Senior Technical Recruiter

Description

The company develops next-generation space stations and space infrastructure with an incremental, hardware-heavy, low-cost approach.

Its multi-module station is being built to keep people continuously present in space for the US and its allies, supporting microgravity research and manufacturing and opening a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers.

In 2025 the company's demonstration mission made it the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft.

The first commercial station is expected to launch in 2027, with more modules to follow, and the company recently announced a high-power satellite line built on station components and the demonstration mission's heritage.

The company is based in Long Beach, California, has more than 1,000 employees and over a billion dollars in private capital, and plans habitats for the Moon and Mars, stations for government partners, and other crewed systems.

This role is a Senior Technical Recruiter reporting to the Manager, Talent Acquisition, and is the dedicated recruiter for the satellite program, hiring across thermal, avionics, power, propulsion, GNC, flight software, and manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Run full-cycle recruiting from intake to offer acceptance for several open roles and disciplines, as the only recruiter on the satellite program
• Work with hiring managers and executive leaders to set role requirements, interview plans, headcount priorities, and timelines, and give frank advice on the market
• Build and carry out sourcing plans for each discipline to find and approach top and passive candidates in aerospace, satellite, defense, and advanced hardware
• Learn enough about each technical area to hold useful intake calls, screen candidates, and discuss the work with them
• Manage candidate pipelines and run an efficient, engaging interview process
• Lead interview debriefs and help hiring teams evaluate candidates and reach decisions
• Lead offer conversations and close candidates while keeping the candidate experience strong
• Track recruiting metrics, pass-through rates, and pipeline health, and report progress against hiring goals to leadership
• Keep recruiting processes consistent and documented in the ATS
• Explain the company's mission and value proposition to candidates at every stage

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, including hardware or aerospace engineering roles
• Strong domain knowledge in at least one of: thermal, avionics, power, propulsion, GNC, flight software, or manufacturing
• Exposure to the other disciplines, or a proven ability to get up to speed quickly in new technical areas
• Experience running several searches at once in a fast-paced setting with limited support
• Strong business sense and executive presence, with experience advising senior leaders
• Proven ability to source and engage passive candidates
• Preferred: recruiting experience across several of these areas: avionics, electrical engineering, thermal controls, power systems, propulsion, GNC, software, and structures
• Preferred: manufacturing and production engineering
• Preferred: hardware engineering roles, including mechanical, electrical, design, and structural
• Additional preferred: experience in space, satellite, defense, or other regulated hardware industries
• Additional preferred: experience with Greenhouse or a similar ATS
• Additional preferred: ability to work autonomously and manage competing priorities
• Additional preferred: strong attention to detail and process discipline
• Additional preferred: experience supporting a program through rapid scale-up, or in high-growth organizations

Conditions

Full-time, exempt position based in Long Beach

Base salary of $122,000-$165,000 USD, set by job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand

Level and pay are matched to the selected candidate's experience and demonstrated capability, and applicants across experience levels are welcome

Benefits

• Company equity for full-time employees
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• Generous paid time off: up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days for non-exempt staff, with unused vacation cashed out annually
• Paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• ClassPass credits and personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health
• Other discounts and perks
• Free snacks, drip coffee and onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner, with subsidized lunch