Senior Military Recruiter
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own military fellowship programs from intake through fellowship completion. You will coordinate compliant onboarding, connect fellows with appropriate teams, support conversions to full-time employment, help managers assess military experience, build external partnerships, represent the organization at hiring events, and report on recruiting results.
Requirements
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience
- 2+ years recruiting veteran or transitioning military talent
- Experience with DoW SkillBridge, Hiring Our Heroes, or comparable military fellowship programs
- Knowledge of military career paths, ratings, and qualifications
- Experience with compliance-sensitive hiring workflows
- Organizational skills
- Experience managing candidate timelines and rolling start dates
- Proficiency with an ATS
- Experience reporting on pipeline and conversion metrics
- Written and verbal communication
- Willingness to travel for military hiring events and on-base engagements
Responsibilities
- Own DoW SkillBridge and military fellowship programs from intake through completion
- Track eligibility, match fellows to teams, onboard participants, and conduct fellowship check-ins
- Partner with HR, Legal, and Security on compliant onboarding, access, and documentation
- Drive fellow-to-full-time conversion with hiring managers
- Translate military experience, ratings, and qualifications into role fit and leveling
- Build relationships with transition programs, base career offices, SkillBridge intermediaries, and veteran organizations
- Represent the organization at military hiring events, transition fairs, and on-base engagements
- Track fellow volume, conversion rates, time to hire, and source effectiveness
- Use program data to improve recruiting outcomes
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity