Senior Tech Recruiter - Defense & Autonomy

Decisive Point; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a Senior Recruiter to partner with engineering and program leadership to design and execute hiring strategies for our defense business unit, including Product, Engineering, Growth & Ops.

You will attract, evaluate, and close exceptional talent for our high-priority team at multiple domestic locations. The role emphasizes mentorship on full desk work, extensive sourcing, and data-driven decision making to meet aggressive growth goals in a critical national

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical recruiting, with meaningful experience hiring for high quality engineering talent.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Extremely strong candidate sourcing capabilities is required.
• Strong business partnership skills and the ability to influence stakeholders using data and insights.
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex searches in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with shifting priorities.
• High ownership mindset with the ability to operate autonomously.
• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Join as an early member of our defense segment recruiting team and develop recruiting strategies for engineers and other technical talent with defense-relevant experience.
• Partner with engineering leaders, program managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand hiring needs and long-term workforce strategy across multiple domestic locations.
• Leverage AI and agentic coding tools to drive recruiting workflow automation and increase productivity.
• Lead structured interview processes to assess technical excellence, problem-solving ability, and alignment with our mission.
• Build and maintain pipelines into defense-adjacent talent communities.
• Provide leadership with data-driven insights on funnel health, pass-through rates, and time-to-fill.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience and represent our mission within the defense and national security talent community.

Skills

Sourcing expert

Stakeholder collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Autonomy

Multi-search management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ashby

Greenhouse

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a Senior Recruiter to partner with engineering and program leadership to design and execute hiring strategies for our defense business unit, including Product, Engineering, Growth & Ops.

You will attract, evaluate, and close exceptional talent for our high-priority team at multiple domestic locations. The role emphasizes mentorship on full desk work, extensive sourcing, and data-driven decision making to meet aggressive growth goals in a critical national