6-Month Contract Legal Recruiter — Defense Tech

Anduril Industries; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 69,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Contract Legal Recruiter to join our recruiting team embedded with the mission to scale world-class legal, regulatory, compliance, and federal proposal talent. You will own the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle for highly specialized roles, partnering with Legal Leadership to meet ambitious hiring needs and accelerate growth.

This 6-month contract role emphasizes autonomy, collaboration, and a hands-on approach in a fast-paced defense-tech environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of direct, full-cycle recruiting experience focused on legal/regulatory roles (corporate counsel, trade compliance, gov’t contracts).
• Proven competency assessments and evaluation of legal capabilities against requirements.
• Experience managing strategic stakeholder relationships with general counsel and proposal/capture teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth interviews and competency assessments of legal candidates (counsel, contract managers, compliance, and federal proposals).
• Target passive talent via LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean searches, referrals, and legal networks.
• Collaborate with Legal Leadership to define role requirements and craft compelling value propositions for legal talent.
• Drive a diverse pipeline and ensure a positive candidate experience from outreach to offer.
• Represent Anduril’s brand and recruiting team, communicating our model and scale to attract top talent.
• Use market insights to build strategies around selling our value proposition to legal candidates.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Regulatory hiring

Governance/Legal recruiting

Stakeholder collaboration

Sourcing strategies

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Greenhouse

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Contract Legal Recruiter to join our recruiting team embedded with the mission to scale world-class legal, regulatory, compliance, and federal proposal talent. You will own the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle for highly specialized roles, partnering with Legal Leadership to meet ambitious hiring needs and accelerate growth.

This 6-month contract role emphasizes autonomy, collaboration, and a hands-on approach in a fast-paced defense-tech environment.