The engineers who move the needle in motorsport aren’t scrolling job boards — they’re busy winning races, solving complex problems, and protecting confidential programmes.
If your hiring strategy relies on applications, you’re missing the people who will make the biggest difference to your lap time, reliability, and development velocity.
Why Top Engineers Don’t Apply
- Loyalty & confidentiality: Bound by NDAs and embedded in high‑trust teams.
- Time pressure: Long hours, travel, and race commitments mean no bandwidth to “job‑hunt.”
- Reputation risk: Public interest in changing teams can damage trust or leak programme intent.
- Better options: The best engineers move only for the right challenge, resources, and leadership — not a generic “We’re hiring” ad.
The Limits of Reactive Recruitment
Job ads and database searches capture active candidates, not the ones you truly want. This often leads to:
- Volume without precision: Many CVs, few perfect fits
- Slower hiring: Weeks lost filtering, screening, and scheduling
- Brand exposure: Public roles can signal gaps to competitors
- Missed timing: The right engineer won’t surface when you need them most
How We Reach the Best (Quietly)
Our approach is head‑on and hands‑off for your team — discreet, technical, and built around trust.
- Peer-to-peer outreach: Direct, confidential conversations led by specialists who speak the language of CFD, simulation, vehicle dynamics, controls, and trackside operations.
- Context that resonates: We lead with outcomes (development cycles, test resources, project ownership), not generic job specs.
- Discretion by design: NDAs, no broad advertising, and private scheduling that respects travel and race weekends.
- Time-zone fluency: UK/Europe evenings & weekends, and US conversations during UK night‑time, so the right people can talk when they’re actually free.
From Curiosity to Commitment: The Passive Talent Funnel
- Awareness: A discreet approach framed around technical challenges and impact
- Engagement: A confidential, no‑pressure call to explore readiness, constraints, and appetite
- Qualification: Deep‑dive on skills, programme relevance, relocation practicality, and timing
- Conversion: Coordinated, discreet introductions with your technical leads — when it truly makes sense for both sides
What Teams Gain
- Higher calibre hires: Candidates who improve performance, process, and pace from day one
- Reduced attrition: Better fit → stronger retention
- Faster ramp‑up: Engineers who understand the tooling, data flows, and track realities
- Competitive advantage: You access talent your rivals never see
If you want to reach the engineers who never apply — the ones who change performance curves and programme velocity — let’s talk.
We’ll bring you pre‑qualified, passive candidates across the US, UK and US talent— on a timetable that works for motorsport.
