Technical Sourcer

<p style="min-height:1.5em">Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The company is moving quickly to launch the first aircraft designed specifically for swarming, as well as the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets and empower human operators to achieve superhuman results.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">The team has created and exited multiple startups, negotiated defense deals worth billions of dollars, and designed and built 30+ novel aircraft, with aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are hiring a Technical Sourcer to build and drive the top-of-funnel pipeline for our software engineering and product hiring lanes. You will work directly with our Technical Recruiter as a dedicated sourcing partner, owning candidate identification, outreach, and initial qualification so the recruiting team can stay focused on process and close.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This is a high-output, high-craft role. You are not managing reqs or running full-cycle. You are the person who finds candidates nobody else finds, writes outreach nobody else would write, and builds pipelines that hold up under pressure.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This is a fully remote position with occasional travel to our headquarters in Oxnard,CA</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>What You Will Own</h1><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>Pipeline Development</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Build and maintain active candidate pipelines for software engineering roles across autonomy, full-stack, embedded, and forward-deployed disciplines</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Source product management and product design candidates with backgrounds in C2, mission software, robotics, or defense-adjacent hardware-software products</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Develop Boolean search strings, LinkedIn Recruiter projects, GitHub profiles, conference speaker lists, and other non-obvious sourcing surfaces to reach passive candidates</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Identify talent clusters within defense primes, national labs, aerospace companies, robotics startups, and hyperscalers with relevant systems depth</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>Outreach and Engagement</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Write and send personalized outreach that reflects Swarm Aero's mission and the specificity of the role, not templated copy-paste</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Own A/B testing of messaging, subject lines, and outreach sequences to continuously improve response rates</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Conduct initial screens to assess interest, eligibility, and basic technical fit before passing candidates to the Technical Recruiter</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Maintain accurate and timely candidate records in Ashby, including outreach history, response rates, and disposition notes</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>Sourcing Intelligence</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Track and report on pipeline metrics weekly: contacts made, response rates, screens completed, and candidates advanced</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Surface market intelligence on talent availability, compensation expectations, and competitive movement in the defense tech and autonomy software space</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Contribute to target company lists, sourcing playbooks, and Boolean string libraries for use across the TA team</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>What We Are Looking For</h1><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>Required</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">• 3+ years of technical sourcing experience, with demonstrated success building passive candidate pipelines for software engineering roles</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Deep fluency with LinkedIn Recruiter and at least one additional sourcing surface (GitHub, X/Twitter, conference databases, niche communities)</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Strong Boolean search skills and the ability to construct targeted searches for roles with narrow technical profiles</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Excellent written communication; your outreach messages are specific, brief, and worth responding to</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• High attention to detail in ATS hygiene and pipeline tracking</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Self-directed and comfortable operating with minimal oversight in a fast-moving environment</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>Strongly Preferred</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Experience sourcing for defense tech, aerospace, robotics, or dual-use software companies</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Familiarity with sourcing engineers who hold or could obtain security clearances</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Experience sourcing product managers or designers in technically complex environments</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Prior use of Ashby ATS</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">• Demonstrated ability to build sourcing playbooks or target company lists from scratch</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>How This Role Fits the Team</h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">You will report to the Head of Talent Acquisition and work day-to-day alongside the Technical Recruiter. The expectation is tight coordination: shared pipeline visibility, regular sourcing syncs, and a feedback loop that makes both of you sharper over time. This is a true partnership, not a handoff queue.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">As Swarm Aero scales, this role has a clear path toward full-cycle ownership for the right person.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>What We Offer</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Competitive base salary commensurate with experience</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Medical, dental, vision, and 401k</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">PTO and paid sick leave</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Monthly wellness stipend</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Daily catered lunch (office)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Paid parental leave</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Direct impact on a critical national security mission</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems</p></li></ul>

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