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Supercharge your hiring with Wave

Engage and secure the people you need.

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We scale engineering & technology teams quickly and effectively, never compromising on quality or retention.

Recruitment is about connecting people with people, and making matches that go beyond pure skill. We work to get know your company and team inside & out, for seamless recruitment experiences and perfect matches.

12,000

Candidates In Our Network

98

of candidates recommend us

96

Retention on placements

74

job orders filled for our clients
What you can expect

Engage and secure the people you need

We’ve spent years networking with the best talent in our sectors and work with some of the best candidates in the UK. So, when you come to us with a requirement, the chances are we are already in touch with the right person. And if we aren’t, we know exactly how to find, engage and secure the people you need.

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What you can expect

We focus on quality

Because we focus on quality at every stage of the recruitment life cycle, the experience you get will be hassle free and straight forward. We believe in long term business relationships, and will operate in a way that allows for sustainable partnerships. In short, we promise to be up front, honest and fair.

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What you can expect

The human touch

Recruitment is all about people, from end to end. We connect with the people at either side of the recruitment process, and look to understand the candidates deeper motivations and personality. We listen to your needs and our candidates’ needs, to make sure we not only find the correctly skilled people, but find and secure the right people for you to retain and develop.

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Our recruitment expertise

We specialise in contract and permanent electronics recruitment and embedded software recruitment.

Embedded Software Systems jobs
Wave Recruitment is a specialist engineering recruitment agency providing contract and permanent electronics recruitment and embedded software recruitment.

Embedded Software & Systems

Covering automotive, semiconductors, space, robotics and consumer electronics

Wave Recruitment is a specialist engineering recruitment agency providing contract and permanent electronics recruitment and embedded software recruitment.

Electronics and Hardware Design

Covering automotive, semiconductors, space, robotics and consumer electronics

Our recruitment solutions

We offer flexible recruitment solutions and can deliver on a project by project bases or one-off positions. Our packages range from classic contingency style recruitment, fast-track solutions to tailored partnership models.

Contingency

This is recruitment as you may know it.

  • Step 1 – Discuss your requirement.
  • Step 2 – Talent track and shortlist suitable candidates.
  • Step 3 – Arrange interviews with your favourite candidates.
  • Step 4 – Make an offer.
  • Step 5 – Sign contracts, on boarding and aftercare.

Fast-track

The speedy solution which splits the cost.

  • Step 1 – Discuss your requirement.
  • Step 2 – Pre-pay a fixed cost, gain access to a fast track service.
  • Step 2 – Tailored search and selection of suitable candidates.
  • Step 3 – Arrange interviews with your favourite candidates.
  • Step 4 – Make an offer. Our clients get to offer stage on average of 30% quicker than contingency based recruitment.
  • Step 5 – Contracts, on boarding and aftercare.

Partnership

The cost effective way to grow.

​We’d recommend using this service if you are looking to hire 2 or more people per month for a minimum of 3 months.

  • Step 1 – Discuss your requirements and create a resource plan.
  • Step 2 – Get a quote based on your growth plans. You can budget for your whole years recruitment.
  • Step 3 – Receive talent shortlists for active roles.
  • Step 4 – RPO and onsite services as required.
  • Step 5 – Review subscription every month against hiring targets. Detailed recruitment report generated every month outlining strengths and weaknesses in recruitment pipeline and candidate engagement success rates.

Temporary Staff

For when your projects need quick solutions.

  • Step 1 – Discuss your requirements
  • Step 2 – Receive suitable temporary candidate CVs
  • Step 3 – Arrange interviews with the best matches
  • Step 4 – Offer a work package and rate
  • Step 5 –Sign contracts, complete reference checks & insurance checks, onboarding, set up payroll and timesheets
  • Step 6 – Your new worker starts
  • Step 7 – Continued aftercare for you and the temporary staff

What Our Customers Say  

We can tell you about the amazing things we can do for your business, but we think our customers can tell you better. After all, what they think is what really matters.

Senior Electronics Engineer
Rated 5.0

Refreshing

Imogen was really helpful during my job search. Although I found work from elsewhere, if I were to look for future opportunities, Imogen would be one of the first people I would get in contact with. It felt easier to trust the information and advice Imogen gave to me. The recruitment process is quite taxing and confusing, so it is refreshing to speak to someone who takes their time to understand my profile and find the right vacancies.

Program Manager
Rated 5.0

Biggest opportunity

Imogen introduced me to the biggest opportunity I've recently had in my career. At all times she kept me informed with updates on the process, always with a friendly and yet professional approach. I highly recommend her to any employer that seeks a quality and trustworthy service when hiring new employees.

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Rated 5.0

Very professional

Imogen has been very professional and was such a good support throughout the entire recruitment process. She makes sure that you are well informed during each process of the recruitment. She made an extra effort to reach out to check I was setting in well at the company on day one, and weeks after I had started.

Software Engineer
Rated 5.0

Professional and supportive

Imogen has been incredibly professional and supportive through the whole recruitment process for my new role. She made time to listen to any questions I had, even contacting me after office hours to ensure I had all the information needed for my interviews the following day. She definitely championed me from the start and I am very grateful to her for doing so. She’s friendly and approachable and I would recommend her to anyone looking for work in my field.

Principal Electronic Engineer
Rated 5.0

The best recruitment professional

Imogen is perhaps the best recruitment professional I have had a chance to work with.. She was consistent with follow up calls and gave detailed interview feedback, something that I found helpful in securing the role.

Founder and CEO
Rated 5.0

I would highly recommend

I've worked with Imogen several times now on both sides of the recruitment process and always found the process smooth, efficient and effective. I've found that unlike a lot of recruiters she has a much better grasp of technical skills and requirements and is therefore very effective at targeting the right companies and people. I would highly recommend her for both job and employee seekers.

Design Engineering Manager
Rated 5.0

My first port of call

I first worked with Imogen when I was searching for a new job role; throughout this search, Imogen ensured that my priorities were always top of the agenda and took the time to understand exactly the type of role / company I was looking for. After successfully getting an offer and subsequently starting the new role, Imogen maintained support and had a positive impact on my settling into the company. Some time later, when I was required to recruit engineers for the team, my first port of call was to reach out to Imogen, based on my previous experience. She took the time to understand the type of candidates we required, and was effective in quickly providing CVs and subsequently arranging interviews with these engineers. I was happy with the calibre of candidates sent to us, and we had soon put an offer out. To summarise, I would not hesitate to recommend Imogen to both engineers looking for a new role, and managers / team leads looking to expand their teams, based on her attention to detail and dedication to placing suitably matched engineers with companies

System Technology Leader
Rated 5.0

Absolutely top level

Imogen worked on a few recruitment opportunities with me directly. Her expertise on defining customers needs and potential candidates requirements are absolutely top level. She is always sharply finding the key matching points and is the key media to liaise both parties throughout the whole recruitment process. Her professionalism is highly recognised and endorsed. Her skill sets are highly adaptable to both established organisation with clear requirement on candidates and newly establishing organisations for strategic roles. Great experience in working with her!