Senior/Lead Technical Recruiter

Who you are

• 5+ years of experience in technical recruiting, with meaningful experience hiring for high quality engineering talent
• Bachelor's degree
• Extremely strong candidate sourcing capabilities is required
• Strong business partnership skills and the ability to influence stakeholders using data and insights
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex searches in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with shifting program priorities
• High ownership mindset with the ability to operate autonomously
• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required for this position
• Experience recruiting software or systems engineers for autonomy, robotics, embedded systems, or defense platforms (UAS, ground vehicles, C2 systems)
• Familiarity with modern ATS such as Ashby or Greenhouse
• Prior experience working in a 0-1 environment
• Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles

What the job involves

• As a Senior Recruiter at Applied Intuition (an extremely strong Technical Sourcer looking for mentorship on full desk work are also urged to apply), you will partner closely with engineering and program leadership to design and execute hiring strategies that attract, evaluate, and close exceptional talent for our defense business unit, to include Product, Engineering, Growth & Ops Departments
• This is an exciting opportunity to play a business-critical role at the intersection of autonomy and national security, scaling a high-priority team building technology that matters
• Join as an early member of our defense segment recruiting team
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies to identify and hire engineers and other technical talent with defense-relevant experience across cleared and non-cleared talent pools
• Partner with engineering leaders, program managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand hiring needs, clearance requirements, and long-term workforce strategy across multiple domestic locations
• Leverage AI and agentic coding tools to drive recruiting workflow automation and increase recruiting productivity
• Lead structured, high-quality interview processes that assess technical excellence, problem-solving ability, and alignment with Applied's values and defense mission
• Build and maintain pipelines into defense-adjacent talent communities
• Provide leadership with data-driven insights on funnel health, pass-through rates, and time-to-fill across both cleared and non-cleared requisitions
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience and represent Applied Intuition's mission within the defense and national security talent community