Overview In this role you lead the RMS talent acquisition function, partnering with production and engineering leaders to translate workforce plans into hiring strategies. You'll build measurable recruitment processes, coach a recruiters team, and ensure high-quality hires that elevate the organization. The position combines operational rigor with startup-like urgency to scale critical manufacturing and technical capabilities. You will act as a recruiting SME, shaping pipelines, analytics, and candidate experience to support Anduril's rapidly growing RMS agenda.
Compensation / Benefits- equity grants
- top-tier benefits
- health coverage
- recovery support
- comprehensive benefits package
Responsibilities- Lead and develop a team of recruiters across RMS functions (production, manufacturing engineering, quality, supply chain)
- Own end-to-end RMS hiring strategy, forecasting demand and building pipelines with data-backed updates
- Analyze recruiting data to identify bottlenecks and drive process improvements
- Define performance expectations for sourcing, pipeline velocity, interview quality, and offers
- Coach on sourcing techniques (Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, SOBO) and ensure effective usage
- Conduct interviews and calibrate hiring manager expectations with disciplined evaluation
- Create talent maps and market intelligence for RMS domains (propulsion, energetics, pyrotechnics, production ops)
- Drive diverse talent and maintain an excellent candidate experience; collaborate with HR, compensation, and workforce planning
- Represent Anduril's brand professionally to internal stakeholders and external candidates
Key requirements- 10+ years of high-volume talent acquisition experience
- 8+ years partnering with senior leaders and stakeholders with data-driven influence
- 5+ years managing/referencing recruiters in fast-paced environments
- Proven use of recruiting analytics to drive process improvements
- Experience recruiting in agency or fast-moving startup settings for hardware, production, or related technical roles
- Ability to travel between sites
- Must be a U.S. Person
- solution-oriented
- data-driven decision making
- autonomy and collaboration
- recruiting analytics
- Boolean search
- LinkedIn Recruiter
