Nebula Space Recruitment

Nebula Space Recruitment is a Cambridge, UK-based specialist executive search and talent acquisition consultancy founded in 2013 that works exclusively within the space sector — placing engineers, scientists, program managers, executives, and commercial professionals with space companies globally.

The company's Cambridge location positions it at the heart of the UK space ecosystem: the Harwell Space Cluster (Oxfordshire) hosts ESA's UK operations, RAL Space, and over 100 space companies; Stevenage is home to Airbus UK Space and SSTL; Guildford hosts Surrey Satellite Technology Limited; and London attracts commercial space investment and management talent.

Space-sector recruitment requires deep domain expertise because the talent pool is genuinely scarce and specialized: an engineer qualified in radiation-hardened electronics design, liquid bipropellant engine turbopumps, or spacecraft GNC algorithm development has a specific background that generalist recruiters cannot effectively evaluate or source. Nebula's space-only focus enables it to build the candidate networks and technical assessment capability needed to identify and place these niche professionals.

As UK and European space employment has grown dramatically since 2015 — driven by Airbus, OneWeb, Spire, and scores of NewSpace startups — specialist space recruitment has become a growing professional services category.