its recruiters. It works in Akron, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Madison, Milwaukee and Minneapolis, and has an office in Naperville, Illinois.

Joe Coletta founded the company in 2008 and is its CEO. He previously held technical and business leadership positions at Fortune 500 companies. The company reports that it has placed more than 1,000 candidates since it was founded.