Hire to Unblock. Not to Headcount.
Roadmap-critical engineers matched to the bottlenecks slowing your delivery.
Hire to Unblock. Not to Headcount.
Roadmap-critical engineers matched to the bottlenecks slowing your delivery.
THE EXECUTION BOTTLENECK WE SOLVE
Why Meed Exists
Western engineering teams face a problem they rarely admit publicly:
Your roadmap is not slowed by lack of effort — but by lack of the one engineer who can remove the friction.
Across aerospace, automotive, robotics, energy, defense, and embedded systems, teams are being quietly constrained by:
- Senior IC retirements with no successors
- Local talent monopolized by tech giants
- Roadmap friction they can’t disclose in job specs
- Hiring systems built for volume, not precision
Teams don’t need more applicants.
They need the engineer who removes the bottleneck.
That’s what Meed delivers.
THE MEED SOLUTION — BUILT FOR ROADMAP VELOCITY
Meed Recruitment is a specialized deep-tech firm built around a simple truth:
Execution gaps are not solved by job descriptions — they’re solved by engineers who’ve already removed that exact friction elsewhere.
We source proven ICs from high-density, passive talent hubs such as Türkiye — engineers who:
- Build real systems
- Solve non-negotiable problems
- Operate under pressure
- Deliver outcomes, not resumes
Every introduction we make is tied to roadmap velocity, not headcount.
WHAT SETS MEED APART
We don’t match skills.
We map proven capability to real execution gaps.**
What makes Meed different:
🔹 Talent-first evaluation — we start with engineers already delivering in high-pressure environments
🔹 Bottleneck alignment — we use external signals to identify where their strengths solve real friction
🔹 Narrative-led positioning — candidates are presented as solutions, not CVs
🔹 Communication readiness — our engineers are supported with cross-cultural & communication coaching
🔹 Global access — passive ICs from markets traditional recruiters can’t access
This isn’t recruitment.
It’s roadmap enablement.
Who We Serve
🔹 Western Engineering Teams: Access rare technical talent your competitors can’t reach
🔹 High-Potential Engineers: Get the tools, support, and positioning to accelerate your global career
THE QUIET ENGINEER YOUR ROADMAP ACTUALLY RUNS ON
PLAYER A — THE ENGINEER WHO FIXES WHAT SLIDES CAN’T SHOW
Every high-performing engineering organization has one defining force:
the Player A engineer.
Not the loudest.
Not the most polished in interviews.
Not the one dominating meetings or sprint reviews.
But the one person who quietly removes the friction the entire roadmap is sitting on.
Player A is the archetype every deep-tech team depends on:
They don’t talk in abstractions — they talk in constraints.
They see failure points before they appear.
They stabilise brittle systems.
They unblock ten other engineers without announcing it.
They’re not charismatic — they’re exact.
And precision doesn’t always pass HR screening.
They solve the problems the job description cannot describe.
And yet, in most traditional hiring funnels…
Player B (the charismatic communicator) passes first-round screens.
Player C (the stabilizer) often passes.
Player A — the one who actually accelerates delivery — gets filtered out.
Not because they lack capability.
But because their communication style doesn’t map to recruitment criteria.
This is where roadmap velocity silently dies.
Why Meed Is Built Around Player A
We designed our entire process backwards from this truth:
Your roadmap doesn't fail because you hired the wrong personality.
It fails because you never met the engineer who could remove the friction.
Our system corrects the filter:
🔹 We start with Player A engineers already delivering in high-pressure environments
🔹 We map their proven constraints-solving to real execution gaps
🔹 We position them to leadership through narrative, not charisma
🔹 We prepare them to communicate with clarity and authority through Meed Talk
This is how we surface the engineer your internal funnel would have missed —
and the only one who can accelerate your roadmap.
Built from the Field, Not a Framework
How a single engineer's struggle revealed the blueprint for Precision Recruitment
Why Meed Exists — Founder’s Note
Meed didn’t start with a business plan.
It started with a problem no one could articulate.
A Turkish process engineer was interviewing for a role supporting a major automotive battery factory.
The job spec was generic.
The interviews were vague.
Nothing aligned.
Once we studied the company’s roadmap, we understood the truth:
They didn’t need a “process engineer.”
They needed someone who had solved scale-up friction — fast.
The job description could never say that.
But the roadmap did.
That insight became the foundation of the Meed model:
We stop hiring from job descriptions,
and start hiring from the friction slowing the roadmap.
Every campaign, every briefing, every introduction is built around that principle.
And our Meed Talk program ensures elite Turkish engineers can communicate not just in English — but in the language of engineering leadership.
The West’s talent shortage isn’t temporary.
Roadmaps are accelerating. Pipelines are shrinking.
Meed exists to close that gap — with precision, narrative, and access to talent others underestimate or overlook.
— Hakim Salad
Founder, Meed Recruitment
About Meed Recruitment
Our Mission
What We Solve
What We Solve
At Meed Recruitment, we believe that scaling companies deserve more than reactive hiring.
We detect engineering bottlenecks early and build silent, strategic talent pipelines aligned to future roadmaps — ensuring your growth is never compromised by resource gaps.
What We Solve
What We Solve
What We Solve
- Engineering talent shortages during growth
- Delays in delivery caused by hiring gaps
- Scaling crises during Series B/C/D expansions
- Leadership team burnout from reactive hiring chaos
Our Solution
What We Solve
Our Solution
We deliver pre-vetted, passive engineers using proactive, AI-enhanced sourcing strategies — enabling your teams to scale sustainably, calmly, and ahead of market bottlenecks.
HOW MEED ELIMINATES BOTTLENECKS BEFORE THEY SURFACE
We combine:
- strategic talent intelligence
- founder-led precision sourcing
- passive access to deep-tech ICs
- long-term alignment with your roadmap velocity
This keeps your teams ahead of hiring friction — not reacting to it.
Don't wait for another roadmap slip.
Remove the bottleneck before it compounds.