Human Resources Technical Recruiter
Resume:
Eric Van Gilder
*************@*******.***
www.linkedin.com/in/ericvangilder
Professional Summary:
• Experienced and knowledgeable Technical Recruiter with skills in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Healthcare, Consumer Electronics, Mobile, Hardware Engineering, Firmware Engineering, Embedded Systems development, Data Science, AI, DevOps, Cloud Computing, Compliance Engineering, Product Testing and NPI (New Product Introduction).
• I am passionate about finding, attracting, and hiring the best talent.
• Contribute to the success of an organization by providing effective recruiting and account management activities including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer negotiation.
• Actively recruited and consistently hired Software Developers, Full Stack Developers, Software Testers, User Interface Developers, Data Scientists, Database Administrators, Software Configuration Managers, Systems Engineers, Field Engineers, Program Managers, Engineering Managers and Sales.
• Provide support and partnered with Human Resources, hiring managers and Engineering Leaders through effective listening and communication skills.
• Proficient in the use of multiple recruiting tool platforms: Lever, Greenhouse, Google Gemini, Bing Copilot, OpenAI, Taleo, Linked in Recruiter, Dice, Indeed, Twitter, Monster, Avature, Kenexa-Brass Ring, Smart Search, Job Diva, CareerBuilder, Boolean, X-ray search, ChatGPT 4.0 7/22- 6/24 Trackonomy Systems Remote
Senior Technical Recruiter
• Worked as an Engineering Recruiter for multiple departments and technologies: Software Development, Firmware Engineering, Hardware Engineering and Sensor development, consumer electronics and IoT- based wireless tracking devices.
• Sourced and hired for Full Stack Software Engineering, Field Application Engineering, Validation Engineering, PCB Design, Integrated circuit design, NPI (New Product Introduction), Design for Testability, Hardware Validation, mobile devices, RF Antenna design and Cloud computing.
• Collaborated with Human Resources, hiring managers at all levels to find, attract and hire quality candidates.
• Worked with engineering manager in Hong Kong office to source and staff local engineers.
• Received positive feedback on the recruitment process, and candidate experience.
• Succeeded in consistently meeting hiring goals in a dynamic, technologically advanced startup.
• Sought various hard to find, niche skills within: o Embedded systems: Circuit design, computer architecture, Power management, ECU (Electronic control unit), LIN (local interconnect network), CAN, Autonomous Vehicle, RF, Sensor development and testing (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, Ohmmeter, Keysight, JTAG) o Compliance engineering: (EMC, EMI, NRTL, IEC-62368, IEC-61010, IEC-60601, FCC, UL, RoHS, CE, CSA, ISO, DOJ-160)
o Hardware engineering: Microcontrollers and microprocessors: Arm Cortex M0+, Arm Cortex M4, STM32, NORDIC NRF 52840 BLE, ATMEL, Texas instruments, PIC MCU with Altium Designer. o Communication interfaces: Wi-Fi, BLE (blue tooth low energy) LoRa, LoRaWAN (long range wide area network), NB-IoT (Narrow band IoT), LPWAN (low power wide area network), Matter (Thread and Wi-Fi), NFC (Near Field communication SPI, UART, I2C, USB, RF, Zigbee, RS-232, RS-485
• Attended the IEEE 2022 Denver, International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation. Ran a week long job fair, networked with various companies which resulted in several key hires. 7/21- 5/22 Hitachi Vantara Remote
Senior Technical Recruiter
• Lead Technical Recruiter for DSS (Digital Services and Solutions), DI (Digital Infrastructure) and Hitachi Consulting including Pentaho and Lumada products (Public, Private, Hybrid Cloud)
• Met regularly with Managers to discuss, evaluate, screen and test candidates prior to interviews.
• Tested and screened candidates using Hacker Rank and other testing platforms, developed questionnaires.
• Recruited for a wide range of technical positions including Software Architects, Software Developers, Principal Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Product Managers, Director of Engineering, Cyber Security, SAN Storage Security, NAS Storage Security Engineer.
• Attended industry conferences related to IoT, Smart-City, Smart energy grid. 11/18- 7/21 Prominent Edge Remote
Senior Technical Recruiter
• Talent Acquisition specialist for custom Software development company providing Software and IT Solutions for Commercial customers and DOD. Recruited for Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Mobile Development, Intelligence Analysis, DevOps, Geospatial Information Systems and IT Operations.
• Sourced a diverse set of requisition for a wide range of customers both commercially and for government agencies (CDC, DHS, NGA, DISA)
• Worked with Managers to develop recruiting plans targeting cleared, Secret, Top-Secret and Secret, TS/SCI professionals.
• Developed and refined Technical Screening and candidate live coding tests and programming challenges.
• Developed a reliable pipeline of various Cyber Security Specialists including Cyber Security Architects, Cyber Security Engineers, Cyber Analysts for Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems, Threat detection and monitoring, Identity Management, Private/Hybrid Cloud solutions.
• Attended career fairs conferences, and college recruiting events to represent Prominent Edge and meet potential candidates.
7/17- 6/19 SevOne Newark, DE
Senior Technical Recruiter
• Recruited top talent for a range of Technical Departments including Software Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Cyber Security, DevOps, Platform services, IT Support, Systems Engineering, Product Management, Business Development and Professional Services Leveraged knowledge of Software Engineering tools and techniques including, mobile, Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, storage devices and Hybrid cloud solutions.
• Conducted in-depth personality and technical interviews, negotiated salaries and job offers.
• Managed College recruiting events and ran onsite interview days for new graduates.
• Built a consistent, high quality and responsive recruiting pipeline of candidates.
• Implemented LinkedIn Recruiter, Dice, Monster, indeed, GitHub, Ladders, Stack Overflow, Hunter Io, Contact Out, and Boolean search.
4/17- 7/17 CACI Aberdeen Proving Ground
Senior Technical Recruiter
• Hired to support Mission Solutions and Services at Aberdeen Proving Ground for Army CERDEC
(Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center)
• Generated quality candidate pipeline with Taleo, Linked In, Boolean search, Monster, Dice, Clearancejobs.com and a variety of social media tools.
• Recruited for Top Secret and cleared professionals with skills in Software Engineering, Cyber Security, Information Assurance, System Engineering, Full Stack development, User Interface Development, Embedded Software Engineering, Intelligence Analysis, Field Engineering and RF Engineering positions.
• Recruited professionals with Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI, Top Secret SCI with Full Scope Polygraph clearances.
• Supported various DoD Programs: Distributed Common Ground System, Airforce, DSCA and Homeland Security.
• Recruited Full Stack Software Engineers for an Agile development environment using technologies Angular, React, Node, RESTful Web Services, Cloud services, and Mobile computing.
• Held meetings with Hiring managers to refine job requirements and screening questions.
• Recruited and hired 17 candidates in 3 months. Recruited for 28 requisitions, 3 recruiters and several managers. Held an average of 5 qualified candidates per day.
• Scheduled interviews negotiated offers and helped with relocations and candidate onboarding.
• Assisted Team members with searches, sourcing, recruitment tools and resume evaluation. Developed strong relationships with colleagues, managers, and candidates. Attended CACI company hiring events and conferences.
6/16- 4/17 Smith’s Detection Edgewood, MD
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
• Led the Technical recruiting for a high-volume recruiting RPO, worked with Human Resources, hiring managers and Team members to create an efficient and thorough recruitment process with a focus on candidate experience.
• Recruited for 6 Business units including Software Engineering, System Engineering, DevOps, Field Engineering, Network Administration and Sales.
• Recruited direct hire and contract candidates from entry level to Principal Engineer provided quality candidate pipelines to managers.
• Used job boards, Boolean search, proprietary ATS, social media and career fairs to develop quality candidates.
• Tracked and documented results and analyzed data over the entire recruiting lifecycle from first authoring of job descriptions, posting, screening, interviewing, evaluating to offer negotiation.
• Built good relationships with hiring managers, candidates, and staff. Established trust and a record of success. Met metric goals and adhered to RPO Service level agreement.
• Collaborated with hiring managers, Executives, and stakeholders to analyze and optimize sourcing and selection strategies.
• Participated in candidate interviews and interview evaluation meetings with decision makers.
• Established scorecards, candidate evaluation forms and behavioral screening methods to ensure good culture fits.
• Contributed to team success by filling aging requisitions. Filled 6 Key positions in 3 weeks that were aging over 60 days, managed a requisition load of 30.
5/14- 2/16 Manpower Group Solutions Remote
Senior Technical Recruiter
• Served as Technical Recruiter for the Manpower RPO group recruiting senior level Executives, VPs, and Senior Engineering Staff. Worked as a Technical Recruiter for Allstate Insurance (Allstate Technology Operations) and Seagate Inc. providing a flexible and scalable recruiting solution. Continually sought methods of increasing candidate quality and client satisfaction.
• Developed key relationships with hiring managers and candidates from the job posting, to the offer negotiation process.
• Tailored the hiring process to managers technical and departmental needs.
• Led recruitment efforts for Mobile, connected car and consumer electronics, iPhone, iPad, and Android.
• Used social media, GitHub and Avature ATS to source candidates.
• Partnered with the sourcing team in the Philippines. Referred quality candidates to internal team members that resulted in 14 hires.
7/13- 2/14 Mindlance San Diego, CA
Senior Technical Recruiter
• Sourced and recruited Software and Hardware Engineers for Qualcomm and a variety of Software Development, Mobile, semiconductor companies in San Diego and the Bay Area.
• Developed and recruited a pipeline of passive candidates by local networking.
• Sourced, attracted and recruited Software Engineers, Hardware Engineers, RF designers and Mobile phone Engineers.
• Built candidate rapport, conducted technical screenings of candidates, received quality referrals.
• Networked extensively in San Diego, Irvine and Los Angeles by attending career fairs and recruitment events.
• Built and kept a continual talent pipeline in key skills such as Hardware Engineering, RF Design, Firmware development and semiconductors.
• Met with hiring managers to discuss candidates and criteria for hire.
• Interviewed candidates to measure competency and company fit by assessing candidates through competency-based screenings.
• Implemented local and national recruiting strategies for all career levels from College Graduate to Principal Engineer.
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