Talent Partner, Maritime & R&D

About Us

STARK is a new kind of defence technology company revolutionizing the way autonomous systems are deployed across multiple domains. We design, develop and manufacture high performance unmanned systems that are software defined, mass scalable, and cost effective. This provides our operators with a decisive edge in highly contested environments.
 We’re focused on delivering deployable, high performance systems, not future promises. In a time of rising threats, STARK is bolstering the technological edge of NATO Allies and their Partners to deter aggression and defend Europe, today.

Your mission

As Talent Partner, Maritime & R&D, you will lead recruitment for specialised engineering roles supporting STARK’s maritime capabilities.

You will partner closely with technical leadership to identify and hire engineers across maritime systems and related R&D disciplines, building strong pipelines within Northern Germany’s maritime engineering ecosystem.

This role is remote or hybrid and ideally based near the North Sea or Baltic (Ostsee) region where maritime industry talent is concentrated.

Responsibilities

• Lead end to end recruitment for maritime engineering and R&D roles.

• Partner with technical hiring managers to define hiring priorities and candidate profiles.

• Build targeted pipelines within maritime engineering and naval technology talent markets.

• Identify and engage engineers working on maritime systems, robotics, autonomy, and related technologies.

• Provide insight on talent availability and hiring risks within specialised maritime sectors.

• Ensure structured candidate evaluation and clear hiring recommendations.

• Maintain accurate recruitment pipelines and data within Personio.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English and German.

• Strong experience recruiting specialised engineering or R&D roles.

• Demonstrated success sourcing and hiring within maritime, naval, defence, or advanced engineering environments.

• Demonstrated ability to partner credibly with senior engineering leaders and technical hiring managers in high bar technical hiring environments.

• Experience working closely with engineering teams on complex technical roles.

• Strong understanding of Northern Germany’s maritime engineering ecosystem is highly preferred.

• Highly structured and comfortable operating independently in a fast growing environment.