Technical Recruiter, Manufacturing

Summary

Swarm Aero is a defense technology company developing swarming unmanned aircraft and command-and-control software. The Technical Recruiter will own full-cycle hiring for manufacturing and related roles across the Oxnard and Northwest Arkansas sites, build talent pipelines, and support other teams as needed while prioritizing manufacturing hiring.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle hiring across manufacturing, industrial, quality, tooling, and production roles at both sites, from technicians on the floor to the leaders running them
• Learn manufacturing well enough to follow a layout review. Composites, tooling, process development, and factory ramp: you should know what good looks like
• Recruit from where the talent actually is. Automotive, EV, consumer hardware, and high-rate industrial manufacturing are often better sources for us than legacy aerospace
• Build our Northwest Arkansas talent pipeline from zero: schools, trade programs, local manufacturers, veteran networks, and community partners
• Hire ahead of the scale-up. Build relationships today with people we may not hire for two years
• Flex to support aircraft, supply chain, operations, and other teams when manufacturing volume allows. Manufacturing always comes first

Skills

• • Have [4+] years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with meaningful time recruiting for manufacturing, production, or hardware teams
• • Know the difference between a manufacturing engineer and an industrial engineer without looking it up
• • Have hired through a factory launch, production ramp, or high-growth hardware environment and liked the pace
• • Can run hiring in two very different markets without either one feeling like the afterthought
• • Would rather source a composites tech out of a boat builder than wait for an applicant
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
• • Recruiting experience at an EV, automotive, aerospace, or hardware company during a plant launch or ramp
• • Experience hiring hourly and skilled trades at volume alongside engineering roles
• • Familiarity with the Northwest Arkansas or Midwest manufacturing talent market
• • Supply chain or operations recruiting experience

Qualifications

Must Haves

• • Have [4+] years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with meaningful time recruiting for manufacturing, production, or hardware teams
• • Know the difference between a manufacturing engineer and an industrial engineer without looking it up
• • Have hired through a factory launch, production ramp, or high-growth hardware environment and liked the pace
• • Can run hiring in two very different markets without either one feeling like the afterthought
• • Would rather source a composites tech out of a boat builder than wait for an applicant
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Nice to Haves

• • Recruiting experience at an EV, automotive, aerospace, or hardware company during a plant launch or ramp
• • Experience hiring hourly and skilled trades at volume alongside engineering roles
• • Familiarity with the Northwest Arkansas or Midwest manufacturing talent market
• • Supply chain or operations recruiting experience

Benefits

• Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401k
• PTO and paid sick leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Daily catered lunch (office)
• Paid parental leave