Senior Recruiter

The role

You will own the full recruiting function end to end. You will design processes, stand up infrastructure, and source engineers, pilots, and operators.

What you will do

• Own the hiring process from sourcing to onboarding hand-off
• Partner with hiring managers and build proactive pipelines
• Administer TA tools and design interview processes and rubrics
• Build and maintain recruiting metrics and workflows
• Greet and host candidates onsite
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies across various networks
• Draft job posts and social content
• Represent Poseidon at events
• Act as a strategic advisor to hiring managers and Head of People
• Contribute to workforce planning and hiring sequencing

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience
• Meaningful portion of experience in a startup aerospace, defense, aviation, or an adjacent deep-tech environment
• Demonstrated experience taking the TA function from 0->1
• Experience recruiting for highly technical roles: propulsion, avionics, controls, flight test, or related engineering disciplines
• Hands-on experience owning or significantly configuring an ATS
• Strong sourcing skills across both active and passive candidate channels
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Comfort operating independently in an ambiguous, fast-moving startup environment

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful early-stage equity
• Relocation support if applicable
• Employee Health Benefit Plans
• 6% Retirement matching
• Flexible PTO
• Free lunches, snacks, and a stocked fridge at our offices
• AI tools and subscriptions

About the company

Poseidon Aerospace builds and operates full-size autonomous cargo aircraft. The company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.