About the role

The Recruiter leads full-cycle recruiting for Skyeton’s growing U.S. organization, with primary support for the Fayetteville manufacturing operation and additional technical, engineering, corporate, and flight-operations hiring as assigned. This position partners with hiring leaders to define talent needs, develop sourcing strategies, evaluate candidates, coordinate an efficient selection process, and deliver a professional candidate experience.

Success requires proactive sourcing, strong judgment, timely follow-through, accurate recruiting records, and the ability to attract talent in competitive aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and engineering markets. The Recruiter serves as a credible ambassador for Skyeton and helps ensure each hire has the qualifications, reliability, and cultural alignment needed to support the mission.

What you'll do

Manage full-cycle recruiting for hourly manufacturing, skilled trades, engineering, quality, supply chain, program management, flight operations, and corporate positions

• Partner with hiring managers to clarify role requirements, required competencies, staffing priorities, interview teams, selection criteria, and target hiring timelines

• Create and maintain accurate job descriptions and job postings that reflect position requirements, Skyeton’s culture, and applicable employment and export-control language

• Develop position-specific sourcing strategies using applicant-tracking systems, professional networks, job boards, social media, colleges, trade schools, military-transition programs, career fairs, referrals, and direct outreach

• Proactively identify and engage passive candidates for difficult-to-fill aerospace, defense, engineering, manufacturing, and leadership roles

• Review applications and resumes, conduct structured phone interviews, evaluate technical and cultural alignment, and provide clear recommendations to hiring managers

• Assess candidates consistently against role qualifications and Skyeton’s six cultural pillars while maintaining fair, job-related, and well-documented selection practices

• Coordinate interviews, candidate travel when applicable, hiring-team schedules, feedback collection, and timely candidate communications throughout the process

• Prepare interview guides, candidate summaries, compensation information, offer recommendations, and other recruiting materials for hiring leaders

• Conduct compensation research and collaborate with HR and leadership to develop competitive, internally consistent offers within approved parameters

• Extend verbal and written offers, manage negotiations within authorized limits, and maintain candidate engagement through acceptance and start date

• Coordinate pre-employment requirements, including references, background checks, drug screens, employment eligibility documentation, and other position-specific conditions

• Partner with HR and hiring managers to support a smooth transition from candidate acceptance through onboarding and first-day readiness

• Maintain complete and accurate candidate dispositions, interview documentation, requisition activity, offer data, and recruiting records in the applicant-tracking system

• Track and report recruiting metrics, including applicant flow, source effectiveness, time to fill, aging requisitions, offer acceptance, hiring progress, and recruiting risks

• Build and maintain talent pipelines for recurring and anticipated hiring needs and support workforce planning for organizational growth and new facilities

• Represent Skyeton at recruiting events, career fairs, community partnerships, military-transition events, colleges, universities, and technical training programs

• Strengthen Skyeton’s employer brand through accurate, engaging recruiting communications and consistent representation of the employee value proposition

• Support recruiting compliance, including EEO, affirmative action, OFCCP-related recordkeeping, applicant disposition, pay transparency, I-9, E-Verify, and applicable federal and state requirements

• Coordinate appropriately with HR, Security, and authorized leaders regarding U.S.-person, ITAR/EAR, clearance, confidentiality, and controlled-information requirements

• Protect confidential candidate, compensation, employee, customer, and business information and use sound judgment when communicating sensitive matters

• Identify opportunities to simplify and improve recruiting processes, candidate experience, hiring-manager service, reporting, and talent-pipeline quality

• Support other talent-acquisition and HR projects and perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, communications, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience with responsibility for sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate management, offers, and recruiting documentation

• Demonstrated success sourcing and closing candidates in competitive or difficult-to-fill markets

• Experience recruiting for manufacturing, skilled trades, engineering, technical, operations, or professional positions

• Ability to conduct structured interviews, evaluate job-related evidence, and provide concise candidate recommendations to hiring leaders

• Working knowledge of employment-related recruiting requirements, including EEO principles, applicant recordkeeping, consistent selection practices, and appropriate interview questions

• Experience using an applicant-tracking system, online sourcing tools, job boards, social media, and Microsoft Office applications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage candidates and work effectively with employees, managers, and executives

• Strong organization, prioritization, attention to detail, and follow-through while managing multiple requisitions and changing business needs

• High level of integrity, discretion, professionalism, and ability to safeguard confidential information

• Ability to work on-site and travel occasionally for recruiting events or support of other Skyeton locations

• Must qualify as a U.S. Person under applicable ITAR/EAR regulations

Preferred Qualifications

• Recruiting experience in aerospace, defense, aviation, unmanned systems, advanced manufacturing, engineering, or another regulated industry

• Experience recruiting for a startup, greenfield manufacturing facility, rapid-growth organization, or multi-site workforce

• Experience sourcing veterans, transitioning service members, cleared professionals, engineers, and skilled manufacturing talent

• Familiarity with federal-contractor requirements, affirmative action, OFCCP, E-Verify, ITAR/EAR, CUI, or security-clearance environments

• Experience with Rippling or a comparable applicant-tracking and HR information system

• Experience with recruiting analytics, compensation research, employer branding, career events, college recruiting, or military-transition partnerships

• SHRM-CP, PHR, AIRS, Certified Internet Recruiter, or comparable HR or recruiting certification

Skills & Competencies

• Full-cycle recruiting and candidate relationship management

• Proactive sourcing and talent-pipeline development

• Structured interviewing and evidence-based candidate assessment

• Hiring-manager partnership and consultative communication

• Candidate experience and employer-brand representation

• Clear, candid, and respectful written and verbal communication

• Organization, urgency, accuracy, and dependable follow-through

• Sound judgment, confidentiality, and consistent process execution

• Adaptability, initiative, and comfort working through ambiguity

• Commitment to fair hiring, continuous improvement, and mission-focused outcomes

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• 401(k) plan with company match

• Medical insurance: company-paid employee coverage

• Dental and vision insurance

• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience

• Career growth opportunities within a rapidly expanding aerospace organization

• Opportunity to build the workforce supporting a growing U.S. manufacturing and defense operation

Work Environment

• Remote

• Frequent communication with candidates, employees, hiring managers, executives, vendors, schools, military-transition partners, and community organizations

• Regular handling of confidential candidate, compensation, employee, and business information

• May require occasional travel, extended hours, or schedule flexibility to support interviews, career fairs, hiring events, or other Skyeton locations

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, use standard office equipment, and move throughout office and manufacturing areas, with or without reasonable accommodation

• Must follow all facility safety, security, confidentiality, cybersecurity, and export-control requirements

Equal Opportunity Statement

Skyeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

This position is subject to U.S. export-control regulations (ITAR/EAR). Applicants must be U.S. persons as defined by applicable law. A pre-employment background check, drug screen, and reference verification are required. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain any clearances required by Skyeton customers and contracts.

About Skyeton, Inc

Skyeton is an aerospace and defense technology company focused on the design, production, and support of advanced unmanned aerial systems. At our growing Fayetteville, North Carolina operation, employees help establish and scale U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities that support demanding customer missions.

Company Culture

Skyeton combines the energy of a growing organization with the discipline required in aerospace manufacturing. We value teamwork, accountability, practical problem-solving, precise execution, and a willingness to improve. Our people make a difference, and every employee contributes directly to product quality, operational readiness, and customer success.