Staff Hardware Recruiter

Shield AI Shield AI · Defense · Boston, MA +4 · Remote · People Experience

Staff Hardware Recruiter for a deep-tech company developing intelligent systems and autonomous aircraft. The role focuses on full-cycle recruiting for specialized hardware engineering roles, acting as a talent partner to engineering leadership.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own full-cycle recruiting for complex hardware engineering functions with a particular emphasis on Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Avionics, and other highly specialized technical domains supporting next-generation aerospace and autonomous systems development.
  2. Operate as a true talent partner to engineering leadership — helping shape hiring strategy, influence workforce planning, drive prioritization discipline, and build scalable pipelines for some of the hardest-to-hire technical talent in the industry.
  3. Thrive in high-growth, high-ambiguity environments and brings a strong track record of closing senior and niche hardware engineering talent while balancing speed, quality, and stakeholder partnership.

Skills

Required

  • Full-cycle recruiting
  • Hardware engineering recruiting
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Power Systems
  • Avionics
  • Talent partnership
  • Workforce planning
  • Pipeline building

Nice to have

  • Aerospace recruiting
  • Autonomous systems recruiting

What the JD emphasized

  • highly specialized technical domains
  • hardest-to-hire technical talent
  • senior and niche hardware engineering talent