Staff Hardware Recruiter: Aerospace & Defense Partner

Shield AI; Oslo; On-site; NOK 1,143,000 - 1,714,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Staff Hardware Recruiter to own full-cycle hiring for highly specialized hardware engineering roles, including Electrical, Power Electronics, Embedded Systems, and Avionics. You will partner with engineering leadership to define strategy, interview processes, and prioritization aligned to business goals.

You will build proactive sourcing plans across aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, energy, and related sectors, advising leadership on market trends, compensation, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in hardware domains.
• Proven success recruiting Electrical, Power Electronics, Embedded Hardware, or Avionics engineers.
• Strong understanding of hardware concepts and engineering organizational structures.
• Experience partnering with senior engineering leadership in fast-growth environments.
• Ability to manage multiple complex searches with strong hiring outcomes.
• Strong sourcing and market-mapping across highly competitive technical domains.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and operational execution skills.
• Experience using ATS, sourcing platforms, and recruiting analytics to drive decisions.
• Strategic thinker with execution focus.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for highly specialized hardware engineering roles across Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Embedded Systems, Avionics, PCB Design, Power Distribution, RF, Systems Integration, and related technical domains.
• Partner directly with engineering leadership and hiring managers to define hiring strategy, interview processes, and prioritization plans aligned to business objectives.
• Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies for difficult-to-find technical talent across aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, energy, and adjacent industries.
• Act as a strategic advisor to leadership on market trends, talent availability, compensation competitiveness, and hiring risks.
• Drive strong operational rigor across pipeline management, funnel health, data accuracy, and stakeholder communication.
• Help influence workforce planning and ensure hiring activity remains aligned to approved business priorities.
• Improve recruiting scalability through process improvements, documentation, interview calibration, and tooling optimization.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience while maintaining urgency and high hiring quality standards.
• Mentor junior recruiters and sourcers while helping elevate recruiting best practices across the organization.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Hardware recruiting

Stakeholder management

Sourcing strategies

ATS experience

Recruiting analytics

Strategic partnership

Mentoring

Tools

ATS systems

Sourcing platforms

Job description

Shield AI seeks a Staff Hardware Recruiter to own full-cycle hiring for highly specialized hardware engineering roles, including Electrical, Power Electronics, Embedded Systems, and Avionics. You will partner with engineering leadership to define strategy, interview processes, and prioritization aligned to business goals.

You will build proactive sourcing plans across aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, energy, and related sectors, advising leadership on market trends, compensation, and