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Each platform is deployable on its own, and stronger as part of the system. Its product lines include the MAGURA family of uncrewed surface vessels, the NEMESIS family of strike platforms, the LIUT family of ground robotic platforms, and counter-UAS systems.\nAbout the role\nUFORCE is growing rapidly, and we’re looking for a Lead Recruiter to play a key role in building the teams that will support our next stage of growth in the United States.\nAs the first dedicated recruiter in the US, you’ll work closely with US leaders and the global Talent team, taking ownership of critical technical and mission-critical hiring while helping attract exceptional talent across highly competitive US markets.\nThis is an opportunity to have real impact beyond individual hires. You’ll bring market insight, challenge thinking, raise the hiring bar and help shape how we recruit as we continue to scale across the US.\nWe’re looking for someone who enjoys working at pace, is comfortable with ambiguity and wants the autonomy to make things happen. This is a hands-on lead role: you’ll personally source and close hard-to-find talent while helping build repeatable recruiting discipline, better hiring-manager capability and stronger pipeline operating rhythms.\nWhat you’ll do\nOwn end-to-end recruitment for priority technical and mission-critical roles across the US.\n\nBuild proactive pipelines through direct sourcing, market mapping, referrals and targeted outreach.\n\nPartner with hiring managers and senior leaders to understand hiring priorities and translate them into effective search strategies.\n\nDefine role outcomes, competencies, scorecards and structured interview processes.\n\nAssess candidates and provide clear, evidence-based recommendations.\n\nOwn the candidate journey from first conversation through offer and close.\n\nBuild close plans for finalists, including motivators, risks, counter-strategy, compensation alignment and decision timelines.\n\nUse recruiting data and market insight to improve pipeline quality, conversion and hiring outcomes.\n\nSupport senior, executive and confidential searches when required.\n\nHelp improve our recruiting processes, tools and ways of working as UFORCE continues to scale.\n\nCoach hiring managers and recruiting partners on sourcing quality, interview discipline, evidence capture and structured debriefs.\n\nHelp create repeatable recruiting playbooks, outreach approaches, scorecards and pipeline cadences for high-priority US hiring.\n\nRequired Skills\nStrong end-to-end recruiting experience, including personally sourcing and closing hard-to-find talent.\n\nExperience recruiting within software, hardware, AI, robotics, autonomy, defence, aerospace, engineering or another technically complex environment.\n\nA strong track record of proactive sourcing, talent mapping and building outbound pipelines in competitive US markets.\n\nExcellent stakeholder management skills and the confidence to advise and challenge hiring managers.\n\nExperience using structured, evidence-based interviewing and assessment.\n\nStrong candidate management and closing skills, including the ability to manage competing offers, compensation expectations and decision timelines.\n\nA data-driven approach to recruiting and pipeline management.\n\nHigh ownership, sound judgement and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.\n\nA bar-raising mindset, with the ability to protect hiring quality while moving quickly.\n\nComfort operating in environments where security, confidentiality, discretion and mission alignment matter.\n\nNice to have\nExperience recruiting within defense, aerospace, autonomy, robotics or deep tech.\n\nExperience hiring across US defense, federal, dual-use, national security or government-adjacent talent markets.\n\nFamiliarity with cleared talent, security clearance considerations or US citizen-only hiring requirements.\n\nExperience with WHO methodology, MOCs, scorecards or similar structured hiring frameworks.\n\nExperience supporting senior, executive or confidential searches.\n\nExperience improving recruiting processes, ATS workflows or hiring-manager capability.\n\nExperience coaching other recruiters or acting as a player-coach in a scaling talent function.\n\nThe nature of combat has changed.\nTomorrow’s battlefield success depends on autonomy, speed, and adaptability.\nAnd UFORCE is ready.\nAre You?","description_format":"text","description_chars":4704,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","Military","Penetration Testing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T07:41:39Z"}],"liveness":{"score":24,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.693,"p_room":0.35,"age_days":27,"expected_fill_days":7,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/uforce-lead-recruiter","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/uforce-lead-recruiter.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-28T23:23:14Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1003,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3997,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z"}}}