Hiring Specialist / HR Recruiter

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Hiring Specialist / HR Recruiter (m/f/d)

Location: Berlin (with home office options)

Working Hours: Full-time

Start Date: Immediately or by arrangement

About Us

Q is a European defence-tech company pioneering the Internet of Defence with modular, scalable, and interoperable sensor and intelligence solutions. Our orchestration layer generates actionable situational awareness and enables the rapid, scalable, and wide-area integration of capabilities to respond to evolving threats – delivering immediate operational value for armed forces, security agencies, and actors in the critical-infrastructure domain.

Our products are designed to integrate seamlessly into existing defence infrastructures, offering fast data integration and data fusion capabilities to enable AI-enhanced analytics and situational awareness. It is built on a platform agnostic architecture, unlocking true interoperability. We are growing fast in a very dynamic environment and are looking for someone with exceptional hands-on mentality and execution power to help us grow further.

As Hiring Specialist / HR Recruiter (m/f/d) you are directly reporting to the HR Management and will be an essential part of our journey, with plenty of opportunities for your own personal and professional growth.

Your Responsibilities

Own the full-cycle recruiting process for all open positions – from kick-off with hiring managers through offer negotiation and close

Build and maintain a strong pipeline of engineering, product, and business talent through proactive sourcing via LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, defence networks, and other channels

Design and continuously improve structured interview processes and assessment frameworks that are both rigorous and candidate-friendly

Partner closely with C-level and team leads to understand hiring needs, define role profiles, and set realistic timelines

Own and continuously optimise our employer branding presence on LinkedIn, job boards, and at relevant career events

Maintain our ATS (Applicant Tracking System), track recruiting KPIs, and report on pipeline health and time-to-hire

Deliver an outstanding candidate experience from first contact to day one – representing Q’s mission and culture authentically at every touchpoint

Your Profile

Completed university degree in Psychology, Business, HR Management, or a related field – or equivalent hands-on recruiting experience

2+ years of hands-on recruiting experience, ideally in a high-growth tech start-up or scale-up; experience hiring technical profiles is a strong plus

Proven track record of proactive, data-driven talent sourcing – you know how to find and engage passive candidates who aren’t actively looking

Comfortable operating in ambiguity and switching between strategic thinking and hands-on execution – you write JDs, post jobs, and source candidates yourself

Strong communicator with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders simultaneously – you gather input, align quickly, and keep the process moving

High ownership and bias for action – you take pride in filling roles fast without cutting corners on quality, and you hold yourself accountable to the numbers

Familiarity with the defence-tech, deep-tech, or dual-use ecosystem is a bonus but bot necessary

Experience building recruiting infrastructure from scratch (ATS setup, interview templates, sourcing strategies) in a fast-scaling start-up environment is a big plus

Fluent in German and English (written and spoken) – both are used daily in hiring conversations, job postings, and stakeholder communication

We Offer

Be a part of our growth story and help build us a leading technology company

A varied and responsible role in a dynamic company

Flat hierarchies and a pleasant working environment

Opportunities for professional and personal development

Flexible working hours and remote work options

We offer 30 days of annual leave

Attractive salary and additional benefits

Have we sparked your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your CV, including your earliest possible start date, at HR [ at ] project-q.ai We look forward to meeting you!

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Q is a European defence-tech company pioneering the Internet of Defence with modular, scalable and interoperable sensor and intelligence solutions.