You bring a real engineering problem. A university team of ~5 seniors spends two terms solving it — with faculty oversight and lab access — and hands you the result and the IP. It costs a fraction of a single intern, and it's the lowest-risk way to meet your next engineer.
A summer intern is one person for three months, and you pay wages, housing, onboarding, and recruiting to get them. A capstone is a whole team for six months, supervised by faculty, and the fee is $5,000 this round.
Something real but not mission-critical — a design, a test method, a prototype, a feasibility study.
The best-fit university in the network by discipline, labs, faculty, and timeline — you don't have to know the schools.
A working deliverable and IP by spring — and a season-long look at engineers you might hire.
1. EDGE Capstone Partnership Program financial model — cost per capable, retained hire this round vs. traditional recruiting (SHRM, NACE, Work Institute, Leadership IQ benchmarks). 2. Versus the all-in cost of one 3-month engineering intern (NACE / SHRM 2025-26). 3. Program cost-share: $5,000 sponsor + $10,000 matching grant this round. 4. Program terms — IP assigned to the sponsor.
Here's the whole deal: give us your email and we send one short brief. We don't sell your address, we don't drip you, and we don't follow up unless you ask. If sponsoring makes sense after that, great. If not, no harm done.
A capstone is a six-month, faculty-supervised look at a whole team before anyone signs an offer.
A full two-term project — not a résumé and a 45-minute interview.
Higher than hires with no prior connection to the company. †NACE.
A whole multidisciplinary team, working your problem across the year.
"Support for academic capstone programs is an excellent avenue for us to engage students, reduce recruitment costs, and accelerate onboarding — building a pipeline of skilled talent aligned with the semiconductor industry's needs."
"The EDGE Capstone Program integrates authentic manufacturing challenges into undergraduate capstone courses across our member schools — connecting industry directly to the next generation of engineers."
"Six months on a real microelectronics project gave me exactly what employers wanted to see. I had an offer before graduation."
Two independent surveys, about ten minutes each. Fill yours in whenever you're ready.
Put a real problem in front of a dedicated senior team with faculty backing and lab access.
Report your programs, labs, faculty focus, and capacity, and get matched to well-scoped projects.
