Certify what has never flown.
A sector still writing its own rules. Certification pathways are being defined in real time, propulsion is electric, and the aircraft has no predecessor to learn from. Akkar builds the engineering, certification, and supply chain teams behind the companies attempting it.
The rulebook is being written midflight.
eVTOL companies are certifying aircraft against standards that didn't exist a decade ago, using propulsion the regulators have limited precedent for. Every hire carries programme risk.
Certification is the critical path
Type certification decides who reaches market and who runs out of runway. Engineers who can navigate an evolving regulatory basis, and hold a credible position with the authority, are the scarcest people in the sector.
The talent comes from three industries at once
Electric propulsion sits in automotive. Airworthiness sits in aerospace. Autonomy sits in defence and AVs. Building an eVTOL team means recruiting across all three and integrating them.
Production capability arrives before revenue
These businesses must build manufacturing capability while still certifying. That means hiring industrialisation and quality talent long before there's a product to sell.
Expertise across the aircraft and the certification path.
We recruit across the disciplines eVTOL programmes need, and from the aerospace, automotive, and defence markets supplying most of the talent.
The people building a new category of aircraft.
From chief engineers to the specialists who hold the certification basis, these are the roles we recruit for most.
The Hire Behind Apollo's Compliance Function
Mass production, no in-house compliance function
Apollo was heading into mass production without in-house compliance capability. Apptronik needed one engineer to own RF, EMI and EMC strategy and build a test lab from scratch.
Searched beyond robotics
We went where the expertise already existed: consumer electronics.
Akkar engaged a passive senior specialist from audio manufacturing, and Apptronik shaped the role around his experience. We also coordinated his family's relocation to Austin.
"After 10 minutes on the phone Kris connected me with Apptronik, who were looking for, for lack of a better explanation, me. Every single aspect of their needs matched my skillset perfectly. This shows how well Kris was able to match skills, not just abilities, but the actual needs and wants of both parties. Akkar really matches skilled people with the right opportunities they will excel in."
Built around how eVTOL programmes hire.
The engagement models we use most in advanced air mobility. Each links to the full solution page.
Find Talent
Move Talent
Manage Talent
A market taking shape on every continent.
eVTOL and advanced air mobility ventures are launching in aerospace hubs old and new. Akkar supports them wherever they're headquartered.
More on the market writing its own rulebook.
Certification, propulsion, and cross sector hiring, explored by the team living in this market daily.
Building an aircraft that has no precedent?
Tell us what the programme has to certify and by when. We'll define the capability required, find where it exists, and build the connection.
