Talent Acquisition Partner, Engineering

Helsing

$90K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, ideally in technical fields
  • Strong ability to partner strategically with executive stakeholders
  • Expertise in deep tech and defense tech landscapes
  • Proven record of leading end-to-end recruiting efforts
  • Skilled in leveraging modern TA technologies for optimization
  • Experience with data-driven decision-making in hiring strategies

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end recruitment for various roles aligned with US business needs
  • Collaborate with leadership to define and resource hiring roadmaps
  • Drive programmatic initiatives to enhance the efficiency of the TA function
  • Lead employer branding efforts to attract mission-driven talent
  • Provide data-driven insights to influence hiring and retention strategies
  • Optimize the TA tech stack while focusing on responsible AI use

Benefits

  • A focus on outcomes rather than time-tracking
  • Competitive compensation and equity options
  • Relocation support for new hires
  • Social and education allowances to enhance employee welfare
  • Regular company events to foster team unity across Europe
Full Job Description
The role

We are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to lead the delivery across Helsing's US Business. This is a strategic partnership with leaders across Engineering (Hardware, Software, Security) where you will own the execution of hiring plans as well as acting as build the recruiting infrastructure for the US, setting standards for business acumen, advisory and data fluency.
The day-to-day
  • Own the end-to-end recruiting delivery for a broad range of roles in support of the US business, serving as the primary strategic talent partner to executives.
  • Partner with TA and People leadership to define and resource 6 to 12-month hiring roadmaps, ensuring alignment between business strategy and TA model.
  • Own and drive programmatic initiatives that solve systemic issues and broadly impact the efficiency of the Talent Acquisition function, such as talent market intelligence.
  • Drive targeted US employer branding efforts to develop a long-tail pipeline of mission-driven talent and increase the quality of inbound candidates.
  • Provide data-driven advisory on long-term talent topics, utilizing deep insights to influence leadership on hiring, representation, and retention.
  • Optimize the TA tech stack by proactively adopting new tools and demonstrating a hands-on approach to responsible AI in talent acquisition
You should apply if you
  • Operate beyond delivery-focused recruitment, acting as a strategic architect to deliver searches ranging from leadership to niche technical positions in the US and global markets.
  • Possess expert knowledge of the deep tech and defense tech landscape, translating long-term business goals into actionable search strategies.
  • Have extensive experience as a Senior Technical Recruiter or Talent Acquisition Lead, collaborating directly with executive stakeholders to execute against hiring and workforce plans.
  • Are proficient in leveraging modern TA tech stacks to drive ROI, optimize search efficiency, and ensure rigorous assessment standards.
  • Take full ownership of programmatic initiatives that broadly impact the wider People and Talent Acquisition function, focusing on talent quality and long-term value creation.
Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields

  • Helsing's work is important. You'll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns.
  • The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world.
  • Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defense industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward.
  • In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts.
  • We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practice responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn't work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about.
What we offer
  • A focus on outcomes, not time-tracking
  • Competitive compensation and equity
  • Relocation support
  • Social and education allowances
  • Regular company events and all-hands to bring together employees as one team across Europe


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