Who we serve
Recruiting for Infrastructure Vendors and OEMs
Critical Path Hiring recruits customer-facing and product-side technical talent for infrastructure vendors and OEMs: field and application engineering, solutions and forward-deployed engineering, controls and BMS software, DCIM product roles, and the technical support leadership that carries deployments after the sale.
The hiring conditions we are called into
- A large customer win requires deployment and support coverage before the first milestone.
- Field engineering headcount lags the install base.
- Product needs engineers who understand the operating environment, not just the product.
- Solutions engineering hires keep failing on customer-facing judgment.
Roles we recruit here
- Field, application and commissioning support engineers
- Solutions and forward-deployed engineers
- Controls, BMS and DCIM software engineers
- Technical support and services leadership
- Product managers with infrastructure depth
Engagements
How the work is usually structured.
Fixed-fee research or fixed-monthly search capacity. Every commitment is a delivery standard, not a guaranteed hire.
Fractional Talent Partner
Recruiting leadership and systems support tied to your hiring plan.
Embedded Search Sprint
A recruiter inside your process for a defined sprint. See homepage engagement scopes.
Talent Intelligence Sprint
Fixed-scope market read before headcount is committed. See homepage engagement scopes.
Selective Executive Search
Focused search for a leadership seat that carries the plan.
FAQ
Questions buyers in this segment ask.
- Why is solutions engineering hard to hire?
- It needs two kinds of evidence at once: infrastructure credibility and customer-facing judgment. Screening for only one produces candidates who fail the other half of the loop.
- Do you recruit for controls software product teams?
- Yes. Controls and BMS software, DCIM and monitoring products all need engineers who have worked in real operating environments, which is a narrow and mappable market.
- Can you scale coverage without a permanent talent hire?
- That is what the fractional talent partner engagement is for: recruiting leadership, process and compensation intelligence with defined recurring capacity.
Tell us what you need to build.
A short hiring diagnostic covers scope, market reality and compensation, and ends with a recommendation.