Astro-Mechanica Senior Technical Recruiter at Astro-Mechanica owns full-cycle recruiting for specialized aerospace engineering roles. The role requires creative sourcing and strategic talent partnership with senior leadership.
Responsibilities
Find extraordinary talent. Own full-cycle recruiting for some of our most challenging and business-critical roles, from highly specialized engineers in propulsion, test, and manufacturing to senior technical leaders
Go beyond traditional sourcing. Develop creative, unconventional strategies to identify and engage exceptional people who aren't actively looking. Map talent ecosystems, uncover hidden networks, and find candidates others overlook
Be a strategic talent partner. Work directly with senior leadership and hiring managers to understand complex technical challenges, define what exceptional talent looks like, and build thoughtful hiring strategies
Operate with speed and precision. Move quickly without compromising quality. Anticipate obstacles, solve problems proactively, and create momentum in an environment where hiring exceptional people is a top priority
Deliver an exceptional candidate experience. Build authentic relationships with highly sought-after talent through thoughtful, personalized outreach and white-glove engagement. Every interaction should reflect our standards for excellence.
Build systems, not just pipelines. Think critically about how we recruit. Identify inefficiencies, experiment with new approaches, and build scalable systems that make us faster, smarter, and more effective
Raise the bar. Bring strong judgment and conviction to talent assessment. Challenge assumptions, push for excellence, and help ensure every hire makes the team stronger.
Close the hard ones. Understand what motivates exceptional technical talent and craft compelling, individualized approaches to bringing them onboard
Qualification
You're not a traditional recruiterAbove all8+ years of recruiting experienceDemonstrated success identifyingA creativeThe ability to thrive in fast-paced
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You're not a traditional recruiter, and that's exactly what we're looking for.
You know that hiring exceptional technical talent requires more than posting jobs, running searches, and following established recruiting playbooks. You're creative, resourceful, intellectually curious, and relentless in finding people who are exceptional at what they do, especially when those people are difficult to find and even harder to recruit.
You thrive in fast-moving environments where priorities evolve, ambiguity is the norm, and speed matters. You don't wait for someone to hand you a process or tell you what to do. You figure things out, challenge assumptions, and build better ways of working.
You're a systems thinker who can zoom out to see the bigger picture while obsessing over the details that make a difference. You understand that great recruiting is both an art and a science, combining market intelligence, creative problem-solving, exceptional judgment, and deeply personalized candidate engagement.
Above all, you're energized by the opportunity to help build one of the strongest technical teams in aerospace.
8+ years of recruiting experience, with a track record of hiring exceptional technical talent in fast-growing startups, deep-tech, aerospace, or hardware engineering environments
Demonstrated success identifying, engaging, and closing rare, highly sought-after technical talent, particularly in competitive or highly specialized markets
A creative, unconventional approach to sourcing and problem-solving. You have examples of searches where you went well beyond traditional recruiting methods to find the right person
Strong systems thinking and an instinct for building better processes, tools, and ways of working rather than simply operating within existing ones
The ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, exercise independent judgment, and deliver results with minimal direction
Exceptional relationship-building skills and the ability to earn credibility with deeply technical candidates, engineering leaders, and executives
An obsessive attention to detail and a commitment to delivering a highly personalized, thoughtful candidate experience