Controls & Automation Hiring Performance Hub
No-cost tools and practical hiring intelligence for engineering leaders who want to understand where their recruitment process may be losing good controls, automation, robotics and engineering talent.
View the no-cost toolsMost hiring problems are not always candidate problems.
In controls, automation and robotics recruitment, companies often assume the issue is a shortage of talent. Sometimes it is. But very often, the bigger problem is hidden inside the hiring process itself.
Slow intake, unclear must-haves, salary misalignment, long interview gaps and delayed offers can all cause strong passive engineers to disappear before a company ever gets the chance to hire them.
No-cost hiring intelligence tools
These tools are designed to give engineering leaders a useful first view of hiring readiness, process risk, salary competitiveness and candidate drop-off points before a search begins.
Controls & Automation Hiring Health Check
Score your hiring process across role intake, interview speed, salary alignment, offer risk and candidate drop-off.
Start the health check →Cost of Delayed Controls Hire Calculator
Estimate what an unfilled controls or automation role may be costing through delayed projects, downtime, overtime or contractor dependency.
Use the calculator →Contractor vs Permanent Hiring Calculator
Understand when contract support may make more sense than a permanent hire for commissioning, upgrades, plant support or project peaks.
Compare options →Salary Competitiveness Checker
Check whether your compensation range is likely to attract the controls, automation, robotics or embedded engineers you need.
Check salary competitiveness →Robotics Startup First Engineering Hires Planner
For robotics and automation startups deciding whether their next key hire should be a VP Engineering, hands-on CTO, controls engineer, robotics software engineer or embedded specialist.
Plan your next hire →Interview Process Bottleneck Scorecard
Identify where candidates are being lost between shortlist, first interview, technical interview, final stage and offer.
Find bottlenecks →Offer Risk Assessment
Assess whether a candidate is likely to reject, delay or accept a counteroffer based on salary, timing, travel, relocation and role clarity.
Assess offer risk →Built for engineering-led hiring teams.
This hub has been created for companies hiring technical talent in controls, automation, robotics, manufacturing technology, embedded systems and industrial engineering.
The aim is simple: help hiring teams spot the issues that may be slowing down a search before the best candidates are lost.
- Understand where your hiring process may be leaking candidates
- Review salary, timing and offer-stage risk
- Spot delays before they cost you strong passive engineers
- Use the results as a practical starting point before opening a search
No-cost first view
Hiring process reviews and market reports can often be expensive. These tools are designed to give engineering leaders a useful first view without cost.
For companies with a critical hire or a wider talent challenge, TechNex can then go much deeper through retained search, competitor analysis and full market mapping.
For retained search clients
The tools on this hub are designed to give engineering leaders a useful first view of hiring readiness, process risk and market competitiveness.
For retained search clients, TechNex goes considerably deeper.
This can include extensive competitor analysis, in-depth market mapping, compensation insight and a complete talent map of the relevant controls, automation, robotics or engineering market before outreach begins.
Understand the market before asking it for candidates.
The strongest searches usually start with clarity. Who is already employing the right people? What skills are genuinely available? How competitive is the role? What will passive candidates need to hear before they engage?
That is where deeper market intelligence can change the outcome of a search.
Start with the hiring health check
The Controls & Automation Hiring Health Check is the best starting point if you want to understand where your current process may be losing strong engineering candidates.
Start the no-cost health check