Technical Sourcer – Contract
Swarm Aero
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Oxnard • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $60 - $90 per hour
About the role
- Proactively source and engage top-tier technical talent across software engineering roles (full stack, forward deployed, autonomy) and select mechanical and aerospace engineering disciplines
- Own outbound sourcing efforts for hard-to-fill and high-impact engineering roles from initial research through qualified candidate handoff
- Conduct technical screening conversations to assess role-relevant skills, problem-solving ability, and real-world engineering experience
- Evaluate technical depth and signal quality in resumes, portfolios, GitHub profiles, and prior work experience
- Translate technical requirements into targeted search strategies across LinkedIn, GitHub, open-source communities, technical forums, publications, and other niche platforms
- Build and maintain long-term talent pipelines rather than reacting solely to open requisitions
- Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers to calibrate on technical bar, candidate quality, and screening criteria
- Develop creative, non-obvious sourcing approaches to identify passive and underrepresented technical talent
- Track sourcing and screening outcomes, using data to continuously improve quality and conversion rates
Requirements
- 5+ years of technical sourcing experience in high-bar environments such as startups, aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomy, or fast scaling technology companies
- Demonstrated success sourcing senior and difficult-to-fill engineering roles, especially software engineers and highly specialized technical profiles
- Strong technical literacy across modern software stacks and familiarity with autonomy, robotics, mechanical, or aerospace engineering fundamentals
- Proven ability to build pipelines from scratch and consistently generate qualified outbound candidates
- Deep experience with advanced sourcing techniques including Boolean search, GitHub and open-source analysis, and non-traditional sourcing channels
- High level of ownership, persistence, and curiosity, with a bias toward action
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in technical candidate outreach.
- Experience sourcing forward deployed or customer-facing engineers
- Familiarity with aerospace, autonomy, robotics, or defense-focused engineering organizations
- Prior experience supporting early-stage or rapidly scaling technical teams
- Experience partnering directly with founders or senior engineering leadership.
Benefits
- Meaningful equity stake in a high-growth defense technology company
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401k
- PTO and Paid Sick Time
- Monthly Wellness Stipend
- Daily catered lunch to office
- Paid Parental leave
- Flexible work arrangement - remote/hybrid with regular collaboration in Oxnard
- Direct impact opportunity - be a key leader in building a critical technology for national security
- World-class team - work alongside exceptional engineers and operators solving hard problems
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
technical sourcingBoolean searchGitHub analysisopen-source analysispipeline buildingscreening techniquessoftware engineeringmechanical engineeringaerospace engineeringrobotics
Soft Skills
ownershippersistencecuriositycommunicationproblem-solvingcreativitycollaborationadaptabilitystrategic thinkingdata-driven decision making