Senior Technical Recruiter

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting for technical and operational roles across Shield AI’s Aircraft organization, from initial intake through offer acceptance.
• Partner closely with engineering and operations leaders to understand hiring needs, establish priorities, and develop recruiting strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Build and execute creative sourcing strategies to identify and engage exceptional talent across highly specialized technical disciplines.
• Develop strong partnerships with hiring managers, providing market insights, candidate calibration, and recommendations to improve hiring outcomes.
• Manage multiple requisitions and shifting priorities while maintaining a high level of candidate experience and operational excellence.
• Leverage recruiting data and funnel metrics to identify bottlenecks, improve conversion rates, and drive accountability throughout the hiring process.
• Collaborate with sourcers, recruiting coordinators, HR business partners, and other cross-functional stakeholders to ensure an efficient and consistent hiring process.
• Drive interview processes forward by proactively managing candidate pipelines, applicant queues, hiring manager feedback, and interview timelines.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers on talent availability, compensation expectations, interview processes, and competitive market dynamics.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, tools, and team effectiveness.

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years of recruiting experience, ideally with exposure to recruiting for hardware engineering, software engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or other highly technical disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex searches and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong sourcing capabilities, including experience identifying and engaging passive candidates in competitive talent markets.
• Experience partnering with senior hiring managers and technical leaders, with the confidence to influence hiring decisions and challenge assumptions when necessary.
• Strong understanding of recruiting metrics, pipeline management, and data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities, business needs, and organizational structures.
• Experience working with applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, and recruiting analytics tools.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.