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Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Legal Recruiter

Generalist RecruitingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
ContractCosta Mesa, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of direct, full-cycle recruiting experience focused on legal and regulatory roles, including corporate counsel, trade compliance (ITAR/EAR), commercial real estate, cybersecurity law, and government/defense contract management roles.
  • Experience conducting competency assessments and evaluating legal capabilities, including contract drafting, regulatory risk mitigation, intellectual property, and government contracting procurement regulations, against technical and cultural requirements.
  • Experience managing strategic stakeholder relationships, particularly with general counsel and proposal and capture teams, driving recruiting based on business needs, calibrating profiles, and reporting transparent pipeline progress.
  • Experience advising on market conditions, talent availability, and candidate expectations in the defense-legal space to improve outcomes and candidate experience.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with legal candidates to understand their motivations, drivers, and cultural fit.
  • Experience managing legal candidate funnels and tracking recruitment progress using an applicant tracking system such as Greenhouse.
  • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct in-depth interviews and competency assessments of candidates for legal counsel, contracts manager, trade compliance leader, legal operations, and federal proposal/capture analyst roles, anticipating hiring manager preferences and supporting high interview-to-offer ratios.
  • Target and engage passive legal talent using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean strings, referrals, SOBO campaigns, specialized legal networks, professional associations, and industry events.
  • Partner with Legal Leadership, including the General Counsel, to understand specialized team needs, define role requirements, and craft value propositions for legal talent.
  • Build a diverse talent pipeline and provide a positive candidate experience from initial outreach through offer acceptance.
  • Represent the company’s brand and recruiting team internally and externally, articulating its business model, scale, and financial impact.
  • Use internal resources and market insights to develop strategies for presenting the company’s value proposition to top-tier legal talent.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience recruiting in defense technology, aerospace, or federal government contracting, including familiarity with federal proposal/capture lifecycles or defense contract management.
  • Familiarity with the national security arena, including federal security clearance lifecycles such as Secret and TS/SCI and their impact on candidate timelines.
  • Experience recruiting senior- to leadership-level legal candidates, such as corporate counsel or senior attorneys from top-tier law firms, specialized boutique firms, or sophisticated corporate legal departments.
  • A network within defense-contracting (NCMA), legal (ACC/ABA), or federal proposal (APMP) communities.
  • Multiple years of experience working at an agency or fast-paced startup, particularly one with a strong product or engineering culture.

About the Company

Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Anduril builds autonomous weapons, such as drones, cruise missiles, and robot submarines, for the US military and its allies, often developing them with its own money before any order arrives. In 2024 it beat Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman for an Air Force contract to develop Fury, a pilotless jet that flies alongside crewed fighters. Its Lattice software merges camera and radar feeds into one live map and lets a few operators direct many drones and weapons at once, including other companies' systems. Governments buy its systems under contract, and Anduril builds much of the hardware in its own factories. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey co-founded Anduril in 2017, and it is based in Costa Mesa, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Private
Total funding
$11.5B
Headquarters
Costa Mesa, CA
Founded
2017

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