Shield AI
Remote

Senior Executive Recruiter - Aircraft (R6521)

$159,000 – $238,000Remote · Posted Yesterday

What you'd do

01Independently manage complex executive and senior leadership searches from intake and position scoping through market mapping, assessment, offer negotiation, and acceptance.
02Partner with senior leaders to define role requirements, success profiles, assessment criteria, search strategies, and hiring milestones.
03Identify, engage, and cultivate relationships with high-caliber, passive executive talent across aerospace and defense, AI, autonomy, software, robotics, and other relevant technical markets.
04Build targeted executive talent pipelines supporting immediate and anticipated leadership hiring needs.
05Execute searches across diverse technical disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, avionics, propulsion, software, autonomy, manufacturing, production, supply chain, quality, and operations.

01Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
028+ years of progressive executive recruiting or search experience, including independently managing complex senior leadership searches, ideally within high-growth technology, aerospace, defense, AI, autonomy, robotics, software engineering, automotive, or related technical industries.
03Demonstrated experience recruiting senior technical leaders across hardware, software, engineering, manufacturing, production, or operations.
04Proven ability to translate complex technical requirements into actionable recruiting and sourcing strategies across multiple engineering disciplines.
05Strong executive sourcing, market mapping, passive candidate engagement, and assessment capabilities.