swarmaero - Technical Recruiter
Requirements
• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with demonstrated ownership of SWE hiring from sourcing through close • Proven ability to recruit engineers with systems-level depth: embedded, autonomy, robotics, aerospace software, or similar • Strong sourcing instincts: you know how to find and engage candidates who are not actively looking • Experience running structured hiring processes and calibrating hiring managers to consistent standards • Excellent written and verbal communication; you can represent a technical role clearly and a mission compellingly • Comfortable operating in a high-ambiguity, fast-moving environment with minimal process overhead • Ability to obtain US Government clearance • STRONGLY PREFERRED • Experience recruiting for defense tech, aerospace, robotics, or dual-use hardware-software companies • Familiarity with clearance-bearing candidate pipelines and security clearance framing in recruiting contexts • Experience hiring product managers or product designers in complex, technically-driven product environments • Prior use of Ashby or equivalent modern ATS platforms
Responsibilities
• SOFTWARE ENGINEERING HIRING • Full-cycle recruiting for roles across autonomy software, full-stack, and forward-deployed engineering • Sourcing into the defense-adjacent software talent pool: engineers from national labs, aerospace primes, defense tech startups, and hyperscalers with relevant systems backgrounds • Building and maintaining a live pipeline of qualified SWE candidates across seniority levels • Running structured interview processes in close coordination with engineering leads • Own recruiting for product management and product design roles with a focus on C2, autonomy HMI, and mission software • Translate ambiguous product role definitions into crisp job scopes and candidate profiles • Identify and recruit product talent from adjacent verticals including defense primes, robotics, and dual-use tech • RECRUITING OPERATIONS • Partner with the Head of Talent Acquisition to maintain pipeline health, reporting cadences, and Ashby ATS hygiene • Build and manage relationships with specialized agency partners where appropriate • Contribute to employer brand, candidate experience, and offer process in a way that reflects the urgency and seriousness of our mission
Benefits
• Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company • Competitive base salary commensurate with experience • Medical, dental, vision, and 401k • PTO and paid sick leave • Monthly wellness stipend • Daily catered lunch (office) • Paid parental leave • Direct impact on a critical national security mission • A world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems
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