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Austin, Texas, United States
Onsite
Build market maps for priority technical roles
Source candidates across aerospace, autonomy, robotics, manufacturing, hardware, defense, and startup environments
Create and maintain searches in LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing tools
Run outbound outreach through LinkedIn, email, referrals, and targeted research
Lightly qualify candidates against role-specific rubrics
Partner with recruiting and hiring managers to define what “qualified” means for each role
Keep Lever clean with accurate stages, notes, responses, and follow-ups
Hand off qualified, interested candidates with clear context
Surface market signal around comp, titles, location, availability, and talent density
Help improve sourcing process, outreach quality, and pipeline visibility
Proven technical sourcing experience for hard-to-fill roles in hardware, robotics, or adjacent deep-tech and physical-engineering domains (aerospace, defense, autonomy, or advanced manufacturing)
Ability to understand technical requirements and separate signal from noise
Strong search discipline, including Boolean, LinkedIn Recruiter, and creative sourcing paths
Clear, concise written communication
Good judgment on candidate fit, motivation, and relevance
Strong follow-through and pipeline hygiene
Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with changing priorities
Ownership mindset and the ability to work with limited structure
Experience sourcing for aerospace, UAVs, robotics, autonomy, manufacturing, defense, or hardware teams
Experience with Lever
Experience supporting startup or high-growth technical hiring
Familiarity with mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, flight test, production, or embedded systems roles
Experience building referral maps or talent intelligence projects
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Due to U.S. government contract requirements, this role is limited to U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or candidates from specific countries authorized under applicable export control regulations.
Skyways is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.