DeepTech Headhunting & Consulting

Hire the people pushing the frontier.

Artemis headhunts for deep tech companies at every level, from the C-suite to the AI, quantum, and robotics engineers turning research into product. We find talent in the market, not on the market.

Coverage
C-suite, engineering management, and niche engineering
Specialists
A dedicated DeepTech headhunting team
Model
Contingent headhunting focused on passive talent

Breakthroughs start in the lab. They reach the market with the right people.

Why deep tech hiring is different

The talent pool is measured in hundreds, not thousands.

Deep tech companies hire for skills that barely exist outside a handful of labs and companies. We build every search around that reality.

01

A tiny, specialized pool

The people who have built quantum hardware, trained frontier models, or shipped real robots are few, and nearly all of them are employed.

02

Research meets product

Researchers who can also ship, and engineers who understand the science, are rare. Most candidates are strong on one side, not both.

03

Hiring gates the roadmap

An open research lead or engineering manager seat can delay a prototype, a pilot, or the milestone your next round depends on.

04

Competing with big tech

Large tech companies and well-funded labs often pay more. Startups win on mission, ownership, and equity, and that story has to be told well.

Roles we recruit

From the C-suite to the lab bench.

We search at every level of a deep tech company: the executives who set direction, the managers who turn research into product, and the specialist engineers who are hardest to find.

C-Suite

Executive leadership

CEO, President, and COO
CFO and finance leadership
CTO and Chief Scientist
Management

Research and engineering leadership

VP and Director of Engineering
Heads of research
Engineering managers and tech leads
Engineering

AI and machine learning

Research scientists and ML engineers
ML infrastructure and platform
Data and applied AI
Engineering

Quantum computing

Quantum hardware and physics
Quantum software and algorithms
Control systems and electronics
Engineering

Robotics and autonomy

Robotics and controls
Perception and computer vision
Embedded and firmware
Hardware

Advanced engineering

Mechanical and electrical engineering
Systems and test engineering
Manufacturing scale-up
What you get

A shortlist, not a stack of resumes.

Every search is built to put a small set of qualified, interested candidates in front of your hiring team.

Qualified before you meet them

Candidates are interviewed and assessed by your delivery manager before they reach your calendar.

Interest, not just fit

We approach passive candidates as an ambassador for your company, so the people you meet already want the conversation.

Requirements covered up front

Technical depth, location, and compensation and equity expectations are covered early, so late-stage surprises don't stall the search.

How a search runs

Built for research-driven roadmaps.

Every search is staffed by a client team, a research team, specialist recruiters, and a delivery manager who owns the outcome from kickoff to signed offer.

01

Calibrate

We start with the technology, the mission, and the milestone. Our client team defines must-have expertise, compensation and equity range, and location.

02

Map

Our research team maps the people who have done this work, at other deep tech companies, research labs, and adjacent industries with transferable skills.

03

Engage

Specialist recruiters approach passive candidates as an ambassador for your company, telling your mission and equity story, then interview and qualify them.

04

Deliver

Your delivery manager assesses every candidate and presents only the most qualified, then manages the process through offer and acceptance.

Why Artemis

What we can stand behind.

No borrowed logos or inflated numbers. Here is how we actually work with deep tech companies.

Specialized

A dedicated DeepTech team

Headhunters focused on deep tech, connecting organizations with experts in advanced AI, quantum computing, robotics, and cutting-edge engineering.

Passive talent

In the market, not on it

We target proven performers at competitors and aligned companies who aren't actively searching, not the people already applying to everyone.

Contingent

You pay for results

Our headhunters work on a contingency basis, so startup budgets go toward hires, not retainers.

Every level

One partner, whole org chart

The same team can fill your next executive, your engineering managers, and the niche specialists your roadmap depends on.

Start a search

Tell us what you're building and who you need.

One executive seat or a full engineering ramp, share the roles and your timeline. A member of our DeepTech team will follow up to scope the search. Conversations are confidential.

Office
47 Discovery, Suite 260, Irvine, CA 92618
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