Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. We’re looking for a Senior Staff Technical Sourcer who lives and breathes talent discovery - someone who can take a complex, highly specialized engineering need and translate it into a precision sourcing strategy. You’ll be the go-to expert for talent intelligence, market mapping, proactive candidate generation, and pipeline cultivation across our aerospace, autonomy, AI, and advanced hardware organizations. This isn’t just a "find resumes" role - it’s about building intelligence, relationships, and repeatable systems that fuel our engineering hiring engine. As a Senior Staff Technical Sourcer, you'll serve as a strategic partner to recruiters and hiring leaders while leveraging modern AI tools, market intelligence, and scalable sourcing practices to help us identify and hire world-class engineering talent. WHAT YOU’LL DO: - Own the top of funnel: Partner closely with recruiters and hiring leaders to define target profiles and build deep, data-informed sourcing strategies across Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Embedded, AI/ML, Systems, Manufacturing, and other engineering disciplines. - Map the market: Develop comprehensive talent landscapes by company, skillset, geography, and organizational structure; identify hidden talent pools, competitor insights, and emerging talent trends to inform recruiting strategy and workforce planning. - Generate and engage: Use advanced Boolean search techniques, sourcing platforms, and creative sourcing channels (LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, HireEZ, ClearanceJobs, GitHub, engineering communities, niche aerospace networks, conferences, referrals, and more) to identify, engage, and attract exceptional technical talent. - Build pipelines proactively: Cultivate long-term relationships with passive, cleared, and highly specialized engineering talent to enable just-in-time hiring across strategic programs. - Leverage AI to scale sourcing: Design, build, and continuously improve AI-powered sourcing workflows, research agents, and practical automations that increase recruiter productivity, accelerate candidate discovery, enhance market intelligence, and improve operational efficiency. - Build repeatable sourcing systems: Use AI tools and workflow automation to create structured market maps, talent intelligence reports, outreach content, sourcing documentation, and scalable recruiting processes that can be leveraged across the Talent Acquisition organization. - Be the sourcing SME: Serve as the subject matter expert on technical sourcing by coaching recruiters and hiring managers on market insights, sourcing strategy, talent availability, competitive intelligence, candidate engagement best practices, and emerging recruiting technologies. - Partner for impact: Collaborate cross-functionally with Talent Acquisition Operations, Employer Brand, University Recruiting, and Engineering leaders to optimize recruiting strategies, outbound messaging, candidate experience, and operational excellence. - Track and iterate: Use recruiting analytics, experimentation, and storytelling to measure sourcing effectiveness, optimize outreach strategies, improve conversion rates, and continuously evolve sourcing practices. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - 8+ years of technical sourcing experience, ideally in aerospace, defense, autonomy, or other complex hardware/software industries. - Proven track record in market mapping, competitive intelligence, and candidate generation for highly specialized technical roles. - Deep expertise in advanced Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, SeekOut, ClearanceJobs, GitHub, and other modern sourcing platforms. - Demonstrated ability to operate as a consultative partner to recruiters, hiring managers, and senior engineering leaders, influencing hiring strategy through market insights and talent intelligence. - Hands-on experience building or leveraging AI-powered sourcing workflows, agentic AI tools, workflow automations, or practical AI solutions that improve recruiting or business processes. - Direct experience using AI development environments or coding assistants (such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, or similar tools) to create repeatable sourcing workflows, structured research outputs, market intelligence, process automation, or operational documentation. - Experience building and maintaining long-term relationships with passive, cleared, or niche engineering talent. - Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to engage highly technical candidates and influence stakeholders. - Strong judgment, curiosity, and a continuous improvement mindset with the ability to evaluate and adopt emerging AI technologies to improve recruiting outcomes. - Highly organized, data-driven, and able to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Prior experience supporting aerospace, robotics, autonomy, AI/ML, or advanced vehicle engineering organizations. - Experience navigating export control, ITAR, EAR, or security-cleared recruiting environments. - Familiarity with Ashby and recruiting analytics, CRM, or talent intelligence platforms. - Experience supporting high-growth, venture-backed technology organizations. - Demonstrated passion for staying ahead of emerging recruiting technologies, sourcing methodologies, and AI advancements. Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information. ### Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

• Lead detailed intake meetings with hiring managers to determine position specifications, providing relevant market data and recommendations. • Collaborate with internal stakeholders and departments to develop and manage recruitment marketing and sourcing strategies. • Evaluate candidate profiles against position requirements and deliver strong candidate slates, while building talent pipelines. • Keep candidates engaged throughout the process with timely updates on their progress. • Partner with hiring leaders to determine offer details, using market data and compensation guidelines to support recommendations. • Mentor Recruiters and other team members.

• Lead detailed intake meetings with hiring managers to determine position specifications, providing relevant market data and recommendations. • Collaborate with internal stakeholders and departments to develop and manage recruitment marketing and sourcing strategies. • Evaluate candidate profiles against position requirements and deliver strong candidate slates, while building talent pipelines. • Keep candidates engaged throughout the process with timely updates on their progress. • Partner with hiring leaders to determine offer details, using market data and compensation guidelines to support recommendations. • Mentor Recruiters and other team members.

Role Description We are seeking an experienced Talent Sourcer to support recruiting efforts across several hard-to-fill professional openings. This individual will focus heavily on identifying and engaging top talent for Information Technology (IT) and high-level Tax positions. - Source and identify qualified candidates for IT and Tax-related positions - Utilize job boards, LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, referrals, and other sourcing tools to build talent pipelines - Conduct candidate outreach and initial engagement activities - Build and maintain target candidate pools for current and future openings - Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers to understand position requirements Qualifications - 2+ years of sourcing experience within IT, technical and accounting background - Experience sourcing technical and/or professional-level talent - Strong Boolean search and LinkedIn sourcing skills - Excellent communication and organizational skills - Ability to work independently in a remote environment - Experience supporting IT, Tax, Finance, Accounting, or other professional roles is preferred Requirements - Partner closely with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and develop recruiting strategies - Source, screen, interview, and present qualified candidates Benefits - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Company Description We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.