What DISTek Integration does

DISTek Integration, Inc. is a US-based, 100% employee-owned engineering services firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The company provides embedded software development, vehicle simulation, and vehicle networking services to commercial vehicle and off-highway equipment manufacturers across the agricultural, construction, mining, heavy-duty truck, and (more recently) maritime sectors.

DISTek's offerings are organized as five expertise areas — Vehicle Simulation, Embedded Software, Vehicle Networking, Functional Safety, and Custom Software Solutions — applied across four application areas: Vehicle Controls, Electrification, Autonomous Vehicles, and Precision Agriculture. Core technology is model-based software development using MATLAB/Simulink, embedded code in C/C++ with AUTOSAR, standards-based networking (CAN, J1939, ISOBUS, ISO 11783), and functional safety compliance under ISO 26262, ISO 25119, and IEC 61508. The firm holds no disclosed patents and has no proprietary software product; its deliverables are engineering services rather than licensed IP.

Revenue is generated on a professional services basis: DISTek embeds specialized engineering teams within client organizations under time-and-materials or project engagements, adapting to client tools and processes. The go-to-market is consultative, with thought leadership at industry conferences (SAE COMVEC, NIWeek, Ag Equipment Technology Conference), content marketing via a technical blog, and a recently expanded sales function covering the US Southeast. The company has grown organically from 10 employees in 2005 to roughly 160 by 2022 across offices in Cedar Falls, West Des Moines, Milwaukee, and Fargo, with a remote/hybrid workforce enabling nationwide coverage. Ownership sits entirely with employee-owners through an ESOP established in 2019, with no outside equity, parent company, or public-market exposure.

Name

DISTek Integration

Legal name

DISTek Integration, Inc.

Website

https://distek.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

DISTek Integration is a 100% employee-owned US engineering services firm that embeds specialized software teams into commercial vehicle and off-highway equipment manufacturers, delivering embedded software, vehicle simulation, networking, and functional safety solutions for ag, construction, mining, heavy-duty truck, and maritime OEMs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Embedded Software Engineering Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Workplace & Collaboration Integration (BPAEAAAM)

Keywords

• Embedded software services
• Vehicle simulation solutions
• Functional safety engineering
• Off-highway equipment software
• Model-based software development

Headquarters

HQ city

Cedar Falls

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering Professional Services: DISTek provides expert engineering teams that embed within client organizations to deliver software development solutions. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements where specialized engineers are assigned to client projects, typically on a time and materials or project basis. The company establishes teams tailored to solve unique technical challenges, working collaboratively with clients across the development lifecycle.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DISTek Integration provides embedded software modeling, development, and testing services for commercial vehicle and off-highway equipment manufacturers. The firm embeds specialized U.S.-based engineering teams within client organizations to deliver customized software across vehicle controls, electrification, autonomous vehicles, and precision agriculture applications using model-based software development, vehicle networking protocols, and functional safety engineering practices.

Product overview

DISTek Integration is an engineering services firm offering a portfolio of specialized expertise areas (Vehicle Simulation, Embedded Software, Vehicle Networking, Functional Safety, Custom Software Solutions) applied across four application areas (Vehicle Controls, Electrification, Autonomous Vehicles, Precision Ag). The offerings are organized as engineering practice areas that are deployed in a client-embedded team model, not as a single unified software product with modules — rather, DISTek provides specialized engineering teams that adapt to client tools and processes to deliver software solutions for commercial vehicle and off-highway equipment manufacturers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vehicle Controls Customized software development for vehicle system controls delivering accurate, reliable, and efficient software for powertrain, chassis, and machine features for commercial vehicles and off-highway equipment manufacturers.
• Electrification Software development services for electric power systems supporting battery, fuel-cell, and diesel-electric hybrid vehicles, enabling improved operating efficiency and finer machine control.
• Autonomous Vehicles Algorithm implementation services for incorporating new sensors, automating new features, and adding autonomy to commercial vehicles and off-highway equipment.
• Precision Ag Vehicle and implement application development for agriculture, providing finer control and measurement for individualized crop care using ag electronics experience.
• Vehicle Simulation Virtual testing systems and model-based software development (MBSD) solutions using MATLAB, Simulink, CAN bus, and NI LabVIEW & TestStand for commercial vehicle and off-highway equipment applications.
• Embedded Software Compact and robust embedded software development using C/C++ and AUTOSAR for vehicle ECUs, applying Agile methodologies with focus on product quality and functional safety.
• Vehicle Networking Standards-based and proprietary vehicle network solutions leveraging J1939 and ISOBUS protocols for efficient and scalable distributed vehicle systems across CAN, Ethernet, and wireless networks.
• Functional Safety Product safety objectives support during the software development life-cycle following ISO 26262, ISO 25119, and IEC 61508 functional safety standards, with NI TestStand testing.
• Custom Software Solutions Tailored software solutions meeting specific client requirements, providing robust code and optimized performance using Python, Networking/Ethernet, and RTOS for unique applications across diverse industries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced Diagnostic Trouble Codes from over 30 to zero, enabling reliable startup and drive readiness
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDISTek participates in industry standards committees for ISOBUS (ISO-11783), the standard for interfacing between farm management information systems, tractors, and implements. The AEF owns and revises the ISOBUS standard, which was founded by companies including John Deere, CNH, AGCO, and others.
• SAE InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDISTek engineers share their expertise at SAE COMVEC (Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress), one of the premier events for commercial vehicle technology. DISTek has been asked to present at this industry-leading conference.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Elektrobit: Elektrobit provides embedded software products and engineering services for automotive OEMs, including AUTOSAR, connectivity, and functional safety — same target customer segment (vehicle OEMs), same core capability stack (embedded software + functional safety), and same professional/managed services delivery model as DISTek.
• Vector Informatik: Vector Informatik develops embedded software tools and engineering services around CAN, J1939, AUTOSAR, and functional safety — directly overlapping with DISTek's vehicle-networking and ECU-software expertise, and serving the same commercial-vehicle and off-highway OEM buyers.
• KPIT Technologies: KPIT is an India-based engineering services firm focused on automotive software, ADAS, and electrification — comparable business model (embedded software services for OEMs), comparable capability stack (MBSD, AUTOSAR, functional safety), and a directly overlapping target customer base.
• FEV Group: FEV is a powertrain and vehicle engineering services company with strong off-highway, commercial-vehicle, and electrification practices. Very similar application-area coverage to DISTek (powertrain/chassis controls, electrification, simulation), with a larger global footprint.
• AVL List GmbH: AVL provides powertrain, vehicle, and off-highway engineering services and simulation tools — directly comparable to DISTek's simulation + MBSD + vehicle-controls stack, with deep relationships at the same agricultural, construction, and heavy-truck OEMs DISTek serves.
• Bertrandt: Bertrandt delivers vehicle development and embedded systems engineering services to commercial-vehicle and off-highway OEMs, with strong AUTOSAR and functional safety practices — same delivery model (embedded engineering teams) and largely overlapping customer base as DISTek.
• dSPACE: dSPACE provides simulation, HIL testing, and software-development tools specifically for vehicle ECUs and autonomous systems — its HIL/rig expertise aligns directly with DISTek's success helping a major ag OEM bring an HIL rig online in 2–3 months, and many of dSPACE's customers are the same OEMs DISTek serves.
• Segula Technologies: Segula is an engineering services firm with a heavy and off-highway vehicle practice, including powertrain electrification and embedded systems — comparable to DISTek in target end markets (agriculture, construction, commercial vehicles) and in the embedded-software service delivery model.
• Wind River Systems: Wind River provides embedded real-time operating systems and software platforms used in vehicle ECUs, including VxWorks — a key enabling technology for the same embedded C/C++ AUTOSAR and functional-safety work DISTek performs, making Wind River both an adjacent competitor and ecosystem partner.

Others

• MathWorks: MathWorks makes MATLAB/Simulink, the model-based software development environment DISTek explicitly uses for vehicle simulation; it is included as a technology ecosystem participant (not a competitor) that defines much of the tooling stack DISTek's engineers specialize in.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/distek
• Facebookfacebook.com/196631122076
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/distek-integration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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