Mission: Flexware exists to unleash the potential of technology, freeing people to focus on what’s next.
Our promise to our employees is to have a positive and lasting impact on you and your family by creating a healthy and engaging work environment.
Flexware started in 1996 as Flexware Integration. In 2001 we changed the name to Flexware Innovation and created the tagline “Cultivating Manufacturing Success” and adopted the “wheat” as our logo. This logo served us well for the last 18 years, but it has been retired.
In April 2019, we just launched our new brand and new logo.
Our newly redefined purpose of “unleashing the potential of technology, freeing people to focus on what’s next” is motivating us in our 3rd decade of service to our customers. Our new logo is meant to convey stability, technology, and trajectory as we help our customers move forward.
We hope you enjoy the fun video as we decommissioned the wheat for the last time.
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Flexware continues to grow and is excited to announce that we will be building a new Headquarters in Downtown Fishers! Check out what positions we have if you want to be part of a growing tech company helping one of Indiana's biggest industries; Manufacturing.
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Flexware Innovation, Inc., a 20-year young Midwest engineering firm, focuses on assisting manufacturers nationwide to operate more efficiently with real-time business intelligence and automation solutions. Staffed with well-rounded technical and business system experts, Flexware is a nationwide, go-to resource for life science, food and beverage, industrial and discrete industry clients for software development, automation engineering and business intelligence, including custom manufacturing execution systems (MES) and IoT integration. Whether devices, software, user interfaces, data or analytics, Flexware’s highly-skilled team works side by side with clients to solve the most complex IT and manufacturing engineering obstacles.
Our Life Science, Food & Beverage, Industrial and Discrete industries successes include:
The Flexware team has been solving real-world IoT issues since our inception. We are in the trenches daily helping customers develop and implement custom and scalable solutions, by first listening and identifying limitations, constraints and concerns.
Flexware’s capabilities in the IoT and Big Data space includes:
Flexware Innovation was founded over 18 years ago with one goal in mind – to help manufacturing businesses operate more efficiently by solving their most complex IT problems. Staffed with well-rounded technical and business experts, Flexware continues to achieve this goal through the utilization of software, automation, data, and business intelligence.
Flexware's team and collaborative work environment make for a highly coveted place to grow personally and professionally.
A FlexDog is the most unique and rare of all manufacturing engineers. It’s a certain breed of engineer that is highly sought after by OEMs nationwide. It’s an engineer that lives and breathes technology and loves to problem solve, yet has an innate drive to help people. He or she always does their best and humbly serves others.
OEMs nationwide in industries such as automotive, aerospace, food and beverage, energy, life sciences and agriculture trust Flexware Innovation Inc.’s engineering contracting and hiring program to identify FlexDog manufacturing engineers for placement in key automation engineering roles within their organizations – engineering positions focused on control systems, information systems, system integrations and software.
Did you answer yes to many of the above FlexDog questions? Then you might just be “FlexDog” material. Our recruiter Matt Heiden would love to chat more! Feel free to email him at matt.heiden@flexwareinnovation.com.
Meet Some of the FlexDogs
No one is focused solely on finding and developing the next generation of manufacturing leadership. Top engineering talent required for next-generation manufacturing operations.
The Trailblazer Fellowship is a 12-week summer internship experience that pairs top engineering students with top manufacturing companies in the mid-west. The immersion experience includes:
Flexware’s team members say the company is a fast-paced fun place to work where everyone’s contribution is valued. The company’s growth creates new opportunities for young team members, and personal and professional growth is supported and encouraged. Trust is important at Flexware. It starts at the top with Scott Whitlock’s belief that Flexware’s success depends on everyone’s contribution and personal growth.
I have been working at Flexware Innovation full-time
Pros
Flexware has come a long ways in the past couple of years to modernize the culture and compete with other tech companies. Some of these perks include open PTO, overall flexibility, and better cash bonuses. If you are getting your work done, maintaining billable hours, and keeping customers happy, then no one is going to question you. A new modern office building is in the works and will be a welcome relief from the darker, older feel of the current office. The open spaces, location, and vibe of the new office will be another great perk.
Flexware hires some of smartest and hardest working people that I know. We have great leaders at every level of the organization who are transparent and genuinely care about their employees health, job satisfaction, and happiness.
I feel that the work I do here is challenging, but is recognized and is rewarding.
Cons
As a growing company during a time when the job-market is extremely hot, it sometimes feels that employees can be stretched pretty thin. This is great for job security, but it sometimes feels that you are working on something that would be best suited for a small team rather than an individual. It would be great to see more emphasis put on working as teams for better efficiency, quality, and cohesion.
The scope of work can be challenging, but I view this as a good thing. It keeps things interesting and greatly builds your set of skills no matter what your job title is.
With the varying scope of projects and nature of the manufacturing industry it can sometimes feel that you are stuck working with older, outdated technology. Flexware is good at pushing for the latest and greatest, but it can still be difficult in this industry.
Advice to Management
Keep staying true to our foundation and mission as the company continues to grow.
Application
I applied online. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Flexware Innovation in February 2015.
Interview
I received a call quickly after applying online, and was pleasantly surprised that it was the CEO of the company. I was automatically impressed with a CEO that took that much interest to make the initial call. It was a fairly detailed phone interview, reviewing my background, mistakes I've learned from etc. Nothing atypical, however it was all during my first interaction. This was followed by an on-site interview once it could be scheduled. This was a group of 5 of the key players and was mostly a repeat of the phone interview, such that the rest of the team could be involved. The final on-site interview was again 6 of the key players. They asked detailed technical skills questions, and pushed me on how I'd respond in certain situations, working under pressure etc.
The thing about Flexware is that they care more about how a person works and if they will fit in with the team, than the specific skill set an applicant has. The focus was on my character, not specific experience or skills. I was able to prove I can troubleshoot problems, learn quickly and find unique solutions to challenging problems despite having experience in a different field.
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