Direct Search
Fill a Defined Role
You have a clear, well-scoped role to fill and you are not ready to add headcount to fill it to do it.
A Lighter Commitment, Held to the Same Standard
Placement work for defined, fillable roles, run against the same vetting standard as every other search ALAC takes on. A deposit secures the search and puts a specialist on it. Most close within the 45-day engagement window from signed agreement to accepted offer.
Common roles: RF/EW engineers, systems engineers, cleared software developers, propulsion leads, embedded firmware engineers, counter-UAS specialists.
What You Get Back, Every Week
Operator-led means direct ownership of your search and a straight line of information back to you. No account manager relaying updates from a recruiter you have never spoken to.
Weekly market intelligence
What the market looks like for this role right now: who is moving, who is not, and why.
Compensation feedback
What candidates at this level are actually accepting, told to you straight even when it is not what you hoped.
Candidate objections
The real reasons people pass, reported back unedited so you can fix what is fixable.
Practical recommendations
What to change about the role, the pitch, or the process to close the person you want.
What We Look For in Every Candidate
A pay-on-success engagement is a lighter commitment, not a lighter standard. Every candidate is measured against the same four questions before they reach you.
Technical depth
Can they do the work?
Mission alignment
Do they understand and care about the mission?
Stage fit
Can they operate at the maturity you are at right now?
Staying power
Is the hire likely to endure?
Every Month the Role Stays Open Costs You
Tell us what you are building and who it will take. Within 24 hours you will know whether we are the right firm for it.