Talent Acquisition Partner – Engineering & Manufacturing

Advanced Navigation; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Navigation is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner to lead recruitment across engineering and manufacturing. You will own full-cycle recruiting, partner with leaders to tailor talent strategies, and proactively source top talent globally for hard-to-find skills.

Ideal candidates have experience in high-tech environments, strong stakeholder management, and a track record of hiring engineers in complex, consultative selling settings. This role is based in Sydney, Australia.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Admin, or related field.
• Proven experience recruiting across engineering and manufacturing including hardware/software.
• Strong sourcing and stakeholder management in fast-paced environments.
• Experience hiring engineers in complex consultative selling settings like robotics/defense.
• Experience with ATS tools (Rippling) and sourcing platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruitment for engineering & manufacturing roles; including sourcing, interviewing, and closing.
• Partner with Engineering and Commercial leaders to understand hiring needs and craft talent strategies.
• Proactively source, engage, and pipeline top talent globally, focusing on hard-to-find skills.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience reflecting an innovative, values-driven culture.
• Leverage recruitment data to improve hiring performance and efficiency.
• Design and implement sourcing strategies to attract enterprise and technical talent with experience in complex environments.
• Collaborate with Leadership to define candidate profiles and calibrate pipelines.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

Talent acquisition

Engineering recruitment

Communication skills

Time management

Deep tech recruiting

Education

Bachelor's degree (HR/Business)

Tools

Rippling

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Talent Acquisition Partner – Engineering & Manufacturing

Advanced Navigation is the world’s most determined innovator in AI robotics and navigation technologies across land, air, sea and space applications.Founded on a culture of research and discovery, Advanced Navigation's mission is to be the catalyst of the autonomy revolution. Fields of expertise include artificial intelligence, underwater sonar, GNSS, radio frequency systems, inertial sensors, robotics, quantum sensors and photonics.

Today, Advanced Navigation is a supplier to some of the world's largest companies, including Airbus, Boeing, Google, Tesla, NASA, Apple, and General Motors. Discover it for yourself: https://youtu.be/F7uAqs1gtuk

About the role

Advanced Navigation is a global leader in AI-powered navigation and robotics technologies. We’re on a mission to shape the future of autonomy across land, sea, air, and space—and we know that exceptional talent is at the heart of that mission. We’re looking for a dynamic and driven Talent Acquisition Partner to lead recruitment across engineering functions. From sourcing brilliant minds in manufacturing and engineering to securing top talent in sales, product, and customer success , you’ll play a key role in scaling high-performing teams across the business.

What you'll do

• Own full-cycle recruitment for a broad range of roles, including: Engineering & Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Electronics and robotics.
• Partner with leaders across Engineering and Commercial to understand hiring needs and deliver tailored talent strategies.
• Proactively source, engage, and pipeline top talent globally, with a focus on hard-to-find, high-impact skill sets.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience that reflects our innovative, values-driven culture.
• Leverage recruitment data and insights to continuously improve hiring performance and efficiency.
• Design and implement sourcing strategies specifically tailored to attract high-caliber enterprise and technical sales professionals with experience in solution selling, government/defense procurement, or high-tech B2B environments.
• Partner closely with the Leadership team to define ideal candidate profiles, assess soft skills aligned to consultative and strategic selling, and calibrate pipelines accordingly

Qualifications, skills & experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
• Proven experience recruiting across both highly technical engineering and manufacturing including hard core hardware/software development
• Strong sourcing and stakeholder management skills, especially in fast-paced or scaling environments
• Confidence in managing a variety of roles simultaneously from hands-on manufacturing to highly technical R&D positions.
• Proven track record hiring top-performing engineers in complex, consultative selling environments—ideally in robotics, deep tech, defense, or high-growth product companies.
• A strategic, proactive mindset and passion for attracting top-tier talent.
• Experience in high-tech, deep-tech, or product-led environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent time management, driven to work quickly and strong attention to detail.
• Experience in full cycle technical recruiting.
• Direct experience sourcing, screening, recruiting, and closing top-tier technical talent.
• Experience and familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems, ideally Rippling, to manage candidate communications.
• Practical knowledge around LinkedIn Recruiter, InMail, and the standard suite of recruiting communication tools.
• Proven success in creative sourcing strategies and thinking outside the box to identify hard-to-find candidates.