EMEA Technical Talent Partner — Autonomy & Robotics

Shield; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an EMEA Talent Acquisition Partner to own full-cycle recruiting for highly specialized software engineering roles in Autonomy, Robotics, and Embedded Software. You will partner with engineering leadership to shape hiring strategy, workforce planning, and build scalable pipelines for hard-to-fill technical talent.

You will drive proactive sourcing, advise on market trends and compensation, and maintain rigorous pipeline governance while delivering an exceptional candidate

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience across the EMEA region
• Proven success recruiting Software Engineers, Autonomy/Robotics/Embedded Software/Perception/ML engineers or similar
• Strong understanding of software engineering concepts, architectures, and engineering org structures
• Experience partnering with senior engineering leadership in fast-growing environments
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex searches with strong hiring outcomes
• Strong sourcing and market-mapping capabilities across competitive technical domains
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and operational execution
• Experience using ATS systems, sourcing platforms, and recruiting analytics

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for highly specialized software engineering roles across Autonomy, Robotics, Perception, Planning, Embedded Software, Distributed Systems
• Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies for difficult-to-find technical talent across aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomous systems, automotive, AI/ML
• Advise leadership on market trends, talent availability, compensation competitiveness, and hiring risks
• Drive pipeline management, funnel health, data accuracy, and stakeholder communication
• Influence workforce planning to align hiring with business priorities
• Improve recruiting scalability through process improvements and tooling optimization
• Deliver exceptional candidate experience with urgency and high hiring quality standards

Job description

Shield AI is seeking an EMEA Talent Acquisition Partner to own full-cycle recruiting for highly specialized software engineering roles in Autonomy, Robotics, and Embedded Software. You will partner with engineering leadership to shape hiring strategy, workforce planning, and build scalable pipelines for hard-to-fill technical talent.

You will drive proactive sourcing, advise on market trends and compensation, and maintain rigorous pipeline governance while delivering an exceptional candidate