Technical Recruiter, Manufacturing

Location: Torrance, CA, United States; onsite manufacturing environment

Company

hirify.global is an early-stage defense company developing and delivering advanced defense systems and establishing manufacturing capabilities for scaled production.

What you will do

• Own full-cycle recruiting for manufacturing, production, skilled trades, and industrial technical roles.
• Partner with manufacturing leaders to define workforce requirements, production schedules, hiring priorities, and organizational needs.
• Develop proactive sourcing strategies and talent pipelines across local and regional labor markets using referrals, trade organizations, technical schools, industry networks, and direct engagement.
• Recruit for roles including manufacturing technicians, machinists, CNC operators, assemblers, welders, electricians, maintenance technicians, quality inspectors, manufacturing engineers, and production supervisors.
• Manage multiple requisitions, candidate communication, interviews, feedback, hiring decisions, and candidate experience.
• Support new facilities, production expansions, and workforce planning while monitoring pipeline health, hiring velocity, recruiting metrics, and sourcing effectiveness.

Requirements

• 2+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably in manufacturing, production, skilled trades, industrial operations, or technical environments.
• Demonstrated success sourcing and hiring candidates for hands-on manufacturing or production roles.
• Experience recruiting across multiple job families and managing competing hiring priorities.
• Strong sourcing experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, referrals, and alternative channels.
• Ability to build relationships with manufacturing leaders, production managers, supervisors, and technical stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing environments and skills used in production, assembly, machining, fabrication, and industrial operations.
• Excellent communication, organization, and candidate management skills.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities, along with strong ownership, urgency, and accountability.
• Employment may be contingent on the ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional licensing and, if applicable, obtain required U.S. Government security clearance or authorization and satisfy citizenship or other legal eligibility requirements.

Nice to have

• Recruiting experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial manufacturing, energetics, or other advanced manufacturing environments.
• Experience hiring for high-volume manufacturing or production organizations.
• Familiarity with CNC machining, welding, fabrication, electrical assembly, mechanical assembly, and industrial maintenance.
• Experience supporting greenfield facilities, production ramp-ups, or large-scale workforce expansions.
• Established relationships with local manufacturing communities, trade schools, technical programs, or industry organizations.
• Experience recruiting across multiple geographic markets and supporting onsite manufacturing environments.
• Experience with Greenhouse or another modern applicant tracking system.
• Familiarity with manufacturing quality systems, safety requirements, and regulated production environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an early-stage environment emphasizing focus, ownership, speed, and execution.
• Collaborate with manufacturing leadership and cross-functional technical stakeholders.
• Benefits package is provided; details are available on the careers page.
• Equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodations available throughout the application and hiring process.