Pettis Eng Recruitment

Pettis Eng Recruitment is a recruitment firm based in Pinehurst, North Carolina, that places engineering professionals with companies in the electronics industry, working nationally. It says it was founded because of demand for engineering talent in that industry, and that it focuses on hard to fill positions.

It recruits for makers of PC, server and storage products, telecom and network products, consumer electronics, wireless communication products and embedded products. Its work covers hardware design and architecture, including SOC, ASIC, CPU, GPU and FPGA design, high speed board design, signal integrity, analog and mixed-signal, EMC and product safety, product test, failure analysis, mechanical and thermal engineering and PCB design. Roles range from mid-level and senior engineers to architects, design and development managers, senior managers and directors.

The business is owned and led by Matt Pettis. He holds a BSEE from the University of Rochester School of Engineering, worked in product design at Xerox Engineering Systems and Dell Computer, and served four years in the US Air Force before moving into technical recruitment. The company says its clients typically cut their hiring cycle by 30 to 50 percent.