Tech Talent Lead: Defense AI & Autonomy

Applied Intuition; Washington; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Technical Recruiter to partner with engineering and program leadership to attract, evaluate, and close software engineering talent for our defense business unit.

You will design and execute hiring strategies, leverage AI tools to automate recruiting workflows, and lead high-quality interview processes to assess technical excellence and alignment with our mission. This is a full-time, in-office role with strong growth potential.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in technical recruiting.
• Extremely strong candidate sourcing capabilities 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.
• High ownership mindset with the ability to operate autonomously.
• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required for this position.
• Experience recruiting software or systems engineers for autonomy, robotics, embedded systems, or defense platforms is a plus.
• Familiarity with modern ATS such as Ashby or Greenhouse.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute recruiting strategies to identify and hire software engineers, ML engineers, and other technical talent with defense-relevant experience across cleared and non-cleared talent pools.
• Partner with engineering leaders, program managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand hiring needs, clearance requirements, and long-term workforce strategy.
• Leverage AI and agentic coding tools to drive recruiting workflow automation and increase recruiting productivity.
• Lead structured, high-quality interview processes that assess technical excellence, problem-solving ability, and alignment with Applied's values and defense 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 across both cleared and non-cleared requisitions.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience and represent Applied Intuition's mission within the defense and national security talent community.

Skills

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

Ownership/Autonomy

Multi-search management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ashby

Greenhouse

Job description

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Technical Recruiter to partner with engineering and program leadership to attract, evaluate, and close software engineering talent for our defense business unit.

You will design and execute hiring strategies, leverage AI tools to automate recruiting workflows, and lead high-quality interview processes to assess technical excellence and alignment with our mission. This is a full-time, in-office role with strong growth potential.