Senior Technical Recruiter

The role

This person will own full-cycle recruiting for the Vast Satellite program. They will hire across disciplines including thermal, avionics, power, propulsion, GNC, flight software, and manufacturing.

What you will do

• Own full-cycle recruiting from intake through offer acceptance as the sole recruiter for the satellite program
• Partner with hiring managers and executive leaders to define requirements, interview plans, and timelines
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies to identify and engage passive candidates
• Build technical knowledge to run intake conversations and screen candidates
• Manage candidate pipelines and drive an efficient interview process
• Facilitate interview debriefs and guide hiring teams through decision-making
• Lead offer discussions and help close candidates
• Track recruiting metrics and report progress to leadership
• Ensure consistent recruiting processes and documentation within the ATS
• Represent Vast mission and value proposition to candidates

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, including hardware or aerospace engineering roles
• Strong domain knowledge in at least one of the following: thermal, avionics, power, propulsion, GNC, flight software, or manufacturing
• Exposure to the other disciplines, or a demonstrated ability to ramp quickly in new technical areas
• Experience managing multiple searches simultaneously in a fast-paced environment with limited support
• Strong business acumen and executive presence, with experience advising senior leaders
• Demonstrated ability to source and engage passive candidates

Nice to have

• Recruiting experience across avionics, Electrical Engineering, Thermal Controls, Power Systems, Propulsion, GNC, Software, and Structures
• Manufacturing and production engineering
• Hardware engineering roles including mechanical, electrical, design, and structural
• Experience in space, satellite, defense, or other regulated hardware industries
• Experience using Greenhouse or similar ATS
• Ability to operate autonomously and manage competing priorities
• Strong attention to detail and process discipline
• Experience supporting a program through rapid scale-up, or working in high-growth or fast-scaling organizations

Benefits

• Company equity
• 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 of vacation for non-exempt staff with ability to cash-out unused vacation annually
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• ClassPass credits
• Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health
• Snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge
• Lunch subsidized

About the company

Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, the company has more than 1,000 employees.