Director, Technical Recruiting

Hadrian Automation•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster and up to 2x cheaper. By combining advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we are reinventing how America produces its most critical parts. We recently raised $260 million dollar Series C to accelerate this mission. We are excited to be launching a new Factory in Mesa, Arizona, a 270,000 square foot facility that will create 350 new jobs immediately. We are opening a new headquarters to support thousands of future hires, launching Hadrian Maritime to serve naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts. Hadrian works with startups, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, and major defense contractors across space, shipbuilding, and aviation to scale production, reduce costs, and accelerate delivery on mission-critical programs. We are backed by leading investors including Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz. Our fast-growing team is united by a shared mission to reindustrialize American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond! As a Director, Technical Recruiting, you will lead, mentor, and scale a team of recruiters while owning full-cycle searches for high-priority roles across the business. You’ll play a dual role: a trusted people leader focused on team performance, and an operator who thrives in the trenches of hands-on recruiting. You will be responsible for coaching and enabling your team, driving consistency and excellence in process, and using data to surface insights and steer outcomes. This is a high-impact role for someone who cares deeply about candidate experience, team development, and building scalable recruiting infrastructure in a high-growth environment. You’ll report to the VP of People & Talent and help shape the next chapter of Hadrian’s growth. You’ll also be instrumental in evolving our recruiting team’s culture, rituals, and performance as we scale.

Requirements

You have 9+ years of recruiting experience, including 3+ years managing recruiting teams larger than 10
You’re a builder comfortable creating structure where it doesn’t exist and scaling systems as the team grows
You lead with empathy and clarity, and know how to motivate teams through change and growth
You’re highly organized and data-driven, with a strong command of recruiting metrics and how to use them
You have a track record of closing high-caliber candidates across a range of functions

Nice To Haves

Experience in startup environments, agency-to-in-house transitions, or scaling recruiting operations

Responsibilities

Manage, mentor, and inspire a team of recruiters providing regular feedback, growth opportunities, and performance accountability
Act as a player-coach by directly running reqs and closing candidates for priority Software/Hardware/ Robotics Engineering positions
Set clear goals and expectations for the team, tracking progress through dashboards and data reviews
Foster a high-performance, collaborative recruiting culture grounded in continuous improvement
You’ll help define and drive Hadrian’s Technical recruiting strategy, shaping how we scale talent
Use data to identify bottlenecks, forecast hiring needs, and inform strategic decisions
Drive adoption of recruiting best practices across the team (e.g. structured interviews, consistent candidate communication, rigorous pipeline management)
Contribute to broader talent initiatives around tools, operations, and employer branding