Senior Technical Sourcer- Hardware, Contract (6 months)

Shield; Oslo; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Shield in Oslo, Norway is seeking a Senior Technical Sourcer who thrives on talent discovery. You will lead market mapping, proactive candidate generation, and pipeline development for our Aircraft team, coordinating with recruiters and hiring leaders across regions.

The role emphasizes building intelligent sourcing systems, data-informed strategies, and strong relationships with passive, cleared, or niche engineers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years cross-regional sourcing experience in aerospace/defense or complex hardware/software.
• Proven market mapping, competitive intelligence, and candidate generation.
• Deep expertise with Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, and sourcing platforms.
• Experience building long-term relationships with passive or niche engineering talent.
• Excellent communication and storytelling to engage technical talent.
• Highly organized, data-driven, autonomous in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience sourcing for electrical, mechanical, aerospace, avionics and RF roles.

Responsibilities

• Own the top of funnel: partner with recruiters and leaders to target profiles and define sourcing strategies.
• Map the market across company, skillset and geography to inform recruiting plans.
• Generate and engage candidates using Boolean, LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, and niche networks.
• Build proactive pipelines and maintain warm relationships for just-in-time hiring.
• Coach recruiters and managers on market insights and candidate engagement best practices.
• Collaborate with TA ops, branding, and university teams on outbound messaging.
• Track outreach metrics and iterate to improve conversion at every stage.

Skills

Boolean search

LinkedIn Recruiter

HireEZ

Market mapping

Talent engagement

Data-driven

Tools

GitHub

Forums

Job description

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

As we scale rapidly across our Aircraft division, we’re looking for a highly driven Senior Technical Sourcer who lives and breathes talent discovery - someone who can take a complex, highly specialized needs and translate it into a precision sourcing strategy. You’ll be the go-to expert for market mapping, proactive candidate generation, and pipeline cultivation across our Aircraft team.

This isn’t just a "find resumes" role - it’s about building intelligence, relationships, and repeatable systems that fuel our engineering hiring engine.

What you’ll do:

• Own the top of funnel: Partner closely with recruiters and hiring leaders to define target profiles and build deep, data-informed sourcing strategies across multiple regions and functions.
• Map the market: Develop comprehensive talent landscapes by company, skillset, and geography; identify hidden talent pools and competitor org structures to inform recruiting strategy.
• Generate and engage: Use advanced Boolean, tooling, and creative sourcing channels (LinkedIn Recruiter, ClearanceJobs, HireEZ, Github, forums, niche aerospace networks, etc.) to identify and engage exceptional candidates.
• Build pipelines proactively: Maintain warm relationships with high-value candidates to enable just-in-time hiring across priority programs.
• Be the sourcing SME: Coach recruiters and hiring managers on market insights, talent availability, and candidate engagement best practices.
• Partner for impact: Work cross-functionally with TA ops, branding, and university teams to optimize outbound messaging and candidate experience.
• Track and iterate: Use data and storytelling to measure outreach effectiveness and improve conversion at every stage.

Who we’re looking for:

• You have 8+ years of proven cross-regional sourcing experience, ideally in aerospace, defense, autonomy, or other complex hardware/software industries (in-house or executive search environment)
• Proven track record in market mapping, competitive intelligence, and candidate generation for highly specialized technical roles.
• Deep expertise in Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, and other sourcing platforms.
• Experience building and maintaining long-term relationships with passive, cleared, or niche engineering talent.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills - you know how to engage technical talent authentically.
• Highly organized, data-driven, and able to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous and ever evolving environment with shifting priorities
• You have proven experience sourcing or recruiting within and building a network within high growth and innovative companies for roles including; electrical, mechanical, aerospace, avionics and RF engineering

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.

Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed toequal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.