Recruiting Manager, Deployments Mission Readiness

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · People : Talent Acquisition : MFG Recruiting

Recruiting Manager for a defense technology company that develops AI-powered military systems. The role focuses on managing a team of recruiters, developing hiring strategies, and sourcing candidates for production and engineering roles, particularly in hardware, production, or manufacturing engineering.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage a team of recruiters/sourcers to support scaling production needs
  2. Own and drive hiring strategy full-cycle, providing effective, clear communication and reporting
  3. Act as a subject matter expert in prospecting techniques and tools used for information retrieval, data extraction, web-scraping, continuous process improvement, process automation, and candidate management
  4. Conduct a high volume of interviews, demonstrating ability to anticipate and influence hiring manager preferences through successful interview-to-offer conversion ratios
  5. Engage and source passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean strings, referrals and SOBO campaigns

Skills

Required

  • high-volume talent acquisition
  • talent strategy
  • mentoring or managing a team
  • recruiting for Hardware, Production, or Manufacturing Engineering
  • onsite/hybrid at Costa Mesa, CA or Atlanta, GA

Nice to have

  • building talent acquisition function from the ground up
  • ITAR policies
  • consultative guidance
  • candidate motivation understanding
  • managing high-volume pipelines
  • autonomous, collaborative, and adaptable

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years of high-volume talent acquisition experience evaluating and hiring top tier talent
  • 5+ years of experience working with senior level leaders and stakeholders, reporting on progress, creating and advising on talent strategies
  • 3+ years of experience mentoring or managing a small team of recruiters focused on delivery of time-sensitive pipelines
  • Experience recruiting at an agency and fast-paced startup, hiring exempt roles for Hardware, Production, or Manufacturing Engineering