Staff Technical Recruiter

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a key member of Anduril's software recruiting team, the Staff Technical Recruiter will support the company's growth by partnering with leaders and individual contributors to define hiring needs and execute recruiting strategies. The role involves high ownership across the recruiting process and collaboration on a small team. The recruiter will work directly with multiple small drone teams and recruit software engineers with robotics domain experience.

This is a hybrid role based in Anduril's Costa Mesa, California, or Seattle, Washington office, with an expectation of working in the office three days per week. The listed salary range is an estimate based on compensation factors and includes base salary only; actual offers may vary. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers and form part of total compensation. Anduril also offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, described as comprehensive and competitive and available at little to no cost to employees.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience recruiting and sourcing for technical roles and closing top-tier engineering talent.
• Experience hiring candidates in robotics areas such as computer vision, perception, motion planning, localization, or mapping.
• At least 4 years of client interaction experience, including working with hiring managers and directors, taking requirements, reviewing profiles, and updating pipeline progress.
• Experience providing consultative guidance that improves outcomes and candidate experience while earning the respect of peers and clients.
• Strong understanding of technical skills and experience required for engineering positions.
• Clear and effective communication with candidates to understand their motivation, drivers, and fit.
• Experience managing multiple candidate funnels and tracking candidates throughout the recruitment process.
• Working knowledge of applicant tracking and HRIS systems.
• Working knowledge of interview techniques and applicant screening methods.
• Familiarity with a wide variety of sourcing avenues.

Nice To Haves

• Startup or software recruiting experience.
• Experience in startup, technology, and relevant domains such as AAV, UAS, AUV, weapons, or related programs.
• Self-sufficient and able to work with little direct supervision.
• Resilient and creative, with flexibility to troubleshoot routine obstacles and develop solutions quickly.
• Direct, succinct, timely communication; active listening and purposeful engagement.
• Ownership and accountability, with an interest in improving the company beyond strictly assigned responsibilities.
• Low ego and high curiosity, valuing learning, candid feedback, and iteration after setbacks.

Responsibilities

• Source, track, and maintain a high volume of candidates while communicating with stakeholders.
• Build trusted partnerships with business leaders to influence talent strategy and deliver on hiring needs.
• Maintain a consistent operating rhythm with cross-functional stakeholders to support company growth.
• Embed with teams to understand product positioning, market fit, technical roadmaps, and team culture.
• Develop understanding of the mission and effectively present team opportunities to close exceptional technical talent.
• Track and analyze pipeline and performance data, identify opportunities, and communicate data-driven insights.
• Develop recruiting strategies for long-range company growth and implement referral and process-improvement practices.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in prospecting methods and tools for information retrieval, data extraction, web scraping, process improvement, automation, and candidate management.
• Interview potential candidates and anticipate hiring manager preferences to achieve strong interview-to-offer ratios.
• Engage passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, Boolean strings, referrals, and SOBO campaigns.
• Provide a consistent, positive candidate experience through proactive communication and engagement.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed