Director, Talent Acquisition- Engineering

Location: Towson, MD – Hybrid

About the role

The Director, Talent Acquisition – Engineering leads the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of talent acquisition for the engineering function. This role builds and manages a high-performing team of recruiters dedicated to hiring firmware engineers, embedded systems engineers, infrastructure/platform engineers, engineering managers, and technical leadership across the organization. The Director partners closely with engineering leadership (VPs/Directors of Engineering), HR Business Partners, and Total Rewards to design hiring strategies that scale with business growth while maintaining a high bar for talent quality, candidate experience, and diversity of hiring. This role is especially critical in periods of rapid team build-out and in markets where competition for specialized engineering talent is intense, requiring creative sourcing strategies, strong employer branding, and the ability to stand up hiring capacity quickly without sacrificing quality.

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters focused on engineering hiring, setting individual and team performance goals
• Own headcount planning, workload distribution, and capacity/utilization across the team relative to open requisition volume
• Build recruiter career pathing, onboarding, and ongoing skills development (technical sourcing, competency-based interviewing, negotiation)
• Foster a high-accountability, data-driven team culture
• Serve as the primary TA partner to engineering leadership, translating org growth plans into hiring strategy and forecasts
• Build trusted relationships with hiring managers to align on role scoping, leveling, competencies, and interview design
• Advise engineering leaders on market compensation trends, talent availability, and competitive positioning
• Design rapid-scale hiring playbooks (surge sourcing, accelerated interview loops, hiring events) to stand up new engineering teams or functions quickly without compromising quality bar
• Develop geo-specific talent