validation engineer

firmware engineer

verification engineer

software test engineer

senior hardware engineer

Rla-Engineering

RLA Engineering is a solid company that provides great services to its clients and really cares about its employees. It is in a difficult industry where competitors are willing to pay their engineers poorly in order to win business. This creates a revolving door for their clients and inevitably causes poor performance. RLA operates on the fundamental belief that our employees are our best chance at success and from day one we do everything with two questions to answer. Will what we do delivery world class service for our company? Will what we do help or hurt our employees. As much as is humanly possible and in our ability to do so we always do what is right for both our client and our employees. This at times no doubt causes us to lose business, as our competition under bids us to start and hires less then qualified resources for their client's projects. But in the end RLA provides outstanding service while providing an outstanding work environment with great pay, benefits and a team that takes pride in everything they do!

RLA Engineering provides services to a few large clients and hires folks like me to provide those services. As a designer working mostly in Research and Development, my role was an interesting one. The hardest part of my job was learning the design tools. They are not industry "standard". But I had a great trainer/teacher who made it possible. The most enjoyable part was my freedom to create designer "solutions" that were highly stimulating - all the while working autonomously (and remotely). Although the job ended in a layoff - due to an economic downturn in late 2022, I am grateful for the opportunity to have made a small contribution to the teams progress/success. 

On-boarding of new personnel.  How to set-up and manage meetings. Environment was professional without being too formal.  Enjoyed the ability to work as a team with Engineers on project meetings.  Most enjoyable part of my job was the ability to work independently and accomplishing tasks and putting into practice the skills and abilities necessary for on-boarding, including implementing the steps necessary to carry out each task.

Compared to other outsourced service providers for HP (Lionbridge, K-force ect), RLA has better benefits, pays its employees more competitively and treats them with respect.  Management is accessible and available if there are problems, and they are always quick to give positive feedback for a job well done.  I recommend them highly.

They only hire & retain previous employees of company under contract for. i.e ex-Hewlett-Packard employees. Sort of reminded me of the minor leagues of baseball, getting sent down... or proving yourself MVP... either way your replaced soon as the management changes seats.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great management and respect for individuals.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
As a Contractor, you are "disconnected" from the client in several ways.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Depends on where you are deployed, but RLA does well to connect its employees.

work started at 8 a.m., I began each day with checking my work mail inbox to see if there were task for me to complete right of the bat. Once i completed that or found nothing for me to get started with. I would review sights of interest for upcoming business endeavors. On top of that task i also went threw scanning important documents and implementing them on a data sheet in MC Exell.

Typical day would vary depending on the contracted job.  It was an odd experience for me since I had an RLA manager who never really managed and an HP Manager/Engineering Co-workers who directed the projects work.

Loved working for RLA as it provided me with the employment within a facility I was quite familiar with as well wonderful benefits and great co-workers!!

Bespoke engineering has it's own challenges. Tight schedules and even tighter budgets will test your creativity and inventiveness.

Rewarding in that it brings abilities you didn't know you had.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Validation engineer 3 salaries reported	$93.43 per hour
Firmware engineer 4 salaries reported	$73.11 per hour
Verification engineer 1 salary reported	$89.12 per hour
Software test engineer 1 salary reported	$81.54 per hour
Senior hardware engineer 2 salaries reported	$91.54 per hour

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