Kodu

Kodu is a specialist recruitment agency focused exclusively on physical product design and development, and not on apps or software. It connects start-ups, hardware and tech brands, and design consultancies with industrial design and mechanical engineering talent. It says it is built on over a decade of experience recruiting within design and development. Its registered address is in London.

Typical roles include industrial designers, product designers, design engineers and mechanical engineers, along with engineering and technical managers, directors and VPs, and chief product, technical or design officers. It recruits at all career levels, from junior and mid-weight through to senior, management, director, VP and C-suite. Its clients make consumer electronics, kitchen appliances, white goods, e-bikes and micro mobility products, wearables, smart technology, medical devices, diagnostic equipment and drug delivery devices.

Kodu offers contingent, exclusive and retained search, and covers the USA, UK and Europe. It says it stays in touch with candidates who are not actively looking, in order to build talent pools.