Expertise · 6 Disciplines
Where we recruit.
Each discipline is a distinct talent market with its own languages, tooling and scarcity. We work all six, and only these, which is why our conversations start a level higher.
Disciplines
Six disciplines. One depth of bench.
The technical areas we live in, and the networks we have spent over a decade building inside each.
Semiconductor
Device, process, packaging and test engineering across fabless design houses, IDMs, fabs and OSATs, the people responsible for how silicon is built and qualified.
Roles we place /
- Process Engineer
- Test Engineer
- Yield Engineer
- Packaging Engineer
Silicon
Silicon design and architecture. SoC and IP, analog and mixed-signal, and the engineers who own a design through to tape-out.
Roles we place /
- SoC Architect
- Analog Designer
- IP Design Engineer
- Design Lead
VLSI
Front-end and back-end VLSI / RTL design and verification through physical design, DFT, timing and signal integrity.
Roles we place /
- RTL Design Engineer
- DV Engineer
- Physical Design Engineer
- DFT Engineer
Controls
Control systems and PLC engineering across motion, power and industrial automation, where algorithms meet machines.
Roles we place /
- Controls Engineer
- Automation Engineer
- Calibration Engineer
- Systems Engineer
Embedded
Firmware, RTOS, device drivers and embedded systems, the software living closest to the silicon.
Roles we place /
- Embedded Engineer
- Firmware Engineer
- BSP Engineer
- Embedded Lead
Engineering
Core mechanical, electrical, electronics and systems engineering that surrounds, integrates and ships the whole stack.
Roles we place /
- Hardware Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- Electrical Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
Why keyword matching fails
A résumé that lists the right tools tells you nothing about whether the silicon ships.
Most staffing models pattern-match on keywords: the right acronym appears on a CV, a recruiter forwards it, the risk moves to your interview panel. In deep-tech, that model breaks. The distance between an engineer who has used a methodology and one who has driven it to closure under deadline is the distance between a clean result and a costly redo. Tooling is table stakes. Judgment is the product.
- 01
Scenario-based evaluation.
We assess engineers against the failure modes of your programme, a timing path that will not close, a verification gap found late, a bring-up that returns the wrong signature, and listen for how they reason, escalate and own the resolution.
- 02
Seniority calibration.
We map each role to the decisions it must carry. A “senior” title means little; the question is whether this person can be trusted with the trade-off that protects your schedule.
- 03
Lifecycle accountability.
We place people who have owned outcomes across the full lifecycle, not handed work across a wall, because that is what survives contact with a real deadline.
Start the conversation
Need talent in one of these disciplines?
Tell us the discipline and the role. We’ll come back with a market read and a shortlist of real fits.