Hiring pulse · updated Mon, Jun 8 2026 · week 24

The state of European deep-tech hiring.

A crude but honest instrument: where capital and ambition are actually landing, week by week.

Deep Tech Hiring Index · DTHI

142.3▲ +2.1 wk

Active roles × posting velocity × median est. comp, indexed to 100 at Nov 2025. One number for the whole market.

Figure 1 · Active roles per week, by domainNov 2025 – Jun 2026 · total Δ +316%

Fusion42 active · +740%Quantum30 active · +131%AI132 active · +474%Biotech27 active · +350%Space147 active · +220%Robotics73 active · +462%Adv. Materials19 active · +171%

Signal feed · auto-detected from data deltas

Jun 10

Proxima Fusion opened 6 new roles this week (+18%) — largest weekly add in fusion since tracking began

Jun 09

First Staff-level quantum role in Munich since Nov 2025 (QC Design)

Jun 08

ICEYE crossed 100 open roles — 21% of all tracked European deep-tech hiring

Jun 06

Median AI comp estimate +9% this quarter; 92nd-percentile roles now above EUR 180k

Jun 05

Black Semiconductor roles 12 → 31 in 90 days — steepest growth in the directory

Jun 03

ANYbotics raised €60M; robotics roles at the company +40% since

Jun 01

Fusion track mix shifted: engineering roles now 54% (was 41% in Jan) — lab-to-product signal

Weekly Pulse Report · auto-generated

W24: Fusion's engineering turn

The DTHI hit 142.3 (+2.1). Fusion added 6 roles, the largest weekly gain since tracking began, and its track mix tipped past 50% engineering for the first time — the clearest lab-to-product signal in the dataset. AI comp keeps climbing (+9% QoQ) while quantum remains the hardest market to hire in, with roles staying open twice as long.

Read full report → /pulse/reports/2026-w24