Talent Acquisition Partner – Go-To-Market & Engineering

About the role

• Advanced Navigation is a global leader in AI-powered navigation and robotics technologies. We’re on a mission to shape the future of autonomy across land, sea, air, and space—and we know that exceptional talent is at the heart of that mission. We’re looking for a dynamic and driven Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to lead recruitment across both  go-to-market (GTM) and engineering functions. From sourcing brilliant minds in manufacturing and engineering to securing top talent in sales, marketing, product, and customer success, you’ll play a key role in scaling high-performing teams across the business.

What you'll do

• Own full-cycle recruitment for a broad range of roles, including:

GTM: Sales (technical and enterprise), customer success and revenue operations

Engineering & Manufacturing: Mechatronics, Electronics and robotics.

• Partner with leaders across Sales, Engineering and Commercial to understand hiring needs and deliver tailored talent strategies.
• Proactively source, engage, and pipeline top talent globally, with a focus on hard-to-find, high-impact skill sets.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience that reflects our innovative, values-driven culture.
• Leverage recruitment data and insights to continuously improve hiring performance and efficiency.
• Design and implement sourcing strategies specifically tailored to attract high-caliber enterprise and technical sales professionals with experience in solution selling, government/defense procurement, or high-tech B2B environments.
• Partner closely with Sales Leadership to define ideal candidate profiles, assess soft skills aligned to consultative and strategic selling, and calibrate pipelines accordingly

Qualifications, skills & experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
• Proven experience recruiting across both commercial (sales/marketing/product) functions and technical (hardware/software)
• Strong sourcing and stakeholder management skills, especially in fast-paced or scaling environments.
• Confidence in managing a variety of roles simultaneously from customer-facing GTM positions to highly technical R&D positions.
• Proven track record hiring top-performing salespeople in complex, consultative selling environments—ideally in robotics, deep tech, defense, or high-growth product companies.
• Deep understanding of GTM talent personas (e.g., enterprise account executives, government sales leads, channel managers) and the traits of high-performing sales professionals.
• Comfortable assessing traits such as sales acumen, quota performance, customer influence, and sales process rigor during screening and interviewing.
• A strategic, proactive mindset and passion for attracting top-tier talent.
• Experience in high-tech, deep-tech, or product-led environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent time management, driven to work quickly and strong attention to detail.
• Experience in full cycle technical recruiting.
• Direct experience sourcing, screening, recruiting, and closing top-tier technical talent.
• Experience and familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems, ideally Rippling, to manage candidate communications.
• Practical knowledge around LinkedIn Recruiter, InMail, and the standard suite of recruiting communication tools.
• Proven success in creative sourcing strategies and thinking outside the box to identify hard-to-find candidates.