Human capital and innovative development of high-tech machine-building enterprises

. The article is devoted to one of the promising tasks of the sustainable development of the Russian Federation — the growth of human capital. The model of innovative development of high-tech machine-building enterprises is considered, which includes human capital as a source of new ideas formation. The authors substantiate the thesis about the need for interaction between universities and high-tech engineering enterprises in the interests of their innovative development. The university is considered as a component of the knowledge economy, responsible for the formation and development of human potential. A proposal is formulated on the need to invest in the development of not only cognitive skills, but also non-cognitive, in particular “soft” skills.