Senior Technical Recruiter - Flight (Aerospace)

TL;DR

Senior Technical Recruiter - Flight (Aerospace): Leading full-cycle recruiting for engineers developing aircraft and airborne systems with an accent on flight hardware, aerospace engineering disciplines, and niche technical talent pipelines. Focus on sourcing and closing scarce engineering candidates, partnering with technical hiring managers, and improving recruiting processes for mission-critical hiring.

Location: Washington, D.C., United States; onsite 4 to 5 days per week

Salary: $130,000–$150,000 annual base compensation, excluding bonuses, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a defense technology company developing Coherent Distributed Networks and hardware-enabled products for defense, aviation, and border protection.

What you will do

• Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering roles from initial screening through offer.
• Partner with engineering directors and hiring managers to scope roles and define evaluation criteria across airframe, flight controls, autonomy, propulsion, systems engineering, and flight test.
• Build sourcing strategies and talent pipelines for engineers with aircraft or airborne systems development experience.
• Manage multiple concurrent searches, track funnel metrics, and report hiring progress to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with recruiters, recruiting operations, coordinators, and external agencies supporting hard-to-fill searches.
• Represent technical roles accurately to candidates and improve the recruiting process as hiring needs evolve.

Requirements

• 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
• Proven success recruiting engineering talent in aerospace, defense technology, or another hardware-intensive industry.
• Direct recruiting experience for manned or unmanned aircraft roles, including flight controls, aerostructures, avionics, propulsion, systems integration, or flight test.
• Strong understanding of aerospace engineering disciplines and candidate career paths.
• Established aerospace and defense technology recruiting network in the Washington, D.C. area or a similar hub.
• Experience with technical hiring manager partnership, concurrent searches, funnel reporting, ATS/HRIS systems, and specialized sourcing channels.

Nice to have

• Recruiting experience at a defense technology company, aerospace or defense prime, or aircraft OEM.
• Experience with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, Pave, Asana, or Juicebox.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-scaling environment and adapt to shifting priorities.
• Resilient, creative, direct, and efficient communication style with strong active listening.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits fully paid by the company.
• 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, and life insurance.
• Free daily lunch, no-meeting Fridays, unlimited PTO, and a casual dress code.
• Pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and annual bonuses planned for the future.
• Fast-scaling organization with approximately 350 employees across five global offices.