Senior Hardware Recruiting Partner

You will serve as a trusted advisor to engineering leaders, hardware executives, and candidates helping define talent strategies, influence hiring decisions, and build teams that enable Zipline’s continued growth.

You bring ownership, urgency, and creativity to every search and are motivated by the opportunity to help build one of the most impactful hardware and autonomy companies in the world.

Proven track record recruiting and closing exceptional hardware and engineering talent.

Experience partnering with senior engineering leaders and executives to build teams and execute hiring strategies.

Strong understanding of technical talent markets, including areas such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, embedded systems, robotics, autonomy, manufacturing, or aerospace.

Strong client management and stakeholder influence skills, with the ability to build trust, challenge assumptions, and drive alignment.

Serve as a strategic talent advisor to hardware executives, engineering leaders, and hiring managers, helping shape hiring strategies aligned with business priorities and technical roadmaps.

Own full-cycle recruiting across critical hardware functions, including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, avionics, embedded systems, manufacturing, flight test, hardware operations, and technical leadership roles.

Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies to identify and engage exceptional technical talent across competitive markets.

Build deep understanding of Zipline’s hardware platforms, engineering challenges, and organizational needs to effectively represent opportunities to candidates.

Leverage market intelligence, talent mapping, compensation insights, and recruiting data to influence hiring decisions and workforce planning.

Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Hardware, Manufacturing, Operations, People, and Compensation teams to drive successful hiring outcomes.