Sr. Technical Recruiter

Long Wall • Long Beach, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Sr. Technical Recruiter at Long Wall, you will own full-cycle recruiting throughout the company, with a particular focus on our most critical technical roles spanning engineering, manufacturing, and test across all of Long Wall’s missile defense programs. You'll partner closely with hiring managers and engineering leadership to develop deep role fluency, build targeted sourcing strategies, and move candidates through our process without losing speed or quality. This role will be more than execution, the goal is to bring a strategic perspective to talent, push back when the bar isn't right, and help build repeatable recruiting infrastructure as the company scales. You'll need proven familiarity with the aerospace, defense, and VC backed hardware technology talent landscape, and an intuition for finding and closing engineers and technicians who are hard to source and harder to move.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a track record of successfully hiring for hardware engineering, manufacturing, or test roles in aerospace, defense, or hardware tech environments
• Demonstrated ability to source and close passive candidates for specialized hardware, production, and test engineering roles
• Deep familiarity with the aerospace, defense, or hardware tech talent landscape, including where to find candidates and how to engage them
• Proficiency with ATS platforms; experience with Lever strongly preferred
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to build trust with engineering leaders, manage expectations, and push back constructively when needed
• Experience managing 10+ requisitions simultaneously across varying technical disciplines and seniority levels
• Proficiency with sourcing tools and techniques including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and passive outreach strategies
• High attention to detail and discipline in maintaining accurate records, pipeline data, and candidate dispositions
• US person status (including US citizens, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted U.S. asylum status, or individuals admitted in U.S. refugee status) is a required qualification for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, communications, or a related field
• Experience recruiting for roles requiring security clearances (Secret, TS/SCI) or familiarity with the cleared talent market
• Hands-on experience recruiting for production or manufacturing ramp — including technicians, production engineers, and quality roles
• Prior exposure to ITAR-controlled environments and comfort navigating US Person requirement disclosures in the recruiting process
• Experience supporting compensation benchmarking and offer construction, including equity and comp band positioning
• Familiarity with California employment law as it applies to hiring practices (pay transparency, ban-the-box, etc.)
• Experience building or improving recruiting processes at a scaling startup or in a high-growth defense or aerospace environment

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for the company, with a special emphasis on roles across hardware engineering, manufacturing, and test - from early sourcing through offer close
• Partner with engineering leadership and hiring managers to develop deep role fluency, craft compelling job profiles, and define candidate evaluation criteria
• Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines for hard-to-fill roles in the aerospace, defense, and hardware tech talent market
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to hiring managers, advising on market conditions, talent availability, and calibration throughout the search
• Drive a high-quality candidate experience from first contact through offer, with clear and timely communication at every stage
• Oversee accurate records in Lever across all active requisitions, including opportunity stages, candidate notes, and disposition data
• Partner with HR on offer construction, comp recommendations, and the approval workflow prior to verbal delivery
• Support regular pipeline reporting and hiring updates to leadership and key stakeholders
• Contribute to building and improving recruiting strategy, processes, and best practices as Long Wall scales

Benefits

• Heavily employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Long Wall paid life insurance and LTD coverage
• 4% 401k match
• Student loan repayment assistance program
• Paid parental leave
• Family planning assistance program
• Long Wall paid financial wellness program
• Paid time off for non-exempt employees and flexible vacation policy for exempt employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree