Performance measured in thousandths.
Fixed development windows, changing regulations and race calendars leave no room for hiring mistakes.
Akkar connects motorsport teams with specialist engineering and race operations talent.
A small market, under permanent deadline.
Motorsport hiring happens in a highly connected market with little room for delay. Knowing the people, the context and the timing behind the search matters.
Cost caps changed how teams are built
Financial regulation forced teams to think harder about every headcount. Hiring is now more strategic, more senior-weighted, and less tolerant of a role that doesn't return performance.
Regulation cycles compress development
Every rule change resets the technical problem and creates a hiring spike across aero, powertrain, and simulation, all at the same time, across every team on the grid.
Motorsport talent is being recruited out of the sport
EV, aerospace, and autonomy businesses actively target motorsport engineers for their speed and problem-solving under pressure. Teams are now defending talent as much as attracting it.
Expertise across the car and the operation.
We recruit across factory-side engineering and trackside operations, for teams, manufacturers, and the specialist suppliers behind them.
The people who find the last tenth.
From technical directors to the engineers on the pit wall, these are the roles we recruit for most.
Hiring a Chief of Staff for a scaling defence robotics startup
Growth was pulling the CEO away from leading
After raising $17M, Swarmbotics AI's CEO was being pulled into planning and forecasting, leaving less time to lead the next stage. They needed a Chief of Staff with military and consulting experience, hired fast and over Christmas.
Built around the CEO
We started with the CEO, not the job description, then focused the search around military and consulting backgrounds. Working sessions tested the relationship in practice, not just interview performance, while the search stayed on schedule through Christmas.
"Finding candidates with the specific technical experience we needed is always challenging. Akkar took the time to understand the role and provided a focused shortlist that aligned well with our requirements. Communication was clear, the process was efficient, and we were able to make a strong hire. A reliable partner for hard-to-fill roles."
Built around how motorsport teams hire.
The solutions motorsport organisations use across hiring, relocation and international employment.
Find Talent
Move Talent
Manage Talent
Every championship, every part of the map.
Akkar works with motorsport teams across series and paddocks worldwide, wherever the team calls home.
More on performance under permanent deadline.
Insights on performance engineering, software and the people shaping motorsport and its adjacent markets.
What does the next tenth depend on?
Tell us what the programme needs next. We'll help turn the performance challenge into a hiring brief and find the capability behind it.
