# Staff Hardware Recruiter

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Boston, MA, Dallas, TX, San Diego, CA, San Francisco, CA, Washington, DC
**Role:** Recruiting
**Salary:** $120k – $180k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Full-Cycle Recruiting, Sourcing Strategies, Ats Systems, Recruiting Analytics, Stakeholder Management, Pipeline Management, Workforce Planning, Hardware Engineering Recruiting
**Posted:** 2026-05-18

> Owns full-cycle recruiting for specialized hardware engineering roles in aerospace and autonomous systems, partnering with engineering leadership on strategy and pipelines. Requires 7+ years of technical recruiting experience with proven hardware domain success.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle recruiting for highly specialized hardware engineering roles across Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Embedded Systems, Avionics, PCB Design, Power Distribution, RF, Systems Integration, and related technical domains
- Partner directly with engineering leadership and hiring managers to define hiring strategy, interview processes, and prioritization plans aligned to business objectives
- Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies for difficult-to-find technical talent across aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, energy, and adjacent industries
- Act as a strategic advisor to leadership on market trends, talent availability, compensation competitiveness, and hiring risks
- Drive strong operational rigor across pipeline management, funnel health, data accuracy, and stakeholder communication
- Help influence workforce planning and ensure hiring activity remains aligned to approved business priorities
- Improve recruiting scalability through process improvements, documentation, interview calibration, and tooling optimization
- Deliver an exceptional candidate experience while maintaining urgency and high hiring quality standards
- Mentor junior recruiters and sourcers while helping elevate recruiting best practices across the organization

## Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, including significant ownership of complex hardware engineering searches
- Proven success recruiting Electrical Engineers, Power Electronics Engineers, Embedded Hardware Engineers, Avionics Engineers, or similar technical talent
- Strong understanding of technical hardware concepts and engineering organizational structures
- Experience partnering with senior engineering leadership in fast-paced or high-growth environments
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex searches simultaneously while maintaining strong hiring outcomes
- Strong sourcing and market-mapping capabilities across highly competitive technical domains
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and operational execution skills
- Experience using ATS systems, sourcing platforms, and recruiting analytics to drive decisions and pipeline visibility
- Ability to operate strategically while remaining highly execution-oriented

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience recruiting within aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomous systems, automotive, energy, or other highly technical industries
- Familiarity with hardware development lifecycle concepts, embedded systems, power systems, avionics, or electromechanical integration
- Experience supporting hiring at scale during periods of rapid organizational growth
- Experience influencing workforce planning, prioritization, or recruiting operations initiatives

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