Stark & Stark

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for senior, technical, and business-critical roles across multiple European locations. • Partner with senior Hiring Managers and leadership to define hiring strategies, workforce planning, and recruitment priorities. • Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies for highly specialised engineering, manufacturing, and operational talent. • Serve as a trusted advisor by providing market intelligence, talent insights, and hiring recommendations. • Drive structured assessment processes to ensure consistent, objective, and high-quality hiring decisions. • Coach Hiring Managers on interviewing best practices, candidate experience, and recruitment excellence. • Continuously improve recruiting processes, tools, and workflows to support scalability and operational efficiency. • Own recruiting data, pipeline health, and reporting within Greenhouse, using metrics to drive continuous improvement. • Mentor junior recruiters and contribute to the development of best practices across the Talent Acquisition team. • Support employer branding initiatives and strategic hiring projects across STARK.

• Lead end to end recruitment for maritime engineering and R&D roles. • Partner with technical hiring managers to define hiring priorities and candidate profiles. • Build targeted pipelines within maritime engineering and naval technology talent markets. • Identify and engage engineers working on maritime systems, robotics, autonomy, and related technologies. • Provide insight on talent availability and hiring risks within specialised maritime sectors. • Ensure structured candidate evaluation and clear hiring recommendations. • Maintain accurate recruitment pipelines and data within Personio.

• Drive international growth for STARK’s Unmanned Systems across land, air and sea • Identify, pursue, and secure new business opportunities in the defence sector • Develop and implement market entry strategies for Poland and the Baltics • Collaborate with internal teams to align solutions with customer needs • Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders • Develop compelling bids and proposals for contracts • Represent STARK at international industry events and trade shows

• Manage job postings across internal and external platforms. • Schedule and coordinate interviews across multiple calendars, locations and time zones. • Act as a central point of contact for candidates throughout the interview process. • Support recruiters and hiring managers by ensuring candidate pipelines and recruitment records remain accurate and up to date. • Maintain high data quality within the applicant tracking system. • Coordinate preboarding and onboarding logistics in partnership with the People & Culture team. • Assist with recruitment reporting, hiring documentation and operational workforce-planning administration.

• Act as the primary interface with the Naval Authority and international regulators. • Interpret and apply complex standards across different jurisdictions. • Stay ahead of shifting international standards to ensure long-term alignment of our autonomous platforms. • Establish and lead the framework for proving system integrity from day one. • Develop the Software Integrity Policy (SIP) to satisfy Naval Authority and IMO requirements. • Oversee validation and verification (V&V) processes specifically geared toward autonomous control systems.

• Develop embedded/back-end software modules for UAV systems • Implement ROS2 nodes, interfaces, and integration logic • Work on embedded Linux platforms and support hardware bring-up • Debug issues across software, firmware, and hardware boundaries • Support system testing and validation with hardware-in-the-loop in real life • Collaborate with Autonomy, Flight Controls, and Hardware teams • Contribute to clean, reliable code and clear documentation

• Support in classified information protection: You actively support the daily implementation of the Classified Information Protection Manual (GHB) and assist the Security Officer (SiBe) with administrative and organizational tasks. • Security clearances: You handle the administrative preparation, coordination, and documentation of security clearance procedures (SÜG) for employees. • Training & briefings: You organize, conduct, and document security briefings and training sessions for employees. • Classified material & access management: You support the management of classified materials (VS) and help administer access permissions. • Audit support: You assist in preparing and following up on internal audits, as well as documenting and handling security-related incidents. • Documentation & administration: You carefully maintain security-related documentation and databases and support general administrative tasks in corporate security.

• Spearhead the testing, evaluation, and operational deployment of Unmanned Surface Vessels • Design and execute comprehensive test plans for USV hardware, software, and autonomous behaviors • Act as the primary Lead Operator/Mission Commander for complex uncrewed missions • Identify system bugs or performance gaps; provide detailed technical feedback and "lessons learned" reports • Oversee complex LARS (Launch and Recovery Systems) operations • Ensure all test activities comply with UK maritime regulations (MCA/COLREGs) and site-specific environmental permits • Supervise and train Junior Operators, establishing "Standard Operating Procedures" (SOPs) • Oversee high-level vessel husbandry, including propulsion troubleshooting and mission-readiness audits • Act as the technical point of contact for port authorities and external clients during trials and demonstrations

• Actively lead and build the maritime software engineering team • Lead software design, development, and integration for maritime systems • Design and implement core C++ architecture • Establish technical foundations and enforce modern C++ standards • Collaborate closely with hardware and systems engineers • Build and manage robust software delivery pipelines • Define quality benchmarks for maritime systems

• Lead end to end recruitment for specialised engineering and defence technology roles across Sweden and the Nordic region • Partner with hiring managers to define hiring priorities and technical candidate profiles • Build targeted pipelines within Nordic defence and advanced engineering talent markets • Identify and engage engineers working on electronics, embedded systems, communications technologies, sensing systems, and related fields • Provide market insight on talent availability and hiring risks within Nordic engineering sectors • Ensure structured candidate evaluation and consistent hiring decisions • Maintain accurate recruitment pipelines and data within Personio