Senior Recruiter, R4R

Boston · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-12) · USD 146,000-194,000 · 5-8 years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 6, 2026

At a glance

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Recruiter to own the Recruiting for Recruiting (R4R) function.
In this meta role, you will build the team that builds the teams by owning the end-to-end hiring process for recruiters and recruiting coordinators across divisions.

Own the full recruiting lifecycle for Recruiter and Recruiting Coordinator roles across divisions, ensuring a world-class candidate experience.
Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies to build robust pipelines for talent acquisition talent.
Manage the interview process end-to-end by conducting in-depth screens assessing recruiting craft, preparing candidates and interviewers, and facilitating calibrated debriefs.
Assess candidates against a competency framework, evaluating sourcing, stakeholder management, data usage, and candidate experience.
Partner closely with talent acquisition leadership and hiring managers to understand current and future capacity needs and team composition gaps.
Act as a talent advisor for talent acquisition hiring using market data on compensation, availability, and competitive intelligence to shape job descriptions and influence headcount planning.
Provide transparent, regular updates on pipeline health, search progress, and market conditions to stakeholders.
Advise on role design and leveling for talent acquisition positions, distinguishing between IC levels and sourcer hybrid scopes.
Contribute to the Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence by sharing market intelligence on recruiting talent trends, compensation benchmarks, and sourcing strategies.
Mentor junior recruiters on team process, judgment calls, pushing back on hiring managers, and reading passive candidate motivations.

5-8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Direct experience recruiting recruiters, recruiting coordinators, sourcing specialists, or other talent acquisition / people operations roles.
Demonstrated ability to manage complex, senior-level searches and calibrate candidates against a competency-based framework.
Track record of mentoring junior team members on recruiting craft, interview technique, and stakeholder management.
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to advise, push back on, and build trust with hiring managers across levels.
A data-informed mindset to track pipeline metrics, use conversion data to diagnose search health, and present market intelligence.
Ability to operate with a high sense of urgency and bias for action while maintaining quality and candidate experience.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.

Experience recruiting in the defense, aerospace, or a related high-tech industry where cleared talent and mission-driven positioning are factors.
Experience hiring for talent acquisition roles across multiple specializations such as technical recruiting, G&A, executive, cleared, or coordination/operations.
Experience working in a matrixed or dual-reporting organizational structure.
Demonstrated ability to improve talent acquisition hiring processes including interview design, assessment frameworks, and onboarding.
Familiarity with recruiting competency models and the ability to articulate what great looks like at each level of the talent acquisition career ladder.

Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees
Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers