Strategic Executive Recruiter for Aerospace Growth

Archer; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 204,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer is seeking an Executive Recruiter to lead full-cycle executive hiring across engineering, operations, manufacturing, autonomy, certification, finance, and corporate leadership in a high-growth aerospace environment. You will partner with senior executives to define strategy, profile roles, and build pipelines of top leadership talent.

With 8+ years in executive recruiting and a data-driven, consultative approach, you will attract passive talent from aerospace, automotive, and tech

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with significant executive or senior leadership hiring.
• Proven success recruiting for highly technical and business-critical roles.
• Experience supporting fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Strong sourcing and networking capabilities with the ability to engage passive executive talent.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.
• Discretion and professionalism in confidential searches.
• Data-driven mindset with strong organizational and project management skills.
• Experience recruiting within aerospace, automotive, robotics, advanced manufacturing, or deep tech industries is highly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end executive searches for Director, VP, and C-level roles across the organization.
• Partner with executive leadership and hiring teams to define hiring strategy, organizational needs, and ideal candidate profiles.
• Build and maintain strong pipelines of executive talent through proactive sourcing, networking, market mapping, and industry research.
• Drive an exceptional candidate experience from initial outreach through offer negotiation and close.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executives on talent market trends, compensation insights, and competitive intelligence.
• Develop creative strategies to attract passive talent from top aerospace, automotive, technology, and manufacturing companies.
• Manage and coordinate external search firms when appropriate.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with compensation, HR, immigration, and recruiting operations teams throughout the hiring process.
• Track and report recruiting metrics, pipeline health, and hiring progress to leadership.
• Help strengthen Archer's employer brand within the executive talent market

Skills

Executive search

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Data-driven mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Greenhouse

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Archer is seeking an Executive Recruiter to lead full-cycle executive hiring across engineering, operations, manufacturing, autonomy, certification, finance, and corporate leadership in a high-growth aerospace environment. You will partner with senior executives to define strategy, profile roles, and build pipelines of top leadership talent.

With 8+ years in executive recruiting and a data-driven, consultative approach, you will attract passive talent from aerospace, automotive, and tech