Technical Recruiter

The role

You will identify, engage, and nurture top-tier technical talent for priority positions. You will work with teammates and leadership to improve recruiting processes and implement hiring standards.

What you will do

• Lead kickoff meetings with Hiring Managers to develop requisitions and discuss headcount
• Lead proactive sourcing efforts to identify and nurture passive technical talent
• Act as a liaison between talent acquisition and hiring teams
• Provide a high-touch experience for internal stakeholders and candidates
• Develop an understanding of the mission to pitch the team and opportunity
• Build talent maps to generate market insights
• Collaborate with teammates on employer branding strategies and campaigns
• Analyze data and track metrics to improve hiring

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of technical sourcing or full-cycle recruiting experience within aerospace or tech industries
• Proven track record of success in sourcing, closing, and placing candidates in technical roles
• In-depth understanding of technical skills, terminology, and industry trends
• Strong competitive market awareness
• Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones
• Ability to work onsite at our HQ in Torrance, CA

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting and sourcing for a startup or within niche hardware engineering roles
• Proven track record of hiring and scaling a team while maintaining a very high technical bar
• Able to operate in scrapy ways, without leaning on large teams or mature infrastructure
• Comfortable interfacing directly with hiring managers and company leaders
• Able to manage multiple on-going projects and searches and flexible to changing priorities
• Strong communication skills

About the company

Antares aims to make clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt by building mass-producible microreactors. The team includes members from SpaceX, the White House, the Pentagon, and various national laboratories.