Engineering

Crystal Group is a destination employer located within the Cedar Rapids, IA corridor in Hiawatha, IA, where working hard and doing the right thing is ingrained into everything we do. We are 100% employee owned and every member of our team takes personal pride in designing, developing, and manufacturing the most advanced technology engineered to protect those who put their lives on the line, every day.

We do hard things

We find comfort in the uncomfortable.

We commit to others’ success

We are one team where each individual has a critical role to play.

We demonstrate extreme ownership

We understand that we’re part of something bigger.

We wow customers

We do things that others can’t or won’t.

We are driven to win

We relentlessly pursue success.

• Free, onsite gym

• Pet insurance

• Employee clubs

• Tuition reimbursement

• Volunteer time-off

• Holiday schedule

• Frequent company events

• Wellness program subscription and on-site calm room

• Campus with renovated, 110,000-square foot facility

At Crystal Group, we are fueled by creativity, technical expertise, and tenacity, we push the boundaries to achieve what is needed. The work we do is cutting edge and innovative, providing our team the opportunity to work on some of the most advanced technology available in the military, industrial and commercial markets.

Military & Defense

With decades of experience designing field-tested and combat-proven military computer products and integrated solutions, the U.S. Department of Defense and global allied nations deploy Crystal Group rugged military servers, displays, and embedded systems with confidence to keep warfighters and front-line armed forces safe, informed and equipped for mission success.

Critical tactical edge compute features include:

• Impenetrable physical and data security

• Powerful high-performance data collection, processing and storage

• Ultra-low latency

• Compact and lightweight form factors

Industrial

Companies are increasingly investing in artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous operations, and hyper-converged infrastructure to elevate performance, improve safety, and lockdown data. But to gain the real-time accuracy and reliability of these game-changing advancements, the technology often has to “live” in remote, unpredictable, and unmanned edge environments where traditional computers fail.

Demanding industrial applications, like trucking, construction, agriculture, oil and gas, mining, and power substations, require Crystal Group’s rugged industrial solutions to integrate compute power, speed, accuracy, and security into systems proven to deliver seamless operation in the most punishing, ever-changing conditions.

Critical compute features for industrial applications include:

• State-of-the-art physical and data security

• Ultra-low latency

• Powerful high-performance data collection, processing and storage

• Built-in redundancy

• Advanced thermal management

• Compact and lightweight form factors