What space talent is out there, and what will it cost?

See who is available before you write the job spec.

Browse pre-screened space candidates, anonymized until you are ready to meet. See what they have built, their salary expectations, how they want to work and their US person status. When someone fits, we introduce you and act as your recruiting partner to make the hire.

Browse the portal, free

Free to browse. Names stay hidden until both sides agree to meet.

Sample profiles

EV-2841 · PROPULSION · US FULL-TIME

Propulsion lead

Launch company · 6 years · joined from automotive

  • Led engine qualification campaign, 120+ hot fires
  • Built and ran a 40-person test team
Base
$185k–$210k + equity
Works
On-site · Texas or California
Status
US citizen · clearance eligible
Available
In 2 weeks
Startup ready View Candidate

  • 2,000+

    people placed in space

  • 300+

    space companies scaled

  • 12

    clients taken public

  • 2018

    space only, since day one

  • Software
  • Ground segment
  • Manufacturing
  • DoD sales
  • Capture
  • Finance
  • Legal and ITAR
  • Leadership
  • Contractors
  • Automotive
  • Aerospace
  • Semiconductors
  • Defence

How it works

Browse. Request an intro. Interview.

  1. Browse, free

    Sign up with your work email and you are in straight away. Filter profiles by discipline, seniority, salary, location, work setup, US person status and availability, for full-time or contract roles. 

  2. Request an intro

    Click "View Candidate" on any profile and tell us a little about the role. You do not need a finished job description to get started.

  3. Talk through the role and interview

     A recruiter or consultant will call you to discuss the role. We then set up interviews with the candidate you picked and anyone else in our network who fits your brief. 

Browse the portal, free

What every profile shows

The answers you would usually wait three calls for.

Every candidate has been interviewed by an Evona recruiter who specializes in their discipline. Names and current employers stay hidden. Everything else you need to judge the fit is on the page.

  1. Experience that matters

    Hardware flown, software shipped, contracts won, or the equivalent from a sector that builds at scale.

  2. Base salary or hourly rate

    A realistic range, so you know what the market will cost before you budget the role.

  3. How they want to work

    On-site, hybrid or remote, where they will relocate, and full-time or contract.

  4. US person and clearance status

    Citizen, green card or other, plus any active clearance, so you know who can work on ITAR-controlled programs. Availability is kept up to date too.

  5. Startup ready

    They have told us they want to build from the ground up, not join a thousand-person team.

EV-2978 · Structures · US Full-time

Structures lead

Aerospace · 7 years · joined from commercial aviation

  • Composite tank and fairing design, two flown
  • Moved from a 2,000-person program to a 30-person startup
Base
$165k–$185k + equity
Works
Hybrid · Colorado, open to relocate
Status
US citizen · clearance eligible
Type
Full-time only
Available
In 2 weeks
Startup ready View Candidate

Sample profile. Real profiles are anonymized with candidate consent.

Working with us

The portal is the start. We do the rest.

This is not a job board, and you are not hiring on your own. Once you find someone you want to meet, we act as your recruiting partner, just as we do for every Evona client.

  • 01

    Free to browse

    No fee and no commitment to look around and get a feel for the market.

  • 02

    A call before any introduction

    A recruiter or consultant will call you to discuss the role and how we work together, so there are no surprises later.

  • 03

    More than one candidate

    You meet the candidate you picked and anyone else in our network who matches your brief.

  • 04

    One hire or a whole team

    Full-time or contract, one role or a full hiring plan. Tell us the volume and we will shape the support around it.

View Candidate

Contractors

Need it done this quarter? Contractors who start in days.

Senior engineers and specialists who have done the hard thing before. Six weeks of propulsion test support, a GNC lead for commissioning, ITAR counsel for a contract close. Vetted to the same standard as every full-time profile, with hourly rates shown up front.

  • Days

    from request to start, not months

  • 3-12 months

    typical engagement, extendable

  • Hourly rate

    shown on the profile, agreed before anyone starts

Browse contractors

Why Evona

Since 2018 recruiting for nothing but space.

We have placed people at launch companies, constellation operators and the seed-stage startups that grew into them. We know which moves from other sectors work and which engineers thrive at a startup, because we have made those placements for eight years.

  • 2,000+

    people placed in space

  • 30+

    disciplines covered

  • 4.9

    Google rating

  • Seed to IPO

    clients at every stage, many since seed

They understood what a propulsion hire at our stage actually looks like. Three profiles, one offer, in under two weeks.

Founder · Series A launch company · Placeholder quote

Get access

See who is ready to build with you.

Tell us a little about your hiring and we will open the portal straight away, filtered to what is relevant to you.

  • Free to browse, no commitment
  • Salary, working pattern and availability on every profile
  • Terms agreed with you before any introduction
  • US person and clearance status on every profile
  • Names shared only when both sides agree

Hiring later rather than now? Pick "Not hiring yet" and we will keep the right profiles warm.

We never share your details with candidates without your say-so.