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Aeronautics & Aerodynamics
Fighter, UAVs, and future air combat systems. Aerodynamics, stealth design, and guidance technologies are critical for modern platforms.
Specialist search · Defense technology
Finding exceptional talent for critical missions.
Azylio powers the next generation defense capabilities with the best talent for the mission.
4days
Median time to shortlist
92%
12-month retention
5.1:1
Interview-to-offer ratio
15+
Deftech clients in EU & UK
The challenge
The talent gap sits at the frontier.
The talent who can work a counter-UAS kill chain, or certify a mission computer are extraordinarily scarce, and already employed.
Generalist agencies can't fill a defense role. They cannot evaluate one. They do not read a radar spec, do not know which clearance blocks a start date, and do not know which talent can help your team take the next step forward.
Azylio exists to close that gap. Research-led search, real domain fluency, and direct access to engineers who never answer a job advert.
Coverage
Six domains. No generalists.
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RF, Radar & Electronic Warfare
RF, radar, and EW systems secure surveillance, communications, and battlefield dominance. This field focuses on advanced radar arrays, jamming-resistant comms, and integrated EW suites.
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Power, Propulsion & Ballistics
Defense propulsion covers solid propellants, energetics, and missile propulsion, while ballistics engineers ensure precision and safety. Power electronics are increasingly used in guided systems and directed-energy weapons.
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Optronics & Embedded Systems
Optronics deliver night vision, thermal imaging, laser guidance, and advanced targeting, while embedded software ensures mission reliability in real time.
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Naval & Ground Combat Systems
Naval and ground combat systems cover armored vehicles, naval combat software, and integrated weapons platforms. These programs require complex engineering, supply chain leadership, and production oversight.
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Ammunition & Armaments
Ammunition engineering focuses on safe, precise, and high-volume production of conventional and advanced munitions. This subdomain blends manufacturing expertise with strict quality and NATO compliance.
Method
We work as fast as you iterate.
Fixed milestones, visible pipeline, one point of contact. You always know where the search stands.
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Brief
Send your brief and we're ready to operate.
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Map
Full landscape of who can do the work: primes, scale-ups, labs, service backgrounds.
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Vet
Technical screen, clearance status, compliance and mobility checked before shortlist.
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Land
Shortlist under 4 days. We stay through offer, notice period and first 90 days.
What we believe
Five convictions we hire against.
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The talent you need are not actively looking for a new role.
The engineers who can build a guidance loop or a jamming-resistant link are already doing it somewhere else. Reaching them takes research, patience and a reason worth hearing.
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Generalist firms cannot recruit what they do not understand.
We read the spec before we read the CV. Generalist search firms can't fill a defense role. They cannot evaluate one.
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Speed without precision is just noise.
4 days to shortlist is a standard, not a shortcut. Every name on it has been technically screened and cleared for mobility and compliance.
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The best hire is the one who stays.
We measure success at twelve months, not at signature. 92% of our placements are still in seat and delivering.
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We only work where we can win.
Six defense subdomains. Not sixty. That constraint is exactly why the shortlists are of high value.
For companies
Precision search to find the best talent for the mission.
We work inside your roadmap, your clearance constraints and your delivery dates, then map the people who can actually hold the role, not the people who happen to be available.
Book a free strategy callFor talent
Work that decides how the next decade is defended.
We represent engineers, operators and programme leaders confidentially. No mass submissions. One role at a time, matched to the system you want to build next.
Talk to usSignals
“They understood our RF chain well enough to challenge the spec. The two engineers they placed were building within a fortnight.”
VP Engineering · European C-UAS manufacturer
Tell us what has to be built.
Send us your needs and get a reliable shortlist within 48 hours. Vetted, cleared, and ready to move.