Vast Senior Technical Recruiter at Vast responsible for full-cycle recruiting for the Vast Satellite program. This role involves partnering with hiring managers and executing sourcing strategies across multiple technical disciplines.
Responsibilities
Own full-cycle recruiting from intake through offer acceptance across multiple open roles and disciplines, as the sole recruiter supporting the satellite program
Partner with hiring managers and executive leaders to define role requirements, interview plans, headcount priorities, and hiring timelines, and provide candid advice on market conditions
Develop and execute sourcing strategies by discipline to identify and engage top and passive candidates across aerospace, satellite, defense, and advanced hardware
Build working knowledge across technical disciplines to run credible intake conversations, screen candidates, and talk through the work with them
Manage candidate pipelines and drive an efficient and engaging interview process
Facilitate interview debriefs and guide hiring teams through candidate evaluation and decision-making
Lead offer discussions and help close candidates while maintaining a strong candidate experience
Track recruiting metrics, pass-through rates, and pipeline health, and report progress toward hiring goals to leadership
Ensure consistent recruiting processes and documentation within the ATS
Represent Vast’s mission and value proposition to candidates throughout the hiring process
Qualification
Exposure to the other disciplinesAvionicsAdditional Preferred ExperienceExperience in space
Required
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
Preferred
We are particularly interested in candidates with recruiting experience across several of the following areas:
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
Additional Preferred Experience:
Experience in space, satellite, defense, or other regulated hardware industries
Experience using Greenhouse or similar ATS
Ability to operate autonomously and manage competing priorities
