Senior/Staff Technical Recruiter

Skydio
San Mateo
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: People, HR & TalentSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving","Mentoring"]

As a Staff Technical Recruiter, you will lead critical engineering searches, partner with senior leaders, and design scalable talent strategies to build Skydio’s core engineering teams. You’ll own end-to-end recruiting, cultivate diverse pipelines in niche domains, drive executive engagements, mentor peers, and collaborate with People Ops and Finance to optimize headcount and hiring processes in a fast-moving, hybrid environment.

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Skydio
Skydio
11 months ago

Senior/Staff Technical Recruiter

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Job Summary

As a Staff Technical Recruiter, you will lead critical engineering searches, partner with senior leaders, and design scalable talent strategies to build Skydio’s core engineering teams. You’ll own end-to-end recruiting, cultivate diverse pipelines in niche domains, drive executive engagements, mentor peers, and collaborate with People Ops and Finance to optimize headcount and hiring processes in a fast-moving, hybrid environment.
Location: San Mateo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: People, HR & Talent
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Operate as a strategic recruiting partner to senior engineering leaders, influencing org design, headcount planning, and hiring strategy.
  • •Own end-to-end talent strategy and execution for one or more of our core engineering orgs.
  • •Build and calibrate high-performing, diverse talent pipelines for niche, competitive skill sets in emerging technology domains.
  • •Drive executive-level recruiting engagements, from calibrations through close, while delivering a best-in-class candidate experience at every touchpoint.
  • •Partner with People Ops, Compensation, and Finance to optimize headcount plans and hiring processes for scale and efficiency.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Paid LeaveHoliday Pay401kHealth Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •Must have deep expertise recruiting across at least two domains: Cloud, Mobile, Infrastructure, Embedded, Wireless, Camera/Optics, or Hardware Engineering.
  • •Experience building technical organizations at growth-stage or high-impact technology companies.
  • •Ability to influence executive-level hiring decisions using data and market intelligence.
  • •Comfort navigating complex, ambiguous hiring landscapes, balancing urgency with quality and long-term impact.
  • •Experience mentoring recruiters and contributing to process, tooling, and brand improvements across the recruiting org.
Experience:Hardware engineeringDroneAerospaceEmbedded systems
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingMentoring
Tech Stack:CloudMobileInfrastructureEmbeddedWirelessCamera/OpticsHardware Engineering

Company Brief

Skydio
Designs and manufactures autonomous consumer and enterprise drones using AI-powered vision and navigation systems for inspection, mapping, public safety, and industrial applications. Focuses on rugged, fully autonomous flight and end-to-end drone solutions.
Industry: Drones & Aerial Logistics
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2014
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