Staff Technical Recruiter

Anduril; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to join the software recruiting team responsible for building talent for robotics and software engineers. You will collaborate with drone teams and leaders to understand needs and execute hiring plans in a fast-paced environment.

Hybrid role based out of Costa Mesa, CA or Seattle, WA with an in-office expectation of 3 days per week. You will own end-to-end recruitment, from sourcing to offer, while maintaining a strong candidate experience.

Qualifications

• 8+ years recruiting and sourcing for technical roles and closing top-tier engineering talent.
• Experience hiring candidates in robotics domains (computer vision, perception, motion planning, localization, mapping).
• 4+ years of client interaction with Hiring Managers and Directors and pipeline management.
• Consultative guidance improving outcomes and candidate experience.
• Strong understanding of engineering roles and required skills.

Responsibilities

• Move fast with sourcing, tracking and communicating with stakeholders on high volumes of candidates.
• Partner with business leaders to influence talent strategy and hiring deliverables.
• Build trust and scale growth with cross-functional stakeholders and effective rhythm.
• Embed into product teams to understand roadmap, culture and team needs.
• Pitch teams and opportunities to close exceptional technical talent.
• Track pipeline data and translate insights into data-driven momentum.
• Develop recruiting strategies and optimize referrals and processes.
• Act as SME in prospecting techniques, info retrieval and candidate management.
• Conduct interviews and anticipate hiring manager preferences for strong offers.

Skills

8+ years recruiting

Robotics domain

Client interaction

Consultative guidance

Engineering understanding

Clear communication

Candidate funnel management

ATS/HRIS knowledge

Interview techniques

Sourcing channels

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

As a key member of Anduril's software recruiting team, you will be responsible for the company's talent management as we continue to rapidly grow. Your work will be hands-on and involve collaborating with leaders and individual contributors to define the hiring needs of the company. To achieve this, you will be given the autonomy and tools to execute on our strategy to build and develop Anduril's world class team. We are looking for someone who can handle high levels of ownership while tackling every aspect of recruiting and is excited to be part of small team where no task is too big or too small. We are searching for a Senior Technical Recruiter who will be working directly with multiple small drone teams and recruiting for software engineers with robotics domain experience.

This is a hybrid role based out of our Costa Mesa, CA or Seattle, WA office, with an in-office expectation of 3 days per week.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Move fast, with a process for consistently sourcing, tracking and maintaining a high volume of candidates while maintaining open lines of communication with stakeholders
• Establish deep trust and partnership with business leaders to help influence talent strategy while executing on hiring deliverables
• Build trust through consistency and a strong operating rhythm in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders to help scale and manage company growth
• Embed yourself into the business and into your teams to understand the product positioning and market fit, technical roadmap, and culture of the team
• Develop a strong understanding of the mission while learning how to effectively pitch the team and opportunity, ultimately closing exceptional technical talent for the organization
• Track and analyze pipeline and performance data to gain insights into areas of opportunity and translate that into a data-driven narrative that enables increased momentum
• Build recruiting strategies that contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing best practices around referrals and process improvements where needed
• Act as a subject matter expert in prospecting techniques and tools used for information retrieval, data extraction, web-scraping, continuous process improvement, process automation, and candidate management
• Conduct interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences through high interview-to-offer ratios
• Engage passive candidates using Linkedin Recruiter, Gem, Boolean strings, referral and SOBO campaigns
• Provide a consistent and positive candidate experience throughout the entire recruiting process with proactive communication and engagement

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years experience recruiting and sourcing for technical roles and closing top tier engineering talent (startup/software experience preferred)
• Experience hiring candidates within facets of robotics (computer vision, perception, motion planning, localization, mapping, etc.)
• 4+ years of client interaction experience, including working with Hiring Managers and Directors, taking new requirements, reviewing profiles and updating pipeline progress
• Experience acting in a consultative manner where your guidance has led to improved outcomes, and a positive candidate experience, while earning the respect of your peers and clients
• Strong understanding of the technical skills and experience required for Engineering positions within the business
• Clear and effective communication with candidates to understand motivation, drivers, and fit within the organization
• Experience managing various funnels of candidates and keeping track of their progress throughout the recruitment process
• Working knowledge of applicant tracking and HRIS systems
• Working knowledge of interview techniques and applicant screening methods
• Familiar with a wide variety of sourcing avenues

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in Startup, Tech, and relevant domain experience (AAV, UAS, AUV, Weapons or related programs)
• Are self-sufficient and are able to work with little direct supervision
• Resilient and creative - ideal candidates will be flexible enough to face routine obstacles, trouble shoot, and create a solution on the fly
• Attention and Communication - ideal candidates will be direct and su