Shield AI
Staff Technical Sourcer - Aircraft Engineering
Dallas, Texas · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of technical sourcing experience; aerospace, defense, aviation, advanced aircraft, or complex hardware/software industry experience is described as ideal.
About the job
Leads strategic talent discovery and sourcing for aircraft and aerospace engineering roles, using market intelligence, relationship-building, and AI-enabled workflows to support hiring.
What you'll do
- Build sourcing strategies, market maps, and candidate pipelines for specialized aircraft engineering roles.
- Use sourcing platforms, AI tools, and automation to find and engage talent and create repeatable recruiting workflows.
- Advise and coach recruiters and hiring leaders using talent intelligence, analytics, and competitive insights.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of technical sourcing experience.
- Proven experience with market mapping, competitive intelligence, and candidate generation for specialized aircraft or aerospace technical roles.
- Expertise in advanced Boolean search and modern sourcing platforms, including LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, SeekOut, ClearanceJobs, and GitHub.
- Hands-on experience using AI-powered sourcing workflows or development/coding assistants to build repeatable sourcing processes or automations.
Nice to have
- Prior experience supporting aircraft, aerospace, aviation, advanced vehicle, or defense engineering organizations.
- Experience with export control, ITAR, EAR, or security-cleared recruiting; Ashby and recruiting analytics, CRM, or talent intelligence platforms are also mentioned.
Tools
LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, HireEZ, ClearanceJobs, GitHub, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor
AI focus
Designs and improves AI-powered sourcing workflows, research agents, and automations; uses AI development environments or coding assistants to support candidate discovery, market intelligence, and recruiting operations.
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