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Top EngineerAdvisory

A career management agency for exceptional engineers in space, automotive, aviation, energy, and motorsports.

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Specialized markets

SpaceAutomotiveAviationEnergyMotorsports

Representation with standards

Top performers do not represent themselves.

Top Engineer exists to represent exceptional engineering professionals in space, automotive, aviation, energy, and motorsports. We operate as a career management agency, not a traditional recruiting firm.

The focus is not filling vacancies. The focus is building long term partnerships between engineers and companies shaping the future.

Your focus stays on technical excellence and value creation. Our role is strategy, guidance, advocacy, and market access.

Strategists, not hand holders

A coach does not win the game. The player does.

We do not get you a job. You do. Your talent, character, and performance win the role. Our job is to position you and advocate for you with discipline and process.

Career strategy

We help define the direction, positioning, and sequence of moves that make your experience legible to the right market.

Market access

We focus attention on companies and conversations where your technical judgment can create meaningful value.

Advocacy

We represent your case with discipline, context, and professional standards instead of treating you like a resume transaction.

Top Engineer Success Plans

Three engagements. Three different purposes.

Advisory, Agency, and Ascend are not steps on the same ladder. Each engagement is designed for a different level of strategy, access, and representation.

Choose the engagement that matches the purpose of the relationship: disciplined guidance, active market support, or higher-level representation for senior technical authority.

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Advisory

Top Engineer Success Plan

The strategic guidance plan for serious engineers and technical professionals who want disciplined career strategy, sharper positioning, and structured market guidance.

$159/ month

$1,590 / year

Plan features

  • Career blueprinting
  • CV and LinkedIn positioning
  • Portfolio and value proposition guidance
  • Target-company mapping
  • Interview preparation
  • Basecamp-based support
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Agency

Top Engineer Success Plan

The professional representation plan for engineers who want active market support, formal review, targeted market access, opportunity guidance, and direct advocacy.

$299/ month

$2,990 / year

Plan features

  • Everything in Advisory
  • Formal candidate review
  • Candidate endorsement
  • Targeted market access
  • Opportunity guidance
  • Direct advocacy with hiring managers and engineering leaders
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Ascend

Top Engineer Success Plan

The premier executive and IP-level representation plan for senior engineers, technical leaders, founders, consultants, inventors, and high-value specialists.

$599/ month

$5,990 / year

Plan features

  • Everything in Agency
  • Executive narrative development
  • IP and invention positioning
  • Confidential market strategy
  • Compensation and offer guidance
  • Strategic opportunity creation
  • Direct advocacy with senior decision-makers
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Eligibility and expectations

We put you in the strongest possible position to win.

We do not promise outcomes we cannot control. Success is earned by the engineer through talent, character, and performance.

Talent, character, and performance remain the foundation.

We do not promise to get anyone a job.

Membership follows eligibility requirements and an onboarding conversation.

If membership is declined after onboarding, the initial payment is fully refunded.

Discovery call

If this is the kind of representation you want, start with a conversation.

The call is not a promise of membership. It is the first step in understanding your background, eligibility, and whether Top Engineer is the right agency relationship for your career.

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