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Senior Technical Recruiter - Defense

Sunnyvale💼 Full-time🗓 2026-10-01

Core

Design and execute hiring strategies to attract, evaluate, and close exceptional technical talent for the defense business unit, including Product, Engineering, and Ops departments.

Role type

Senior Technical Recruiter (Defense)

Builds

Defense segment recruiting team

Domain

Defense / National Security / Autonomy

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Technical recruiting, candidate sourcing, stakeholder partnership, data-driven insights, interview leadership, pipeline management

Preferred skills

Recruiting for autonomy/robotics/embedded systems, ATS familiarity (Ashby/Greenhouse), 0-1 environment experience

Responsibilities

Develop and execute recruiting strategies for defense-relevant engineering talent; Partner with engineering leaders to understand hiring needs and clearance requirements; Leverage AI tools to automate recruiting workflows; Lead structured interview processes; Build pipelines into defense-adjacent talent communities; Provide data-driven insights on funnel health and time-to-fill.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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