Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist - Advanced Engineering

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SENIOR TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST – ADVANCED ENGINEERING
SOUTHFIELD, MI – WORLD HQ – IN-PERSON

As a member of the Talent Acquisition Team, the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist will lead a best‑in‑class talent acquisition strategy that identifies talent skillsets to acquire, strengthens talent pipelines, selects high-performing talent and enables advanced manufacturing engineering in our US facilities.

The Role:

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Develop and execute end-to-end talent acquisition strategy for Advanced Engineering & Automation roles
• Develop external sourcing pipelines and utilize internal succession pipelines to source key talent for Engineering positions
• Deliver high‑quality hires that meet future‑state capability requirements for advanced automation, robotics, AI and operational technology
• Drive strong candidate experience through consistent communication, structured selection, and culture‑aligned onboarding
• Elevate hiring manager capability in interviewing, selection, and future‑state talent profiles for automation and digital roles.
• Improve recruiting quality metrics (quality of hire, hiring manager satisfaction, new hire turnover)
• Support improved new hire experience through best practice sharing and onboarding enhancements
• Build future‑state workforce capability models for Advanced Engineering & Automation that define the exact technical, automation, and digital skills required
• Translate Advanced Engineering & Automation workforce transformation needs into clear hiring profiles and selection criteria, ensuring recruiting is aligned to the capabilities required for advanced manufacturing and AI‑enabled operations.
• Create talent roadmaps for automation, engineering, and digital roles, and partner with HRBPs to identify internal talent who can be developed into future‑state positions
• Provide workforce planning insights to business leaders on capability gaps, staffing risks, and readiness requirements tied to launch milestones and organizational design decisions
• Deliver weekly, monthly, and quarterly recruiting analytics to business leadership
• Provide strategic insights on talent trends, capability gaps, and workforce risks
• Predict future automation, engineering, and leadership talent needs aligned to technology and volume roadmaps

Advantages of working at Lear in the Advanced Engineering group:

• Exposure to high level, senior leaders within a functional group that is key to Lear’s future innovation strategy
• Flexible working schedule and

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ of work experience as a Talent Acquisition Specialist or Recruiter where at least 50% of your workload was supporting roles such as Automation Engineers, Controls Engineers, AGV Engineers, Vision Engineers and other technical engineering positions
• Ability to manage a requisition workload of 20+ requisitions while maintaining strong customer service with hiring managers and candidates
• Previously experience using LinkedIn are your primary passive sourcing tool
• Conceptual understanding of candidate flow within an ATS and ability to learn a new ATS quickly
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Strong customer-focus attitude and eager to deliver a satisfied customer experience (internal and external).
• Able to work in a fast paced, quickly changing environment with excellent prioritization skills

Bonus If You Have:

• Previous experience supporting an Advanced Engineering group with skill analysis, succession planning, and talent planning

Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace.

Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.