Senior Staff Technical Sourcer

Shield AI

Senior Staff Technical Sourcer for defense-tech company identifying and hiring engineering talent. Engaging in talent discovery, market mapping, and relationship building across aerospace, autonomy, and AI.

Posted 7/9/2026full-time🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $120,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the top of funnel: Partner closely with recruiters and hiring leaders to define target profiles and build deep, data-informed sourcing strategies across Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Embedded, AI/ML, Systems, Manufacturing, and other engineering disciplines.
Map the market: Develop comprehensive talent landscapes by company, skillset, geography, and organizational structure; identify hidden talent pools, competitor insights, and emerging talent trends to inform recruiting strategy and workforce planning.
Generate and engage: Use advanced Boolean search techniques, sourcing platforms, and creative sourcing channels (LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, HireEZ, ClearanceJobs, GitHub, engineering communities, niche aerospace networks, conferences, referrals, and more) to identify, engage, and attract exceptional technical talent.
Build pipelines proactively: Cultivate long-term relationships with passive, cleared, and highly specialized engineering talent to enable just-in-time hiring across strategic programs.
Leverage AI to scale sourcing: Design, build, and continuously improve AI-powered sourcing workflows, research agents, and practical automations that increase recruiter productivity, accelerate candidate discovery, enhance market intelligence, and improve operational efficiency.
Build repeatable sourcing systems: Use AI tools and workflow automation to create structured market maps, talent intelligence reports, outreach content, sourcing documentation, and scalable recruiting processes that can be leveraged across the Talent Acquisition organization.
Be the sourcing SME: Serve as the subject matter expert on technical sourcing by coaching recruiters and hiring managers on market insights, sourcing strategy, talent availability, competitive intelligence, candidate engagement best practices, and emerging recruiting technologies.
Partner for impact: Collaborate cross-functionally with Talent Acquisition Operations, Employer Brand, University Recruiting, and Engineering leaders to optimize recruiting strategies, outbound messaging, candidate experience, and operational excellence.
Track and iterate: Use recruiting analytics, experimentation, and storytelling to measure sourcing effectiveness, optimize outreach strategies, improve conversion rates, and continuously evolve sourcing practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of technical sourcing experience, ideally in aerospace, defense, autonomy, or other complex hardware/software industries.
Proven track record in market mapping, competitive intelligence, and candidate generation for highly specialized technical roles.
Deep expertise in advanced Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, SeekOut, ClearanceJobs, GitHub, and other modern sourcing platforms.
Demonstrated ability to operate as a consultative partner to recruiters, hiring managers, and senior engineering leaders, influencing hiring strategy through market insights and talent intelligence.
Hands-on experience building or leveraging AI-powered sourcing workflows, agentic AI tools, workflow automations, or practical AI solutions that improve recruiting or business processes.
Direct experience using AI development environments or coding assistants (such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, or similar tools) to create repeatable sourcing workflows, structured research outputs, market intelligence, process automation, or operational documentation.
Experience building and maintaining long-term relationships with passive, cleared, or niche engineering talent.
Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to engage highly technical candidates and influence stakeholders.
Strong judgment, curiosity, and a continuous improvement mindset with the ability to evaluate and adopt emerging AI technologies to improve recruiting outcomes.
Highly organized, data-driven, and able to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

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Hard Skills & Tools

Technical SourcingMarket MappingCandidate GenerationAI Development EnvironmentsWorkflow AutomationData-Driven Decision MakingRecruiting AnalyticsCompetitive IntelligenceTalent IntelligenceSourcing Strategy

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationStorytelling SkillsStrong JudgmentCuriosityContinuous Improvement Mindset