Overview In this role you drive end-to-end recruiting for SpaceX's mission-critical roles, collaborating with client teams while maintaining autonomy in a fast-paced environment. You will attract top aerospace talent, screen and surface candidates, guide offers, and ensure a strong candidate experience on site. Your work directly supports building the teams that enable space exploration at scale. You will partner with hiring managers and act as a talent expert to shape hiring outcomes.
Compensation / Benefits- Stock options and long-term incentives
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Paid parental leave
- 3+ weeks paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays
- Discretionary bonuses and recruiting bonus plan
Responsibilities- Partner with client groups to discuss headcount, staffing strategy, and interview feedback
- Screen applicants and source candidates, including passive talent
- Present top candidates to client groups and coordinate interviews
- Provide candidate tours and manage the candidate experience onsite
- Attend interviews to support evaluation with hiring teams
- Lead the offer process: background checks, offers, and onboarding coordination
- Maintain and grow a diverse candidate pipeline in a fast-changing environment
- Navigate high-volume recruiting while aligning with SpaceX priorities
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience with 5+ years as a recruiter; 2+ additional years with an associate degree; or 7+ years of recruiting experience in lieu of a degree
- 2+ years of technical recruiting experience
- 2+ years of corporate (G&A) recruiting experience
- Experience with in-house recruiting and high-volume recruiting
- Experience recruiting electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineers and skilled labor
- Full life cycle recruiting experience from sourcing to closing
- Strong data interpretation and ability to distinguish top talent
- Comfort with non-standard recruiting methods (cold outreach, events, targeted sourcing)
- Ability to build relationships with hiring managers and candidates
- Ability to present candidates accurately without overselling and influence client decisions
- Multi-tasking with minimal direction while contributing as a team member
- Strong relationship-building
- Excellent communication
- High initiative and autonomy
- Full life cycle recruiting
- Sourcing and candidate outreach
- Data-driven recruiting and reporting
