TradeTech was founded by two industry professionals who spent years inside one of the largest engineering staffing firms in the country — and saw exactly what was missing.
TradeTech Search Group was founded by two recruiting professionals with 12+ years of combined experience placing engineering talent at one of the largest staffing firms in the country. We saw firsthand what happens when recruiting becomes a volume game — candidates treated as transactions, clients handed off between reps, and niche technical roles filled by generalists who don't understand the work.
We built TradeTech to do it differently. As a boutique firm focused exclusively on Automation, AI, Robotics, and Engineering talent, every search gets our full attention. We don't have competing priorities. We don't have junior reps learning on your requisition. We know this niche because we've spent years in it.
Our model is direct placement — contingency and retained search — for companies that need the right hire, not just a fast one. We operate across the Northeast with deep networks in Greater Boston, Connecticut, Providence, and NYC Metro.
Michael leads candidate sourcing, pipeline management, and search delivery at TradeTech. With 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in engineering and automation, he brings deep market knowledge across the Northeast talent landscape — with a particular focus on Controls, Robotics, and AI Engineering profiles that are difficult to find through traditional channels.
Max leads business development and client acquisition at TradeTech. With 5+ years of experience building and managing client relationships across industrial, manufacturing, and technology sectors, he brings a consultative approach to every engagement — focused on understanding what companies actually need before ever presenting a candidate.
We only work Automation, AI, Robotics, and Engineering searches. That focus means every candidate we know and every client relationship we build is relevant to what you need.
You work directly with the people who built the firm. No handoffs to junior recruiters, no account management layers. The person you talk to is the person doing the work.
We treat every engineer we work with as a long-term relationship, not a transaction. That's how we build the kind of talent network that produces results other firms can't replicate.
Boutique doesn't mean slow. Our focused network means we can move faster than larger firms with broader but shallower coverage.
We share what we're seeing — salary data, candidate availability, competitor hiring signals — because informed clients make better hiring decisions and better partners.
If a search isn't working, we say so. If a candidate isn't the right fit, we tell you. Honest conversations early save everyone time and money.
"The right talent changes everything."