Engineer for the one environment you can't iterate in.
Space now spans institutional programmes, commercial ventures and constellation-scale production.
Akkar connects businesses with specialists across launch, spacecraft, ground systems and mission operations.
Institutional rigour, commercial speed.
Modern space programmes need both: the reliability discipline of established programmes and the pace of commercial development. That is the hiring challenge.
Constellations turned space into manufacturing
Building one spacecraft is an engineering challenge. Building many introduces production, quality and supply chain pressures at a different scale.
That changes the capability programmes need.
Talent crosses in from adjacent markets
Relevant experience increasingly comes from defence, semiconductors, automotive and advanced manufacturing.
Knowing which adjacent capabilities will transfer is what makes the search effective.
Reliability is still non-negotiable
Once hardware is in orbit, intervention becomes limited.
Systems, assurance, validation and reliability therefore remain central to delivery, even as programmes move faster and scale further.
Expertise across launch, orbit, and ground.
We recruit across the full mission stack, and into adjacent markets where comparable engineering capability has already been proven.
The people behind complex space missions.
From chief engineers to the specialists who close a design review, 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 space businesses hire.
The solutions space businesses use across hiring, relocation and international employment.
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The mission doesn't answer to one flag.
From national agencies to commercial ventures, Akkar works with space businesses wherever in the world they're headquartered.
More on engineering for orbit.
Insights on propulsion, reliability, manufacturing and the engineering challenges shaping modern space programmes.
What does your next mission depend on?
Tell us what the programme has to achieve and where the challenge sits. We'll help define the capability, find where it exists and build the connection.
