Staff Technical Sourcer
Leads technical talent discovery and market intelligence for specialized aircraft engineering hiring. The role requires 8+ years of technical sourcing experience, advanced sourcing-platform expertise, and hands-on use of AI workflows and automation.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own top-of-funnel sourcing strategies for specialized aircraft engineering roles across aerodynamics, aerostructures, propulsion, flight sciences, avionics, electrical, mechanical, systems, manufacturing, and test.
- Build talent landscapes by company, skillset, geography, and organizational structure; provide competitor insights and talent trends.
- Identify, engage, and attract passive, cleared, and highly specialized talent through sourcing platforms, technical communities, conferences, referrals, and niche aerospace networks.
- Build proactive pipelines and cultivate long-term candidate relationships.
- Design and improve AI-powered sourcing workflows, research agents, automations, market maps, intelligence reports, outreach content, and recruiting processes.
- Advise and coach recruiters and hiring managers on sourcing strategy, market insights, talent availability, competitive intelligence, candidate engagement, and recruiting technology.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition Operations, Employer Brand, University Recruiting, and aircraft engineering leaders.
- Use recruiting analytics, experimentation, and storytelling to measure effectiveness, improve conversion rates, and optimize outreach.
Requirements
- 8+ years of technical sourcing experience, preferably in aerospace, defense, aviation, advanced aircraft, or complex hardware/software industries.
- Experience with market mapping, competitive intelligence, and candidate generation for specialized aircraft or aerospace technical roles.
- Advanced Boolean search expertise and proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, SeekOut, ClearanceJobs, GitHub, and modern sourcing platforms.
- Consultative partnership experience with recruiters, hiring managers, and senior engineering leaders.
- Hands-on experience building or using AI-powered sourcing workflows, agentic AI tools, workflow automations, or practical AI solutions.
- Experience using AI development environments or coding assistants such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Gemini.
- Experience building relationships with passive, cleared, or niche aircraft engineering talent.
- Excellent communication, storytelling, organization, judgment, curiosity, and stakeholder-influencing skills.
- Data-driven, autonomous, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience supporting aircraft, aerospace, aviation, advanced vehicle, or defense engineering organizations.
- Familiarity with export control, ITAR, EAR, or security-cleared recruiting environments.
- Familiarity with Ashby, recruiting analytics, CRM, or talent intelligence platforms.
- Experience supporting high-growth, venture-backed technology organizations.
- Interest in emerging recruiting technologies, sourcing methodologies, and AI advancements.
Skills
Boolean Search, LinkedIn Recruiter, Hireez, Seekout, Clearancejobs, GitHub, AI Workflows, Workflow Automation, Market Mapping, Recruiting Analytics, Ashby, ChatGPT, Github Copilot, Cursor, Itar
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