MilTech Recruitment Agency

Executive search and specialist hiring, delivered by recruiters who know the stack.

We are a MilTech recruitment agency. We place embedded, C4ISR, autonomy and secure-communications engineers with defence technology companies, primes and dual-use startups across the UK and the EU. Tell us which programme you are staffing.

Why MilTech hiring is different

In most sectors you screen for skill and check the paperwork afterwards. Defence inverts that. Clearance status, nationality and export-control eligibility decide who may legally touch a codebase before anyone judges whether they are any good, so the addressable pool is fixed before the search even starts.

That single constraint reshapes the rest. Cleared engineers with real programme experience are a small population, vetting can run for months, and any plan that ignores it slips. Above that sit assurance regimes most commercial engineers have never worked under, from DO-178C in airborne software to formal security accreditation, plus procurement cycles that reward traceability and evidence rather than shipping quickly.

📝 Have a role open? Send us the brief, including the clearance and eligibility constraints, and we will come back with a market view and a shortlist plan.

MilTech roles we place

Embedded Software Engineer for defence platforms (RTOS, bare metal)
C4ISR and battle-management Systems Engineer
Software-Defined Radio and tactical communications Engineer
Electronic warfare and signal processing Engineer
Autonomy and Robotics Engineer (UAV, UGV, USV)
Computer vision and sensor-fusion Engineer for ISR
Geospatial and mission-planning Software Engineer
Safety-critical Avionics Engineer (DO-178C)
Defence Cybersecurity and cross-domain solutions Engineer
Systems Architect, Chief Engineer and CTO-level hires

Sub-sectors we cover

Uncrewed systems and counter-UAS
C4ISR, battle management and mission systems
Electronic warfare and signals intelligence
Secure, tactical and satellite communications
Simulation, training and synthetic environments
Space and Earth observation for defence
Defence cyber and critical national infrastructure
Dual-use sensing, robotics and geospatial intelligence

Ways to engage us

Defence work spans classified primes and fast-moving dual-use startups, so we run four models:

🧐 Not sure which model fits your constraints? Outline the programme and we will tell you which one we would use, and why.

How the search runs

Brief. We agree the technical must-haves and, just as importantly, the clearance level, nationality rules and export-control position that define the legal candidate pool. If those constraints do not fit the salary band or the timeline, you hear it in the first conversation.
Search. We approach candidates directly inside primes, defence startups and adjacent embedded, aerospace and RF employers. Almost nobody here is publicly job-hunting, and many cannot describe what they currently work on.
Screen and shortlist. We screen on the layer you are hiring into, whether that is real-time embedded work, autonomy and perception, RF and signal processing or mission software, and we confirm eligibility early rather than at offer stage.
Offer and aftercare. We manage offer and notice alongside the vetting timeline, which often runs longer than the notice period itself, and stay involved until the engineer is cleared, onboarded and productive.

What Our Clients Say

Independently verified reviews from EchoGlobal clients on Clutch.

Where MilTech talent sits

We recruit across the UK, the EU and Ukraine, from offices in London, Tallinn and Lviv. One caveat we would rather state plainly: clearance and export-control rules commonly restrict classified programmes to nationals of the contracting country, so for that work we search the domestic market. Cross-border sourcing applies to unclassified, dual-use and commercial-adjacent engineering.

Ukraine now holds unusually deep practical experience in uncrewed systems, electronic warfare and battlefield software, built under conditions no other market has faced. Where a role is unclassified or dual-use, that experience is reachable. Our Lviv and Kyiv market reviews cover salary levels and availability.

EchoGlobal OU is ISO 27001:2022 certified, which carries more weight here than anywhere else on this site: programme names, client identities and candidate details routinely have to stay confidential throughout a search.

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MilTech recruitment: common questions

Which MilTech roles do you recruit for?

Embedded Software Engineer for defence platforms (RTOS, bare metal), C4ISR and battle-management Systems Engineer, Software-Defined Radio and tactical communications Engineer, Electronic warfare and signal processing Engineer, Autonomy and Robotics Engineer (UAV, UGV, USV), Computer vision and sensor-fusion Engineer for ISR, and leadership hires up to CTO.

Do you recruit permanent staff or contractors?

Both. Prototype and surge phases often suit augmentation or a dedicated team, while cleared and safety-critical roles are usually permanent. All four models are available, subject to the eligibility rules a given role carries.

Which countries do you recruit in?

How do you screen MilTech engineers?

Against the specific layer you are hiring into rather than generic seniority, and against eligibility at the same time. That means real-time embedded work, autonomy and perception, RF and signal processing, or mission and geospatial software, alongside clearance status and export-control position where the role requires it. Each shortlisted candidate comes with written reasoning.

Can you help with leadership and executive hires?

Yes. We run Chief Engineer, Head of Engineering and CTO searches for defence technology businesses, including first technical leaders at dual-use startups.

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