Engineering Recruiting Manager — Defense Tech

Chaos Industries; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

CHAOS Industries is hiring three Recruiting Managers to lead a growing recruiting team. You will coach 4-6 recruiters and sourcers, partnering with engineering, product, and G&A leaders to translate business priorities into hiring plans and pipelines.

You will be hands-on, close to critical searches, and help shape how the recruiting organization scales while maintaining high-quality candidate experiences. Remote work is not indicated; this role requires onsite presence in Los Angeles

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience focused on technical/engineering roles.
• 3+ years managing recruiters, coaching, and developing people.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to plan headcounts and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 4-6 recruiters and sourcers with clear ownership expectations.
• Translate business priorities into recruiting strategies, timelines, and pipeline goals.
• Align recruiters to hiring managers and teams, adjusting workloads as priorities shift.
• Monitor pipeline health, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, and recruiter productivity.
• Serve as escalation point for recruiters, managers, and candidates to keep searches moving.
• Coach on role scoping, sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, and closing.
• Champion structured, inclusive interviewing and manager training.
• Manage external agencies and contract recruiters with same quality standards.
• Contribute to leadership with scalable playbooks, templates, and market insights.
• Use AI/automation to improve outreach, talent mapping, and reporting.
• Protect candidate and company information, including sensitive hiring needs.
• Deliver proactive candidate experiences from initial outreach to offer.
• Work 4-5 days onsite at our Los Angeles (Hawthorne) office.

Skills

Leadership

Full-cycle recruiting

Stakeholder management

Data-driven

AI/automation awareness

Engineering/technical hiring

Coaching & development

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Greenhouse ATS

Job description

CHAOS Industries is hiring three Recruiting Managers to lead a growing recruiting team. You will coach 4-6 recruiters and sourcers, partnering with engineering, product, and G&A leaders to translate business priorities into hiring plans and pipelines.

You will be hands-on, close to critical searches, and help shape how the recruiting organization scales while maintaining high-quality candidate experiences. Remote work is not indicated; this role requires onsite presence in Los Angeles