# Lance Harvie > Embedded engineer, technical hiring advisor and founder of RunTime Recruitment. Lance Harvie helps product companies make better engineering and hiring decisions across embedded systems, firmware, FPGA and electronics. ## Services - Critical engineering hires: define the requirement, identify relevant engineers and assess depth beyond keywords. - Embedded Talent Partner: Lance works inside a client hiring team, ATS and company email to deliver a hiring push across four or more embedded, firmware, FPGA, electronics, controls or robotics roles. Two partners per quarter. - Technical hiring advisory: role architecture, interview design, market calibration and second opinions. - Engineering communication: technical articles, talks and practical guidance. ## Technical background Electronics design, C and assembly, RTOS firmware, real-time networking, Linux systems, RISC-V, FPGA, edge AI and technical recruitment since 1998. BSc (Hons) in Microelectronics and Information Processing from the University of Brighton. ## Authoritative links - Website: https://lanceharvie.com/ - Consultation: https://runtimerec.com/?talk-to-lance - Embedded Talent Partner: https://runtimerec.com/embedded-talent-partner/ - Content: https://runtimerec.com/content/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lanceharvie - GitHub: https://github.com/lanceharvie - Medium: https://medium.com/@lanceharvieruntime - Machine-readable profile: https://lanceharvie.com/api/profile