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Senior Technical Recruiter

Torrance, California, United States
Full Time On-site

Summary

Job Description

Job Summary: We seek a dynamic Senior Technical Recruiter to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in building diverse talent pipelines and managing the full recruitment process across various job families. In this role, you will collaborate closely with our dedicated recruiting team to support the needs of our organization, fostering strong relationships with key stakeholders and executing strategic candidate outreach. 

Responsibilities:  

  • Proven ability to build trusted partnerships with engineering leaders, hiring managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to influence hiring strategies and talent decisions. 
  • Experience facilitating intake meetings that translate technical hiring needs into clear competencies, interview plans, and sourcing strategies. 
  • Demonstrated success in managing high-touch candidate relationships, including passive talent, through consistent communication and strong candidate experience practices. 
  • Ability to coach interviewers and hiring managers on structured interviews, market trends, and competitive talent insights. 
  • Strong collaboration skills across HR, compensation, and operations to ensure aligned and efficient hiring processes. 
  • Track record of building and maintaining long-term talent pipelines for niche or hard-to-fill technical roles. 

 Basic Qualifications: (e.g., education, certifications) 

  • 8 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, strongly focusing on Engineering roles 
  • Strong sourcing expertise using platforms such as LinkedIn, GitHub, technical communities, and Boolean search techniques to identify passive candidates. 
  • Ability to quickly understand technical skill sets, architectures, and domain-specific requirements to effectively screen candidates. 
  • Demonstrated success hiring in competitive technical markets and building proactive pipelines before roles open. 
  • Strong interview evaluation skills, with the ability to assess both technical alignment and cultural contribution. 
  • Experience developing targeted market maps and competitive talent insights. 
  • Ability to advise hiring teams on realistic talent availability, compensation trends, and hiring timelines. 

 Preferred Skills and Experience: 

  • Experience building or supporting interview training or structured hiring initiatives. 
  • Background in high-growth or startup environments where prioritization and adaptability are critical. 
  • Experience recruiting for cleared talent or specialized engineering domains 

 Additional Requirements:  

  • This is a hybrid position that requires being onsite at least 4 days a week or as necessary 

 ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

  • To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you 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. Learn more about the ITAR here.  

At Epirus, you’ll work with technical peers and great people—and get first crack at some of the defining technology challenges of our time. Here, “impossible” is just a challenge. We're a diverse, fast-growing team of change-makers fueling the future of energy with revolutionary solutions. Join us and rewrite the rules. 

As required by the Equal Pay Transparency Act, Epirus provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. 
For the state of California only, the range of starting pay for this role is:
$142,700—$171,000 USD

About Epirus

Epirus

Epirus is a fast-growing defense technology company building next-generation directed energy systems designed to counter modern battlefield threats, especially drone swarms and electronic attacks. The company is best known for its flagship system, Leonidas, a high-power microwave platform that disables electronics at range and represents a shift toward “one-to-many” counter-drone defense capabilities in modern warfare.

For job seekers, Epirus offers the chance to work on highly advanced systems at the intersection of electronics, software, AI, and defense engineering. The company hires across robotics, electrical engineering, RF systems, software development, systems engineering, manufacturing, and defense program roles—making it especially attractive to engineers, veterans, and cleared professionals who want to build technologies used directly in national security missions.

Unlike traditional defense contractors, Epirus operates with a startup-style, mission-driven culture focused on speed, ownership, and rapid deployment of technology into real-world environments. Employees work in a highly technical environment where hardware and software are tightly integrated, and where innovation is driven by urgent operational needs rather than long development cycles.

As militaries increasingly prioritize counter-drone, electronic warfare, and autonomous defense systems, Epirus continues to grow its footprint through new contracts, partnerships, and production scaling. For professionals looking to join a high-growth defense startup building cutting-edge electromagnetic and AI-enabled defense systems, Epirus stands out as one of the most closely watched companies in the modern defense technology ecosystem.

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