Millerbernd Tech Stack
Steel lighting poles and rolled-ring fabrication for DOT and airports
Millerbernd manufactures lighting poles and structural components for US transportation departments, with a secondary focus on precision rings/cylinders for OEMs and airfield lighting for global distributors. The company runs a traditional manufacturing stack (Solidworks, ADP, AWS for basic operations) paired with heavy investment in plant expansion and equipment upgrades—signaling capital-intensive growth rather than software-first scaling. Manufacturing dominance in the hiring mix (22 of 33 active roles) reflects their core competency, while distributed pain points (safety, downtime, quality resolution, workflow efficiency) point to operational maturity challenges typical of 90-year-old asset-heavy businesses hitting growth ceilings.
Tech Stack 14 technologies
What Millerbernd Is Building
◆Challenges
- Reducing safety incidents
- Meeting production goals
- Reducing equipment downtime
- Improving workflow efficiency
- Optimizing manufacturing processes
- Cost reduction of components
- Time to resolve quality issue
- Expanding sauk rapids footprint
- Adding 2nd shift
- Reducing legal risks
▲Active Projects
- Plant expansion layout design
- Capital implementation projects
- New equipment installations
- Equipment validations and upgrades
- Design scale up equipment
- Support transition of design concepts
- Develop and execute project plans for new products
- Jig and fixture design
- Video recap of intern experience
- Warranty process development
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Maintenance Team Lead, Team Lead
