A recruiter built for this market
Robotics and autonomy hiring breaks down differently from most engineering searches.
We built a firm around that — not around volume.
Why specialist matters here
Robotics hiring breaks down differently from most engineering searches. The market is concentrated. The skills are narrow. The distinction between a perception engineer working on detection pipelines and one working on sensor fusion and state estimation is not a detail — it determines whether the hire works or fails inside ninety days.
A generalist recruiter with a robotics vertical typically maps the market by job title and keyword. That produces CV flow. It rarely produces the right people.
Mycelium Robotics works exclusively in robotics and autonomy. We know which companies work in which domains. We know the research groups that feed the industry. We know the engineers who have shipped real systems into production — and the difference between a candidate who looks right on paper and one who can actually do the job.
What we bring to a search
Market knowledge that comes from spending all our time in one place. Deep networks across robotics software, autonomy, perception, controls, and middleware. A search process designed for the actual behaviour of passive candidates — engineers who are not looking, who need to be approached specifically, and who disengage immediately when a recruiter sounds like they are working from a keyword list.
We work with clients who treat hiring as a serious decision. We do not pad shortlists. We do not run volume. Every candidate we send is worth the client's time.
How we operate
Contingent search for well-defined specialist roles where speed matters and the brief is bounded. You pay on placement.
Exclusive search for important hires where focused execution and consistent candidate experience matter more than broad CV flow. One team owns the search properly.
Retained search for leadership hires, confidential mandates, and searches that require deep mapping and dedicated resourcing from day one. Work begins on engagement.