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.
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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.
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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.
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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.