Talent Acquisition Specialist (AU)

at  DroneShield Limited

Work with cutting edge technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of world’s most challenging technical problems in the Electronic Warfare, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, RF sensing, Sensor Fusion and distributed systems. Working with high profile customers across militaries, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure, law enforcement and many others.
With one of the largest listed defence company market capitalisations in Australia and having raised approximately $250m in 2024 alone, DroneShield is undergoing hypergrowth stage, fuelled by rapidly increasing use of drones for nefarious applications, from battlefield, to terrorism, to contraband delivery and commercial espionage.
This role is in the DroneShield Sydney headquarters in Pyrmont, Sydney. There are approximately 200 staff based in the 4,000sqm facility today, scheduled to grow to approximately 300 staff by end of 2025. Overseas on the ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Denmark, Germany and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70 countries globally.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Relevant bachelor or postgraduate degree
• Extensive previous experience in rapidly scaling engineering and operations teams
• Defence experience favourably considered, but not a must have
• Technically minded with the ability to grasp engineering role requirements
• In-house recruitment experience is preferred, however agency-only experience will also be considered
• Highly motivated self-starter, able to operate in a small agile team
• Attention to detail
• Clear verbal and written communication
• Only candidates currently located in Australia or New Zealand will be considered
  Note for recruitment agencies: we do not accept floated candidates from external recruiters unless they were instructed to do so

ABOUT THE ROLE

DroneShield is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to join its team in the Sydney CBD headquarters. We are looking for applicants with extensive experience in rapid scaling of engineering and operations teams. The role will report to the Talent Acquisition Manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES AND EXPECTATIONS

• Liaise with relevant DroneShield hiring managers in setting out position requirements
• Maintain DroneShield’s presence and conducting candidate searches through various platforms such as Linkedin, Indeed, Seek and other platforms
• Conducting initial candidate screening and supporting DroneShield hiring managers through the remainder of the hiring processes
• Maintaining order in ATS (Rippling)
• Conducting reference checks
• We are a global business. Stakeholders are located in different time zones (including our Virginia office). There is a requirement to occasionally work outside of normal business hours