Hiring in Defense & Aerospace

• Systems engineering

  Systems engineers · Requirements engineers · V&V engineers

• Mission & payload

  Mission-systems engineers · Guidance/navigation/control engineers · Payload engineers

• Software & hardware

  Embedded engineers · Avionics software engineers · RF engineers

• Programme & production

  Programme managers · Production engineers · Supply-chain leads

• Clearance and citizenship

  SC, DV, TS/SCI and equivalent captured at intake and applied as filters.

• Programme heritage

  Named programmes, phase and role played — captured from the CV.

• Standards fluency

  DO-178C, DO-254, ARP4754A, MIL-STD, AS9100 ownership surfaced.

• Vetting timelines

  Clearance processing can take months. Candidates already holding or eligible for the required level are flagged up front to avoid dead-end pipelines.

Every candidate is scored against the role's rubric, and every score points back to a specific line in the CV. For defense & aerospace, these are the signals that carry weight:

• Clearance captured
• Programme heritage from CV
• Standards fluency scored

• INCOSE CSEP
• PMP / APM PMQ
• Security clearances (SC/DV/TS/SCI)

• Export controls (ITAR/EAR)
• AS9100 for production
• DO-178C/DO-254 for airborne systems

1. A ranked set of candidates, each with a score and the evidence behind it.
2. Eligibility checks resolved before the candidate reaches you — right to work, credentials, location model.
3. Salary expectation against your band, stated plainly, before you invest interview time.
4. One decision per candidate: advance, hold or decline, reversible for a short window.

Candidates stay invisible to you until we've reviewed them for your specific role, and contact details are released as a separate step.