Find Talent

The best people in defence
aren't on the open market.

Reach the engineers, operators and leaders quietly shaping western defence, before anyone else does.

The Problem

The best people don't apply.

The talent capable of building serious defence companies is already employed, cleared and trusted. They're not browsing job boards. They're not replying to cold recruiters. They move through quiet conversations, warm introductions and personal credibility, and most founders have no way in.

The Cost of Waiting

Every month spent searching is a month a competitor ships, hires and raises. The wrong hire costs you a year. The missed hire costs you the company.

How Gridline solves it

Three steps, no cold outreach.

01

Tell us who you need

Share the role, the mission and what good looks like. We translate that into the right corner of the network.

02

We surface the right people

Curated, cleared, sector-fit specialists who are already trusted. No CV piles, no cold lists.

03

Make a warm introduction

Every connection is brokered with context. You start in conversation, not at the top of the funnel.

What you get

Built for how defence really moves.

Warm introductions to proven engineers, operators and leaders across western defence. Access talent that isn't applying for jobs, isn't on job boards and often isn't speaking to recruiters, helping you hire faster and with more confidence.

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Recommended specialists
EH
Eleanor Hart
Systems Engineer, Autonomy
Available
MR
Marcus Reid
Programme Director, MoD
Open to advise
PS
Priya Shah
RF & Sensors Lead
Available
JO
James Okafor
VP Engineering, C-UAS
Warm intro
Trusted across the defence ecosystem
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Hire the people other founders wish they'd met first.