Search outcomes,
on the record.
Every search we run is governed by confidentiality. The names are not ours to share. The work, and what it produced, is. Below are a representative selection of recent mandates - anonymised, but otherwise unembellished.
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Chief Information Security Officer
A funded advanced-technology scaleup needed its first CISO ahead of a major contract round. Confidentiality and a scarce intersection of regulated-environment experience plus commercial credibility made this a research-led mandate from day one.
Outcome Confidential appointment; candidate moved from a global cyber firm. Clean handover; client returned for a second adjacent mandate within weeks.
To shortlist14daysTo close63days -
Principal Systems Engineer (NV2)
A defence-technology prime running a sovereign programme needed an NV2-cleared systems lead to hold the interface between hardware and mission-software teams. Named-target from day one against a pool of fewer than thirty realistic movers.
Outcome Confidential appointment; NV2-active candidate moved across from a prime. Shortlist closed in a single conversation cycle after brief pressure-testing at intake.
To shortlist8daysTo close41days -
Senior Low-Latency C++ Engineer
A confidential mandate against active competition from two New York-headquartered firms. The mandate required candidates who would not respond to job advertisements and could be persuaded to engage on a confidential conversation, not an open process.
Outcome Candidate accepted in a competitive offer scenario against two global trading firms. Total compensation 18% above original band; client closed under reservation budget.
To shortlist9daysTo close35days -
Head of Machine Learning
A Series-B consumer scaleup shipping ML in production needed its first ML leader - an applied-engineering profile, not a research one. Named-target across the small pool of Australian candidates who had shipped commercially at that scale.
Outcome Confidential appointment. Candidate came from a Series-C US firm; brought two applied-ML engineers with them within the first quarter.
To shortlist11daysTo close52days -
Head of Platform Engineering
A regulated digital-banking platform needed a leader who could harden its core infrastructure ahead of a major customer migration. The brief required equal parts platform-engineering credibility and the ability to operate in a heavily regulated environment without losing velocity.
Outcome Retained candidate selected from a shortlist of four. Two senior follow-on hires already commissioned with the firm; integration ahead of schedule.
To shortlist12daysTo close56days -
Head of Regulatory Affairs
A Series-B medtech scaleup preparing a Class II device for FDA submission needed a head of regulatory who had previously held the pen on a full submission. Fewer than twenty realistic candidates nationally at that level of experience.
Outcome Confidential appointment; candidate joined from one of the anchor Sydney medtech firms. Client is currently through their FDA pre-submission with the hire in seat.
To shortlist10daysTo close55days -
Principal Power Systems Engineer
A grid-scale battery-storage firm needed a principal engineer to hold the interface between power-electronics design and grid-code compliance. Small pool nationally; the search closed on a candidate who had shipped commercially at utility scale.
Outcome Confidential appointment; candidate moved across from a utility. Onboarded through a technical mentoring arrangement and now leads the platform-engineering team.
To shortlist8daysTo close43days -
Senior Avionics Engineer
An Australian unmanned-systems firm needed a senior avionics engineer with certification exposure to lead the interface between hardware integration and DO-178C compliance. Small pool nationally; the search closed on a candidate who was not actively looking.
Outcome Confidential appointment; candidate moved from a satellite-communications firm. Certification-experienced, meaning zero ramp on the regulatory side of the platform.
To shortlist9daysTo close47days -
Senior Quantum Hardware Engineer
A well-funded quantum-hardware firm needed a senior engineer with cryogenic control experience. Sixty-person national candidate universe; the shortlist was compiled inside forty-eight hours from an existing candidate map.
Outcome Confidential appointment. Candidate had been declining international approaches for eighteen months; the specific scientific brief was what moved them.
To shortlist6daysTo close48days -
Senior RF Engineer
Sydney's automotive RF and radar engineering pool is small and well-networked - a standard advertised search would have produced longlist noise. We ran a mapped, proactive approach across three concentric networks to reach the right engineer rather than the available ones.
Outcome Placement in seat within four weeks of brief. Two follow-up briefs from the same client.
To shortlist7daysTo close28days -
Senior RF Mixed-Signal IC Designer
A well-funded fabless firm designing wireless silicon needed a senior mixed-signal designer with tape-out experience at 28nm. Fewer than twenty realistic candidates nationally; named-target search from day one.
Outcome Confidential appointment; candidate declined a US-relocation offer to take the Sydney role. Signed for a package materially above the client's original band.
To shortlist12daysTo close58days -
VP Sales - APAC
A defence-adjacent scaleup selling into government and prime customers needed a VP Sales who could hold both a technical and a board-level conversation. Retained search across a small pool of cleared-environment commercial operators.
Outcome Confidential appointment. Candidate came from a US firm's APAC leadership team. First commercial win under the new hire landed inside the first quarter.
To shortlist13daysTo close61days
A representative selection from the firm and the founder's preceding 15 years of recruitment practice. AEY itself was founded in April 2026; the depth of network it operates from predates it. Additional references provided under NDA on request.
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