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Ondas Sentinel, formed through the acquisition of World View by Ondas Inc. (NASDAQ: ONDS) and integration with DZYNE Technologies, is building a next-generation U.S. defense platform combining long-endurance ISR, autonomous systems, counter-UAS technologies, and mission intelligence.
Reporting to the Chief People Officer, the Director of Talent Acquisition & Onboarding will lead end-to-end talent attraction and recruitment operations for Ondas Sentinel. This role owns the complete lifecycle from workforce demand intake through offer coordination and initial onboarding handover, partnering closely with business and functional leaders to translate growth plans, program requirements, and capability gaps into disciplined, executable hiring plans.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning workforce demand intake and translating approved needs into practical hiring plans, capacity forecasts, and sourcing priorities aligned with business growth and program milestones
- Shaping employer positioning and leading differentiated sourcing strategies across technical, engineering, manufacturing, operations, program, corporate, executive, and security-cleared talent
- Leading recruitment operations and governance, including requisition workflows, interview coordination, applicant tracking, agency management, and continuous improvement
- Setting clear hiring manager expectations for role definition, interview readiness, feedback timeliness, and decision quality
- Delivering consistent, inclusive candidate experience from first contact through acceptance, and coordinating competitive offers with People, Compensation, Finance, and business leaders
- Owning the transition from offer acceptance through onboarding, coordinating across People Operations, Security, IT, Facilities, Payroll, and hiring managers
- Building dashboards and operating rhythms providing visibility into demand, pipeline health, hiring outcomes, and candidate experience
- Leading and scaling the internal recruiting team and external partners
- Ensuring recruitment and onboarding practices comply with employment law, equal opportunity, privacy, government contracting, export control, and security requirements
The ideal candidate is a hands-on talent acquisition leader who can operate strategically and execute directly, with sound judgment, strong stakeholder influence, operational discipline, and comfort with technical and cleared hiring. This is an on-site role based in Irvine, California (preferred) or Tucson, Arizona, with travel between Ondas Sentinel locations as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology, Communications, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience
- 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including significant experience leading recruitment operations, teams, and senior stakeholder relationships in high-growth or complex environments
- Demonstrated success building structured workforce intake, requisition governance, sourcing, selection, offer, and onboarding handover processes
- Strong experience recruiting technical, engineering, manufacturing, operations, program, corporate, and leadership talent; aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, or advanced technology experience strongly preferred
- Experience with U.S. Government contracting environments, security-cleared talent, International Traffic in Arms Regulations, export controls, and related hiring constraints preferred
- Proven ability to influence and hold senior hiring managers accountable while maintaining trusted, constructive partnerships
- Strong command of applicant tracking systems, recruiting analytics, process design, vendor management, and data-driven workforce reporting
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, executive presence, sound judgment, discretion, and ability to manage competing priorities with urgency and care
- Working knowledge of federal and state employment requirements relevant to recruiting, selection, candidate records, and equal employment opportunity
