DEFENSE & MILTECH RECRUITMENT

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We run the search even when the vacancy details can’t be disclosed.
Screened candidates, with relevant experience, availability and gaps explained before the interview.

“We were looking for engineers with a very specialized profile. Thanks to the Skillers team we found these rare specialists fast.”

Odd SystemsAndrii Tahanskyi
Director, Odd Systems
14 days to candidate
Average time to first candidates presented
90-day guarantee
Replacement at no cost, on every format
21 years of experience
Closing complex tech roles since 2005
UA + EU expertise
Searches run across Ukraine and Europe

Our expertise for your next hire.

Unmanned aerial vehicles
Electronic warfare
Military navigation
Robotics
Aerospace & propulsion
Secure comms
Weapon systems
Demining
Avionics
Cybersecurity
Production & supply
Radar & sensors
Optics & thermal imaging

We search beyond
active applicants.

We approach specialists who are not actively looking, search adjacent industries for relevant experience, and expand across Ukraine and Europe when the role requires it.

  • Application EngineerFound a GNSS business co-founder.
  • PCB EngineerScarce in Kyiv. Found in another city.
  • Head of ProductionBeyond CVs. Direct industry outreach.
  • Mechanical EngineerNiche aviation skills. Searched Europe.
  • Workshop ManagerReached talent in adjacent industries.
  • Propulsion EngineerRare expertise. Search widened to Europe.

What lands in your inbox

Each candidate is screened against your brief, with experience, salary expectations, availability and gaps summarised for review.

GIS search · The HALO TrustInformation supply & GIS searchTHE HALO TRUST
Contacted23
Presented3
Hired2

“They acted fast and managed to get us quality technology candidates excited to work for us in record time.

Skillers acted professionally, diligently and flexibly along the way and were patient with some of our internal bureaucracies we needed to sort out in order to move the process forward.

We are very grateful to Skillers for this and definitely recommend them to other organizations looking to recruit technology candidates in Ukraine.”

The HALO TrustJesse Hamlin
Senior GIS Officer, The HALO Trust
Sample report
SkillersAnonymised screening report · excerpt
RefFPGA searches, Zynq and video
Position
Senior FPGA / SoC engineer, AMD Zynq, video processing
Location
Kyiv, Ukraine
Qualifications
10+ years of FPGA design across specialised hardware projects. Current work is digital backend IC design for motor-control devices: clock-tree synthesis, timing closure and logic-equivalence checking. The most relevant FPGA programme was a multifunction chip-test system for the factory floor, measuring voltage, current, timing, data transfer and protocol behaviour. Used Xilinx and AMD Zynq with Vivado on that project, with additional experience in Vitis and HLS.
Tooling and bench
AMD Zynq, Xilinx, Vivado, Vitis, HLS and VHDL. Keeps the Xilinx toolchain current through regular hands-on laboratory teaching alongside engineering work; the teaching commitment is part-time and outside normal working hours.
Languages
English B2–C1, fluent communication.
Notice period
2 weeks · not actively searching; would move for the right technical scope
Gaps &
constraints
  • Has never worked with video devices or cameras; FPGA and Zynq experience does not establish video-processing experience.
  • Not actively looking. May decline a move if the tasks are not sufficiently interesting; the technical scope matters more than the job title.
Salary expectations
Current compensation
Reason for the move
Sample report · selected informationPage 1 / 2

Cases we can share.

Hardware & electronics
Production & operations
Executive
Kestrel on display at the OM Defence Systems exhibition stand

“Skillers is a recruitment partner we trust. The team understands our business in depth and knows exactly what we need.

The entire process, from the first briefing to the specialist’s first day at work, is run in a coordinated, professional way.

We value the partnership approach and confidently recommend Skillers to anyone looking for a reliable and effective partner in recruitment.”

OMD SystemsOksana Horbatko
People & operations coordinator, OMD Systems

Confidential search.
Informed hiring.

Your search stays in-house, with confidentiality covered by an NDA. Background checks and references give you a clearer view of who you’re hiring.

  • NDA

    An NDA sets confidentiality terms before we proceed.

  • In-house team

    Confidential searches stay in-house. No external partners.

  • Security check

    We check candidates’ backgrounds to flag potential risks.

  • Reference check

    Manager and peer feedback shows how candidates work.

Path to the hire.

Search formats
Professional Recruitment
Engineering roles
Executive & Strategic Search
Leadership roles
Global R&D & Scale-up
Multiple roles across the team
Average timeline
Briefing & analysis3 DAYS
First candidates14 DAYS
Hire50 DAYS
Replacement guarantee90 DAYS
Day 03060Day 90

Technical recruitment since 2005

200,000+
Candidates in our pool
1,739
Roles closed
187
Client companies
21
YEARS CLOSING COMPLEX ROLES
Networks & partnersNPAworldwide Recruitment NetworkAmerican Chamber of Commerce UkraineEuropean Defense Tech Hub

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