Principal Recruitment Consultant – Engineering | DeepTech

Australias Deep Tech sector is evolving rapidly across robotics advanced manufacturing defence energy MedTech industrial automation and next-generation hardware technologies.

Onset Group is looking for a Principal Consultant to build and grow a specialist Engineering recruitment practice focused across Software Hardware Firmware Mechanical Electrical Mechatronics Process and Systems Engineering.
This role is ideal for a recruiter who enjoys technically complex markets and wants to work closely with some of Australias most innovative engineering businesses and research led organisations.

You will have the autonomy to build a genuinely differentiated market presence across one of the most strategically important sectors in the Australian economy.

The opportunity

• Build long-term partnerships with Engineering leaders Founders and technical executives
• Recruit across complex and highly specialised engineering environments
• Drive growth across permanent and contract recruitment
• Develop talent strategies for scaling Deep Tech businesses
• Build market visibility across advanced engineering and technology ecosystems
• Help shape a specialist practice with significant long-term growth potential

Heres what people actually stay for:

• A high-performance low-ego team (many with 10 years in the game)
• Market-leading tools AI systems and a delivery marketing and research team so you can spend more time where it counts
• Tailored growth - whether you want to lead a team or deepen your niche
• Regular knowledge sharing with founders advisors and big-name clients
• Industry-leading commission and incentives

Youll fit right in if you:

• Have 4 years of 360 recruitment experience (ideally in Australia)
• Know your niche or are ready to define it - Recruitment experience within Deep Tech Engineering or Technology
• Strong business development and relationship management capability
• Commercial drive and market curiosity
• Value culture outcomes and long-term impact

This is an opportunity to build something substantial within a market that is only becoming more critical to Australias future.

If you want to surround yourself with top performers and actually shape the future of your market - this is your shot.

Apply here or email for a confidential chat. Lets just start the conversation.