// Remote engineering staffing — Quito, EC
Your remote engineering department.
We place dedicated bilingual engineers with US manufacturers. CAD, quality, supply chain. They work your hours from Quito and cost 40–60% less than hiring locally.
20 minutes · You see real candidate profiles · No commitment
- Project
- Your remote engineering dept.
- Crew
- CAD · Quality · Supply chain
- Location
- Quito, EC — on US hours
- Lead time
- Weeks, not months
- Savings
- ≥ 40% guaranteed
// The math
What a mid-level engineer actually costs
Our mid tier against the fully loaded cost of the same hire in the US: salary, benefits, payroll taxes, and the recruiter's cut.
Fully loaded annual cost
Salary, benefits, payroll taxes
US hire
$110,000+
With FractalWorks
$35,000 flat
Time until they start
From signing to first standup
US hire
3–6 months
With FractalWorks
2–4 weeks
Recruiting fee
The agency cut on a US hire
US hire
$15,000–25,000
With FractalWorks
$0
Mid-level tier (Eng-B) shown. Junior and senior tiers keep the same ratio, and the 40% minimum saving is written into every contract.
// On the shop floor
The week you're probably having
Your team stays. Your tools stay. The pile of engineering work nobody has time for is what goes.
Today
Your one design engineer is three weeks behind on drawing updates. Sales quotes wait on models, and the backlog grows every time production interrupts with a redline.
With FractalWorks
A dedicated CAD engineer clears redlines and keeps models current while your senior engineer runs the plant. The backlog burns down instead of piling up.
Today
An RFQ needs pricing from six suppliers. Your ops manager chases quotes between line issues, half the vendors answer late, and the job goes to whoever answered first.
With FractalWorks
A supply chain specialist sends the RFQs, chases every vendor, and has the pricing assembled before your morning standup.
Today
The ISO audit is in six weeks. Procedures live in three binders and one person's head, and quality prep happens at night after everyone's real job.
With FractalWorks
A quality engineer rebuilds the documentation and owns the audit calendar. Prep becomes a project with a schedule instead of a fire drill.
Today
The req for a mid-level engineer has been open five months. The recruiter wants $20,000, two finalists ghosted, and the work is still landing on you.
With FractalWorks
You pick from vetted profiles this week and the seat is filled this month, at 40% less than the salary you posted.
Recognize your week? It costs nothing to see who could take it off your plate.
Our Services
Three disciplines. One dedicated team.
// First 30 days
From signed to shipping in four weeks
This is the actual onboarding sequence, not a sales diagram. Most clients see their first deliverables inside a month.
- Week 1
Kickoff and profiles
We map the roles you need and send matching profiles from the bench.
- Week 2
You interview
Interview candidates like any hire, in English. If nobody fits, we go back to the bench.
- Week 3
Onboarding
Your engineer sets up in your CAD seats, ERP, and standup. We handle everything on the Ecuador side.
- Week 4
First deliverables
Drawings, quotes, or quality docs start moving. You review the work like you would anyone's.
Simple Pricing
Flat-rate subscriptions
Three tiers by seniority. Hourly and project work are available when a full seat is more than you need.
Tier Eng-C
Junior Engineer
$28,000/year
$2,567/mo · $18/hr flex
High-output support for drafting, data, documentation, and coordination under your direction.
Get StartedTier Eng-B
Mid-Level Engineer
$35,000/year
$3,208/mo · $22/hr flex
Owns day-to-day engineering work with light supervision: CAD, documentation, quality programs.
Get StartedTier Eng-A
Senior Engineer
$45,000/year
$4,125/mo · $28/hr flex
Leads complex scopes independently: FEA, automation design, simulation, cross-team coordination.
Get StartedEvery tier carries the contractual 40% minimum saving against an equivalent US hire.
// From the founders
“We started FractalWorks because we kept watching small US manufacturers lose months trying to fill seats that Quito could fill in weeks. The talent is here. The time zone matches. Someone had to build the bridge.”
// FAQ
The questions every plant manager asks
Something else on your mind? Ask us directly — we answer within a business day.
Who actually employs the engineer?
We do. FractalWorks carries the Ecuadorian payroll, social security, statutory benefits, and labor compliance. You get one flat invoice and none of the employment overhead.
Do they really work our hours?
Yes. Quito is on US Eastern time year round, so your engineer is online when you are. Central-time clients shift the schedule by an hour and it works the same way.
What tools do they work in?
Yours. SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor, your ERP, your PLM, your quality system. You provide the license seats and standards; we provide the engineer who learns them fast.
What if the engineer isn't a fit?
Tell us and we replace the position from the bench. The subscription belongs to the seat, not the person, so a swap doesn't restart your contract or your invoice.
How good is their English?
Good enough that you'll judge it yourself in the first interview. Every engineer we place is bilingual and works with US clients daily.
Is there a long contract?
The standard engagement is an annual subscription billed monthly. If you want to test the model first, start with flex hourly work and convert when you're ready.