Schmitt Engineering

What Schmitt Engineering does

Schmitt Engineering (legal entity Schmitt GmbH) is a privately held, family-owned German engineering services firm founded in 1993 and headquartered in Erlangen, Bavaria. The company delivers seven interconnected service offerings — hardware development, software development, CAD-based construction/design engineering, IT services, supply chain management, quality management, and project management — to industrial clients across seven regulated and high-tech verticals: medical technology, mechanical and plant engineering, aerospace, energy and power plant technology, defense technology, home appliances, and automotive/vehicle technology. Its customer base is concentrated among large German industrial and Tier-1 OEMs and Tier-1s, including Siemens (multiple entities), Robert Bosch, Continental Automotive, BSH Hausgeräte, Diehl (Aerospace, Aviation, Defence), Framatome, ZF Friedrichshafen, Valeo eAutomotive, KNORR-BREMSE, and others.

The firm's technical delivery spans the full product lifecycle: requirements engineering, electronics and systems development, circuit simulation and integration, hardware-near and embedded software, PLC and automation software, model-based development, CAD construction using Creo, NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, and Inventor, plus IT consulting covering agile/DevOps, cloud, and quality frameworks aligned to ISO 9001, IATF 16949, VDA 6.x, and ISO 13485. Quality management is anchored by continuous DIN EN ISO 9001 certification since September 1998, currently held at ISO 9001:2015. Engineering delivery is project-based, with engineers deployed at client sites or assigned to dedicated development projects.

Schmitt Engineering operates exclusively within Germany, employs over 145 people of which roughly 90% are engineers, and has accumulated more than 5,500 completed projects across its 32+ year history. The leadership is family-controlled, with founder Hugo Schmitt and Uwe Schreiber serving as Managing Directors (Geschäftsführer) and family members Franz Schmitt and Eva Schmitt as authorized signatories (Prokuristen). Revenue, funding, and customer concentration figures are not publicly disclosed; the company has no external investors, no parent entity, no subsidiaries, and no recorded M&A activity in the source data. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales supported by employer-brand activity on LinkedIn, XING, and Kununu, and by participation in regional university career fairs.

Name

Schmitt Engineering

Legal name

Schmitt GmbH

Website

https://schmitt-engineering.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Schmitt Engineering is a privately held, family-owned German engineering services firm founded in 1993 and based in Erlangen, delivering hardware, software, CAD construction, IT, supply chain, quality, and project management services to large German industrial clients across seven high-tech verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Process Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Product Design & Mechanical Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAJ), Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management (BPAHAIAI)

Keywords

• Engineering services
• Hardware development
• Software development
• Construction design
• Quality management

Headquarters

HQ city

Erlangen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Project-based engineering consulting engagements providing specialized engineering expertise to industrial clients. Engineers are deployed on client projects or work on specific development deliverables.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Schmitt Engineering provides industrial engineering consulting services across seven interconnected service areas: hardware development, software development, construction/design (CAD-based), IT services, supply chain management, quality management, and project management. Engineers are deployed on client projects or work on specific development deliverables for industrial customers in high-tech sectors including medical technology, automotive, aerospace, defense, energy, machinery, and home appliances.

Product overview

Schmitt Engineering is an engineering and IT services company offering seven interconnected service offerings: Hardware Development (Requirements Engineering, Electronics & Systems Development, Circuit Simulation & Integration, Test Management), Software Development (Hardware-near Software, Embedded Systems, PLC & Automation Software, Model-based Software Development, Test Management & Automation), Construction (Product Development, Simulation & Calculation, Electrical Construction/Automation, Special Machine Construction, Engineering Support), IT Services (Development & Engineering, Systems & Operations, Consulting & Management), Supply Chain Management (Planning & Control, Procurement & Supplier Management, Logistics & Material Flow, Risk & Process Management), Quality Management, and Project Management. These services are delivered as individual modules or as a comprehensive integrated package to clients across medical technology, mechanical and plant engineering, aerospace, energy and power plant engineering, defense technology, household appliance technology, and automotive engineering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hardware Development (Hardware-Entwicklung)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5,500 successfully completed projects
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers28 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• EDAG Engineering: Independent engineering services firm (~8,000 employees) specializing in vehicle, production, and industrial engineering for OEMs and tier-1 suppliers — directly comparable to Schmitt across automotive, mechanical engineering, and embedded systems capabilities.
• Bertrandt: German engineering services provider (publicly listed, ~10,000+ employees) serving automotive, aerospace, and industrial OEMs with development, consulting, and validation services — directly comparable to Schmitt's automotive-heavy customer base and hardware/software engineering scope.
• SII Group Germany (formerly S&N AG): European engineering services provider (German subsidiary ~1,000+ engineers) specializing in embedded systems, IT, and mechanical engineering for industrial and automotive clients — comparable scale and capability mix to Schmitt.
• Ferchau Engineering: Mid-sized German engineering services firm providing development across automotive, mechanical engineering, plant engineering, aerospace, and energy — closely comparable to Schmitt in scale (thousands of engineers), service mix, and German Mittelstand customer base.
• IAV (Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr): Large German automotive engineering services provider (~7,000+ engineers) covering powertrain, electronics, and vehicle development — directly comparable for embedded systems, automotive electronics, and supplier-OEM engineering services.

Broad incumbents

• AKKA Technologies / Capgemini Engineering: Major European engineering services incumbent (post-Capgemini acquisition) serving automotive, aerospace, industrial, and defense clients — comparable in service breadth and vertical mix, though at significantly larger scale.
• ALTEN Group: European engineering and IT services group with significant German presence providing outsourced R&D to industrial and tech OEMs — comparable across embedded, mechanical, IT, and project management service lines.
• Brunel: Global engineering staffing and project services firm with a large German operation providing engineers to industrial clients — comparable business model of engineer deployment for industrial customers.

Emerging players

• Hays (Germany): UK-listed professional services group with a large German engineering recruitment and services business placing engineers into industrial clients — comparable in engineer-deployment business model and industrial customer focus.
• Lakeside Software / msg: German IT and engineering services group with embedded systems, automotive, and industrial software practices — partially overlapping with Schmitt's software development and IT services offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xde.xing.com/companies/schmittengineering
• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company/schmitt-engineering-erlangen

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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