Technical Recruiter, (Contract)

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years. As a key member of Anduril's technical or production recruiting team, you will be responsible for the company's talent management as we continue to rapidly grow. Your work will be hands-on and involve collaborating with leaders and individual contributors to define the hiring needs of the company. To achieve this, you will be given the autonomy and tools to execute on our strategy to build and develop Anduril's world class team. We are looking for someone who can handle high levels of ownership while tackling every aspect of recruiting and is excited to be part of small team where no task is too big or too small. This role will be software and hardware recruiting for our Mission Systems team. The ideal candidate is someone with Startup, Tech, and relevant domain experience. This role will be hybrid onsite in Lexington, MA/Waltham, MA. This role is open to contract only with eligibility to convert. WHAT YOU’LL DO Move fast, with a process for consistently sourcing, tracking and maintaining a high volume of candidates while maintaining open lines of communication with stakeholders Establish deep trust and partnership with business leaders to help influence talent strategy while executing on hiring deliverables Build trust through consistency and a strong operating rhythm in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders to help scale and manage company growth Embed yourself into the business and into your teams to understand the product positioning and market fit, technical roadmap, and culture of the team Develop a strong understanding of the mission while learning how to effectively pitch the team and opportunity, ultimately closing exceptional technical talent for the organization Track and analyze pipeline and performance data to gain insights into areas of opportunity and translate that into a data-driven narrative that enables increased momentum Build recruiting strategies that contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing best practices around referrals and process improvements where needed 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 Conduct interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences through high interview-to-offer ratios Engage passive candidates using Linkedin Recruiter, Gem, Boolean strings, referral and SOBO campaigns Provide a consistent and positive candidate experience throughout the entire recruiting process with proactive communication and engagement CORE REQUIREMENTS 4+ years experience sourcing for technical roles & engaging top tier talent 3+ years of client interaction experience, including working with Hiring Managers and Directors, taking new requirements, reviewing profiles and updating pipeline progress Experience working with government contractors, DOD agencies, and IC agencies Experience hiring candidates with U.S. security clearances Working knowledge of applicant tracking and HRIS systems Working knowledge of interview techniques and applicant screening methods Familiar with a wide variety of sourcing avenues Deep network of talent within the software and h