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The best engineer for your problem is rarely looking for a job

Harm Slijkhuis
Harm Slijkhuis
Sales Engineer
2026-04-14

The best engineer for your problem is rarely actively looking for a job.

I'm not a recruiter. Yet I sometimes connect engineers with companies.

Over the past few months it happened a few times, almost by itself.

A company that was missing exactly that one piece of expertise.

And on the other side: an engineer with a specific niche (think: RF, power, mechatronics, BGA, thermal…) looking for something new.

No vacancy. No recruiter. No process.

Just a quick message:

> "You two should talk."

And it clicked.

Why?

Because it wasn't a CV match, it was a substantive match.

At DeltaProto we see every day where things go wrong — and right — in hardware development.

And therefore also where the right expertise can make the difference.

Sometimes the solution isn't a faster ProtoPCBA. It's the right engineer at the right moment.

So yes — no recruiter.

But when I see that two parties can help each other forward, I make that connection.

Simply because it would be a shame if it didn't happen.

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