Technical Recruitment Specialist

Do you enjoy finding the technical specialist everyone else says is impossible to find? And do you like getting close enough to the technology to understand what you are actually searching for?

Then we might have an interesting job for you at MyDefence.

We are looking for a Technical Recruitment Specialist who will work closely with our R&D teams and take ownership of technical recruitment.

And there is plenty to get involved in. MyDefence is growing, our R&D organisation is developing, and so is the technology behind our solutions.

To succeed in this role, you will build strong partnerships with R&D, connect with hard-to-find technical talent and help us take a more proactive approach to finding and attracting the people we need as we grow.

What you will do

As our Technical Recruitment Specialist, you will work closely with R&D leaders and hiring managers and take ownership of technical recruitment from search to hire.

R&D will be your primary area of responsibility, but depending on recruitment volume and priorities, you will also support technical recruitment across other parts of MyDefence.

You will get close to the technical organisation, understand the roles we need and turn those needs into focused searches, strong candidate profiles and well-founded hiring decisions.

The role also includes helping us build a structured and scalable start for new R&D colleagues.

Your responsibilities will include:

Technical Recruitment Partnership: Partner with R&D leaders and hiring managers to clarify hiring needs, challenge requirements and turn technical competence needs into clear candidate profiles and recruitment priorities.

End-to-End Technical Recruitment: Own assigned technical recruitment processes from intake and sourcing through screening, interviews, assessment, selection and offer.

Technical Search & Talent Pipelines: Proactively identify and engage technical talent through direct search, LinkedIn Recruiter, engineering communities, professional networks, universities and relevant technical forums. Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.

Candidate Screening & Assessment: Conduct initial candidate screenings and assess technical experience, competencies and motivation at a meaningful level before involving technical specialists. Present qualified shortlists and support structured hiring decisions.

Job Profiles & Role Definition: Support R&D leaders in developing and maintaining clear and consistent job descriptions and role profiles as the organisation grows.

Structured R&D Onboarding: Work with R&D leaders and People Experience & Communications to build scalable onboarding and learning journeys for new R&D colleagues, including reusable onboarding material, technical introduction packages, self-study modules and structured learning plans.

Hiring & Onboarding Capacity: Help R&D leadership align recruitment pace with the organisation’s capacity to onboard and integrate new colleagues effectively.

Recruitment Development: Together with the Talent Acquisition team, continuously strengthen our technical recruitment approach, including sourcing strategies, interview structures, assessment criteria and tools.

Who we are looking for

You may come from technical recruitment with a strong understanding of engineering and technology, or from a technical background combined with hands-on recruitment experience. What matters most is that you can understand the profiles we are looking for and have the recruitment skills to find and assess them.

Technical Background: A technical education or professional background within engineering, electronics, software, IT, automation, mechanical engineering or a related field is a strong advantage, but not a requirement.

Technical Understanding: You are comfortable working with technical and specialist profiles and can understand roles, technologies and competence requirements well enough to have meaningful recruitment conversations with both candidates and hiring managers.

Recruitment Experience: You have relevant hands-on experience with recruitment, talent acquisition or search, preferably involving technical, engineering or other specialist profiles.

Sourcing Experience: You have experience with proactive sourcing and direct search and know how to identify and approach candidates who may not be actively looking for a new role.

Candidate Assessment: You have experience screening and assessing candidates and are comfortable using interviews and relevant assessment tools to build a well-founded view of candidate fit.

Tools: You are comfortable working with recruitment systems and digital sourcing tools. Experience with ATS platforms and LinkedIn Recruiter is an advantage.

Language: You are fluent in Danish and English, both written and spoken.

Who you are

Technically curious: You are genuinely interested in technology and enjoy building enough understanding to engage credibly with candidates and hiring managers.

Trusted sparring partner: You build credibility quickly, ask good questions and are comfortable challenging assumptions when needed.

Relationship-oriented: You build strong relationships with candidates, technical specialists and leaders and communicate in a clear and approachable way.

Structured and proactive: You keep several recruitment processes moving at the same time without losing track of quality, details or candidate experience.

Independent and collaborative: You take ownership, work well across R&D and People & Culture and know when to involve technical expertise and when to move things forward yourself. You are also comfortable working across cultures and geographies.

What we offer you

A mission that matters: Join a defence technology company developing solutions that help protect people and save lives.

Close to the technology: Work directly with R&D leaders and specialists and gain insight into the technologies and challenges behind our solutions.

Room to make an impact: Join a growing international organisation where you can help shape and strengthen how we recruit technical talent.

A strong People & Culture team: Become part of a collaborative, hands-on team where we share knowledge, help each other and work closely with the business.

Flexibility in everyday working life: We value being together and staying close to the business, while offering flexibility in how we organise our working day.

The team you will join

You will become part of People & Culture and our Talent Acquisition team, while working closely with R&D and our technical hiring managers.

You will work particularly closely with our Talent Acquisition Partner and collaborate across People & Culture to ensure a smooth transition from recruitment into onboarding and employment setup.

We are a growing, hands-on team with high ambitions, where we share knowledge, spar with each other and step in when priorities shift.

The position is based at our HQ in Nørresundby, Denmark. Regular presence at the office is important, as being close to the business and our technical teams is key to succeeding in the role.

Ready to help us find the technical talent that will shape what comes next?

If you enjoy getting close to technology, people and the business – and like the idea of helping us find the specialists we need as MyDefence continues to grow – we would really like to hear from you.

Please send us your application and CV as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis and may close the recruitment process once we have found the right candidate.

We use an online recruitment system, so applications must be submitted electronically.

If you would like to know more about the role, the team or what it is like to work at MyDefence, you are very welcome to reach out to Chief People & Culture Officer, Gitte Lyck.

As part of your employment with MyDefence, you will be required to undergo a background check tailored to your role and level of access, both digital and physical. Maintaining eligibility for such background checks is a continuous requirement throughout your employment.