EVONA

This is what recruitment looks like when you're embedded in a sector, not just filling roles. Chloe Jakeways built a whole commercial function from the first hire. That's the kind of work our team does every day, and it's why space recruitment stays interesting. Interested? We're hiring.

Space Symposium week is almost here. Jack and Ryanwill be in Colorado Springs April 13–16 and have time set aside to meet with clients, partners, and anyone in the space sector who wants to connect. Whether it's catching up on your hiring plans for the rest of the year, talking through what we're seeing across the market, or just putting a face to a name over coffee, they're around and happy to make it happen. If you're in the area and want to grab 30 minutes, drop them a message directly or comment below, and we'll get something booked in. See you in Colorado ✈️

Space recruitment is complex in ways that keep it interesting. The roles are highly technical, and the candidate pools are defined and finite, which means sourcing is a genuine skill, not a volume game. Then there's the layer that makes it different from other technical markets: you're learning an entire sector. How funding flows, how programs are structured, how a policy decision in Washington reshapes hiring decisions for a company in Colorado. The context around every search matters as much as the search itself. That's what our team does every day. And it's why recruiters who join EVONA tend to build real expertise, not just a desk. The result is that you become someone the market knows by name. Your clients are building space stations, autonomous spacecraft, and satellite constellations. The sector is growing year on year, and the companies you work with today are the ones making headlines tomorrow. We're looking for consultants with 4+ years in tech or engineering recruitment to join us. If you want recruitment that gets more interesting the longer you do it, reach out to Sam Lewis for more info.

Artemis II launches tomorrow. The first humans beyond low Earth orbit since 1972. But here's what we should be talking about too: NASA is accelerating the Artemis program. Artemis III in 2027. Artemis IV in 2028. A $20B moon base plan. At the same time, Vast is building Haven-1. Axiom just secured its fifth ISS mission. Sierra Space is targeting Dream Chaser's first orbital demo this year. Every one of those programs needs GNC engineers, flight software developers, mission ops leads, and thermal analysts. They're all hiring from the same candidate pool. If you're a space company trying to hire experienced engineers right now, you're not just competing with other startups. You're competing with the entire Artemis industrial base - and they're not slowing down. Here's what that means in practice: - Know who you're competing with. If you're hiring for flight software or life support systems, your competition includes the Artemis supply chain. Your offer, your timeline, and your candidate experience need to reflect that. - Move faster. Senior engineers with relevant experience are closing within weeks of first contact. If your process takes too long, you're losing people to organizations that act quickly. - Build your pipeline before the headcount opens. The companies that will hire successfully through this period are the ones thinking ahead. Artemis II is a historic moment. But behind it is a workforce reality that will define whether the next decade of space programs - government and commercial - can actually deliver on their timelines. The space talent market is shifting...

Chloe joined EVONA in 2019. Since then, she's earned four promotions to Chief Recruiter - Sales, BD & Growth. She's been a top biller across the business, and she's built client relationships that go well beyond filling individual roles. That's the kind of work EVONA offers. A specialist market where the clients are building real technology, the roles are complex, and the recruiter gets to shape how companies scale. If you want to see what your recruitment career in the space sector could look like, swipe through.

Our team works across some of the most ambitious companies in the space sector. Earth observation. Satellite communications. Space infrastructure. Mission operations. National security space. Most of them are venture-backed, scaling fast, and hiring for roles you may have never heard of. That's the market you'd be recruiting into. An entire ecosystem of companies solving different problems with overlapping talent needs. We're growing our Bristol team and looking for recruitment consultants with 4+ years in tech or engineering recruitment. You'd be working across the US market with companies whose names are going to keep appearing in the news. Contact Sam Lewis for more details.

The hiring process in space can be long, complex, and unpredictable - especially for roles that involve clearance pathways, onsite requirements, or niche technical specialisms. We can't always control the timeline. But we can control how we communicate through it. Knowing where you stand, what's coming next, and what to prepare for shouldn't be a luxury in a hiring process - it should be the baseline. That's something we'll never compromise on. 8 years in space. Zero in anything else.

The global space economy is on track to reach $1.8 trillion in 2035. Government investment is accelerating. Thousands of new companies are being built. And every single one of them needs to hire. That creates something exciting for recruiters: a sector where demand is always growing, the roles are highly technical, and the clients are building technology that matters to humanity. EVONA is the specialist talent partner for this market. We work with the companies building the next era of space infrastructure - and we're looking for experienced recruiters who want to be part of it. We're hiring recruitment consultants (4+ years in tech or engineering recruitment) to join our team, working across the US space sector 🛰️ If you've been looking for a market where the work keeps getting more interesting year after year, we'd like to hear from you. Reach out to Sam Lewis for more information.

$613 billion. Record launches. More companies are scaling than at any point in the sector's history. And yet the gap between funded and operational keeps coming down to the same thing... people. We've spent eight years inside this industry watching what determines whether companies deliver. EVONA was built to solve that. And how we solve it is about to evolve.