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Executive Search Consultant - Deep Tech & Advanced Engineering
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Executive Search Consultant - Deep Tech & Advanced Engineering
Brighton | Hybrid - 2-3 days WFH
£32,000 - £40,000 Base, up to £60,000 DOE
10-30% Commission + LTIP
If you’ve got some recruitment experience and want to step up into the elite tier, this consultancy are genuinely different, operating in exotic, cutting-edge technology markets and working extremely closely with their clients to meet their talent needs.
You’ll join a specialist executive search team working across some of the most advanced areas of technology - where AI, robotics, sensing, communications, advanced engineering, and space technologies increasingly overlap.
Rather than recruiting into one narrow vertical, you’ll work across a broad deep-tech ecosystem where the clients are often building products that simply didn’t exist a few years ago.
The Market
The team operates across highly specialist technology areas including:
- Electronic Warfare
- RF and advanced communications
- Advanced Propulsion
- Autonomous Systems
- Counter-UAS technologies
- Advanced sensing and tracking
- AI and robotics
- Space and satellite technologies
- Semiconductors
- Cybersecurity
- Advanced manufacturing
The interesting part is how interconnected these markets are. A company developing autonomous systems may also need expertise in AI, sensing, RF, semiconductors, and edge computing. A space business might be building communications infrastructure, propulsion technology, or advanced navigation systems. An advanced manufacturing company may be scaling teams around robotics, electronics, and intelligent automation.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
That makes the desk far more varied than a traditional single-market recruitment role.
The Opportunity
The role will start in an 180 capacity, giving you the chance to learn the market properly, understand the clients, map key talent pools, and become confident speaking with highly specialist candidates.
You’ll initially focus on:
- Market mapping
- Candidate generation
- Headhunting
- Managing search processes
- Supporting senior consultants on live assignments
- Building deep sector knowledge
From there, the expectation is that you’ll transition into a 360 role, gradually taking more ownership of client relationships, business development, and ultimately winning your own work. So you won’t be thrown straight into cold BD before you understand the market, but there is a clear route to becoming a fully-fledged 360 consultant.
Why Join?
- Work across some of the most unique and technically interesting markets in recruitment
- Build expertise across AI, robotics, space, advanced engineering, and next-generation communications
- Start with delivery and research before progressing into 360
- Learn from established specialists with deep market knowledge
- International searches across highly specialised talent pools
- Strong earning potential through 10-30% commission
- LTIP available for longer-term upside
- Hybrid working with 2-3 days WFH
- Clear path to owning clients and building your own desk
Who They’re Looking For
- Recruitment experience preferred
- Technology, engineering, or technical recruitment experience highly advantageous
- Strong research, sourcing, and headhunting skills
- Curious and interested in understanding complex technologies
- Commercially minded and keen to develop into 360 recruitment
- Ambitious and motivated to become a genuine market specialist
Get help with your application
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You don’t need previous experience across these exact markets. What matters is that you’ve got solid recruitment foundations and want to move into something more specialist, interesting, and commercially valuable.
This is a great opportunity for a recruiter who wants to build a long-term career in a genuinely distinctive market - starting by learning the space properly, then progressing into client ownership and 360 recruitment as your confidence and expertise grow.
How to Apply
Submit a CV to be considered – please ensure you match the required experience as stated in the advert.
Hypha Recruit
We partner with the best Sales, Recruitment, and Executive Search firms in Sussex, Surrey, and London, representing Recruiters at all levels, Graduates, and consultative salespeople who want to unlock their potential and build meaningful careers.
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