Sxaler operates on behalf of category-defining technology companies, combining exceptional recruiters with proprietary technology to identify, assess and hire top-percentile talent.
Our Forward Deployed Recruiters are embedded with our clients when hiring is p0, operating as one of them. Our stack makes us fast and precise, and our people bring a palate for hiring judgement and orchestration that cannot be fast-tracked. Our charter is maximum impact on hiring in mission-critical environments.
You'll be deployed inside some of the highest-stakes hiring environments on Earth; we call them missions. Defence and dual-use systems, autonomy and robotics, novel silicon and photonics, advanced manufacturing — the companies building the physical hardware of the next decade, where the engineering is hard, the talent is scarce and the bar is uncompromising. You'll operate as an extension of their brand and ours, hiring world-class talent whilst building effective hiring foundations.
Find and engage exceptional talent. We headhunt the best — across electronics, embedded and firmware, RF, mechanical, systems, semiconductor and manufacturing engineering — and tap into our deep network.
Resolve hiring complexity. Work in nascent environments for ambitious founders with high expectations, often against scarce, specialised talent pools and demanding security, clearance or supply-chain constraints.
Embrace technology. Stand up systems to become faster and more precise. Generate hiring-health data to paint compelling insights into progress and performance.
Build talent foundations. Introduce 'just enough' process, systems and workflows to succeed at pace.
Have hired exceptional talent, ideally for defence, hardware, robotics, semiconductor, aerospace or deep-tech companies with a high bar.
Have well-formed but loosely held opinions.
Communicate with patience, supported by logic, data and experience.
Have leant into AI to make themselves more effective.
Thrive in ambiguity, bringing order where it's needed.
Exercise curiosity to become smarter every day.
Are emotionally intelligent.
Skills Required
- Proven experience hiring exceptional talent for defence, hardware, robotics, semiconductor, aerospace, or deep-tech companies
- Track record headhunting engineers across electronics, embedded/firmware, RF, mechanical, systems, semiconductor and manufacturing engineering
- Experience designing and implementing hiring processes, systems, and workflows at pace
- Comfort using AI and recruitment technology to improve sourcing and effectiveness
- Strong, patient communicator who uses logic, data and experience to influence stakeholders
- Ability to operate in ambiguous, high-stakes environments and resolve complex hiring challenges
- High emotional intelligence and curiosity to continuously improve
What We Do
Sxaler partners with thriving technology companies to inject elite capability and capacity when it matters most. Recommended by top-tier investors, companies can be powered by Sxaler from the top down and through each stage of growth. As experienced operators up to executive level, we know that growing companies are forced to make bold trade-offs in order to win. Getting this balance wrong however, can be fatal. Sxaler reduces your risk by providing access top-tier people through a hyper-flexible model, allowing you to make big bets whilst controlling costs in a manageable subscription. Having hired into 75+ countries and with a presence in major technology hubs across the planet, Sxaler is the natural choice for global expansion or tapping into local networks
