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Senior Technical Recruiter, Manufacturing Engineering (Contract)

Anduril Industries

Costa Mesa, CA · HybridContract$60–75/hrSeen 2 days agoStill listed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$60–75/hr
Location
Costa Mesa, CAHybrid
Schedule
Contract
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Technical Recruiter will support Anduril’s growth by partnering with Manufacturing leaders on hiring needs, process improvements, and talent strategy. The role owns full-cycle recruiting and talent mapping, including sourcing, interviewing, and candidate engagement. It is hybrid in Costa Mesa and offered as a six-month contract, with the possibility of extension up to 18 months and potential conversion to full-time employment.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Prospecting TechniquesInformation RetrievalData ExtractionWeb ScrapingProcess ImprovementProcess AutomationCandidate ManagementFull-Cycle RecruitingInterviewingLinkedIn RecruiterBoolean SearchTalent MappingTalent AcquisitionStakeholder ManagementTalent StrategyRecruitingITAR Hiring PoliciesConsultative GuidanceCandidate CommunicationPipeline ManagementAutonomyCollaborationAdaptability

Qualifications

6+ Years Talent Acquisition Experience3+ Years Senior Stakeholder ExperienceAgency and Startup Recruiting ExperienceManufacturing Recruiting Experience

Full job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a key member of Anduril's Talent Acquisition team, you will be responsible for the company's talent management as we continue to rapidly scale and grow. Your work will be hands-on and involve collaborating with Manufacturing leaders to define the hiring needs, influence process improvements and efficiencies, and set a high bar of talent and performance. To achieve this, you will be given the autonomy and tools to execute, build, and develop Anduril's world class team. We are looking for someone who can handle every aspect of recruiting and talent mapping, excited to be part of lean and nimble team on one mission together, where no task is too big or too small.

This role will be hybrid in Costa Mesa, CA. This is a 6 month contract with the ability to extend up to 18 months. Opportunity to be converted to a full-time employee based on performance, impact, and business need.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Act as a subject matter expert in prospecting techniques and tools used for information retrieval, data extraction, web-scraping, continuous process improvement, process automation, and candidate management

  • Own and drive hiring strategy full-cycle, providing effective, clear communication and reporting

  • Conduct a high volume of interviews, demonstrating ability to anticipate and influence hiring manager preferences through successful interview-to-offer conversion ratios

  • Engage and source passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean strings, referrals and SOBO campaigns

  • Build talent maps to generate market insights to inform your engagement strategy

  • Drive diverse talent into the organization ensuring a positive candidate experience at every touchpoint

  • Represent the company's brand and recruiting team internally and externally at the highest caliber

  • Leverage internal resources, team mates, and cross functional partners to build strategy around selling our value proposition and impacting hiring practices

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • 6+ years of high-volume talent acquisition experience evaluating and hiring top tier talent

  • 3+ years of experience working with senior level leaders and stakeholders, reporting on progress, creating and advising on talent strategies

  • Experience recruiting at an agency and fast-paced startup, hiring exempt roles for Production, Manufacturing Engineering, and/or Manufacturing Operations.

  • Ability to be onsite/hybrid at Costa Mesa, CA office

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Knowledge of ITAR policies around hiring practices

  • Experience acting in a consultative manner where your guidance has led to improved outcomes and positive candidate experiences

  • Clear and effective communication with candidates to understand motivation, drivers, and fit within the organization

  • Experience managing various high-volume pipelines of candidates and keeping track of their progress throughout the recruitment process

  • Highly autonomous, collaborative, and adaptable

US Hourly Range $60—$75 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams

Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.

To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:

• No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.

  • Please always verify communications:

  • Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.

  • Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to [email protected].

• Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.

• What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to [email protected]. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.

Data Privacy

To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.

By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.

How this job compares

Set against the 486 open Technical Recruiter jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$60–75/hr
  • California median$60–75/hr21 hourly ranges
  • US median$60–75/hr50 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $67.50/hr, is close to the California median midpoint ($68/hr) — in the middle half of Technical Recruiter hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 239 open Technical Recruiter jobs in California and 486 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Technical Recruiter postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (433 postings).
Education
53 of the 486 open Technical Recruiter jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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