Recruiting Manager (Engineering)

Join Divergent, a cutting-edge technology company, as a Recruiting Manager for Engineering. In this hands-on role, you will lead and develop a team of recruiters while also managing your own portfolio of engineering requisitions. You will be responsible for sourcing, screening, and managing candidates through the interview process, as well as closing hires. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in recruiting engineering talent and a strong understanding of the technical requirements of the industry.

• Lead and develop the recruiting team responsible for hiring exceptional engineering and technical talent across the organization.
• Personally own a portfolio of engineering requisitions and be responsible for sourcing, screening, managing candidates through the interview process, and closing hires.
• Establish clear expectations for recruiter performance, pipeline management, candidate experience, hiring-manager partnership, and recruiting execution.

• 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with significant experience recruiting engineering or highly technical talent
• Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls
• Experience with applicant tracking systems and recruiting technology; Greenhouse and LinkedIn Recruiter experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrated success personally sourcing and closing difficult-to-find engineering talent
• Experience supporting engineering organizations within industries such as aerospace, automotive, advanced manufacturing, robotics, hardware, defense, industrial technology, or other deep-tech environments
• 2+ years of experience directly managing, leading, or formally developing recruiters
• Experience simultaneously managing recruiters and carrying an active requisition workload strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to use recruiting metrics and data to identify problems and drive decisions
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and analytical skills
• Strong stakeholder-management skills with the ability to partner effectively with senior leaders and technical hiring managers
• Experience managing multiple hiring priorities and allocating recruiting resources based on business needs
• Strong technical sourcing skills with demonstrated success engaging passive candidates
• Experience supporting high-growth or rapidly scaling engineering organizations
• Experience recruiting across multiple engineering disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, automation & controls, software, materials, structures, test, systems, or related technical functions
• Experience recruiting within a startup or similarly fast-paced environment where priorities and hiring needs evolve quickly
• Experience developing recruiting dashboards, capacity models, or hiring-performance reporting
• Experience implementing or evaluating recruiting technology, automation, AI-enabled sourcing, or candidate-assessment tools
• Experience recruiting for positions subject to U.S. export-control requirements