The skills you developed
are the skills Europe needs.
Three years of full-scale war have made Ukrainian and allied veterans some of the most experienced operators in the world: of drones, of electronic warfare, of combined arms, of medical evacuation under fire, of building and fixing things at speed under contested conditions.
The European defence-tech industry is rebuilding the continent's capacity to deter aggression. It urgently needs people who understand how modern war is actually fought — not from textbooks, but from the front line.
This page exists to connect Ukrainian veterans and foreign volunteers of the war in Ukraine with civilian roles in European defence-tech where their experience is genuinely valued.
Most listed companies actively value military operator experience. If your service experience matches what they build, you should apply — even if a specific role does not list it in the requirements. A short note at the top of your application that says "served in [unit], experience with [system]" is often enough to start a conversation.
— A.M.
Where your skills fit
A starting point, not a rulebook. Many roles welcome combinations of these. If you do not see your role here, email and we will talk it through.
- FPV / drone pilot → Drone operator, test pilot, training instructorRelevant companies: Skyeton, BlueBird Tech, Quantum Systems, Tekever, General Cherry
- EW operator / signals → Field application engineer, EW systems engineer, comms specialistRelevant companies: Alpine Eagle, TYTAN, Himera, BlueBird Tech
- ISR / reconnaissance specialist → ISR analyst, sensor operations, intelligence product rolesRelevant companies: Helsing, Tekever, ICEYE, Skyeton
- Combat medic → Field operations, training, customer support where battlefield context mattersRelevant companies: Most hardware-deploying companies
- Engineering / sapper / EOD → Hardware test engineer, manufacturing operations, field deploymentRelevant companies: Frankenburg, ARX, STARK, Cambridge Aerospace
- Naval / maritime ops → USV operator, maritime systems engineer, naval testRelevant companies: Kraken Technology, UFORCE
- Intelligence analyst → Analyst, product specialist at intelligence-software companiesRelevant companies: Helsing, Faculty, Hadean
Currently hiring
- CGBRConfiguration ManagerCambridge Aerospace · Cambridge · onsitehardwaremanufacturing03 MAY
- FLVASite Operations ManagerFrankenburg Technologies · Riga · hybridmanufacturinghardware03 MAY
- HDEUAI Research Engineer — Reinforcement LearningHelsing · Berlin / London / Munich · hybridai-mlautonomy03 MAY
- SUKRBackend EngineerSTARK · Kyiv · onsitesoftware03 MAY
- TGBRDevSecOps EngineerTekever · Bristol · hybridcybersoftware03 MAY
Support beyond employment
Civilian work matters. So does recovery. These organisations support veterans of the war in Ukraine through rehabilitation, mental health, and reintegration.
- HUG — Hug for Heroes
Help Ukraine Gothenburg runs the Hug for Heroes program: structured, peer-supported recovery and reintegration for Ukrainian veterans (including those with amputations) and their families, with sites in Sweden and Ukraine.
- Nature for Veterans
Nature-based recovery and rehabilitation initiative for veterans of the war in Ukraine. (URL to be added.)
We will help where we can.
Email [email protected] if you are a veteran of the war in Ukraine looking for work, a recruiter at a defence-tech company who wants to be flagged as veteran-friendly, or an organisation that supports veterans and wants to partner.
Напишіть українською — відповідь буде українською.