Senior Technical Recruiter
- Location
- El Segundo, CA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Lead / Staff
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Listed
- 17 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Full-cycle recruiting for technical or engineering roles
- Sourcing for hard-to-fill roles
- Search strategy development beyond inbound applicants
- Ability to understand technical job requirements
- Candidate engagement and closing
- Written and verbal communication
- Pipeline management and follow-through
- Self-directed work style
Also useful
- Greenhouse administration
- Experience recruiting in aerospace, avionics, embedded software, or electrical engineering
- Experience with safety-critical engineering talent
About the role
We're on a mission to make the skies safe and accessible for everyone. Our technology gives pilots greater control by simplifying the management of any aircraft during standard flight operations, inclement weather, and emergencies. Our SkyOS solution, rigorously and relentlessly developed by skilled and dedicated Skyrysers, is the key to unlocking this unbound feature. Our technology combined with our commitment to saving lives and our passion for aviation, will empower everyone to experience the joy and freedom of flight.
Senior Technical Recruiter - El Segundo, CA
As a Senior Technical Recruiter at Skyryse, you will own full-cycle recruiting for specialized engineering and technical roles and help shape how we hire as we grow. Reporting to our Chief of People Officer, you'll partner directly with hiring managers and executives to build search strategies, engage hard-to-fill talent across aviation and safety-critical engineering, and close candidates in a competitive market. This is a hands-on role with real scope: alongside running your own searches, you'll help define the processes, tools, and practices that make up Skyryse's recruiting function.
Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle recruiting for specialized technical and engineering roles, from sourcing and initial screening through offer negotiation and close.
- Work with hiring managers, ranging from first line management to C-Suite, to translate technical requirements into clear candidate profiles, targeted search strategies, and hiring priorities.
- Develop creative sourcing strategies to reach qualified candidates in niche talent markets, including candidates who may not be actively seeking new opportunities.
- Build an understanding of Skyryse's technology, engineering teams, and hiring needs to better identify relevant backgrounds and engage candidates on the opportunity.
- Establish direct relationships with candidates across aerospace, avionics, embedded software, electrical engineering, manufacturing, and other specialized disciplines as hiring needs evolve.
- Advise hiring managers on candidate quality, talent availability, compensation expectations, and search progress, using market feedback to adjust recruiting strategies when needed.
- Keep searches moving by managing interview logistics, following up on feedback, addressing candidate concerns, and maintaining consistent communication throughout the process.
- Own Greenhouse configuration, management of candidate records, and pipeline visibility, ensuring clear next steps and timely follow-through across active requisitions.
- Partner with the People Team and hiring managers to develop competitive offers, navigate candidate questions, and close talent in a competitive market.
- Identify gaps in the recruiting process and implement practical improvements that help the team hire more effectively as Skyryse grows.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of recruiting experience, including full-cycle ownership of technical or engineering searches
- Experience sourcing and recruiting for hard-to-fill roles, with the ability to develop a search strategy beyond inbound applicants
- Ability to understand technical job requirements, distinguish relevant candidate experience, and communicate effectively with hiring managers
- Strong candidate engagement and closing skills, including the ability to build interest in an opportunity and maintain momentum throughout the hiring process
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a disciplined approach to pipeline management and follow-through
- Self-directed working style, with the judgment to prioritize competing searches, solve problems independently, and keep hiring managers informed
Preferred Qualifications
- Recruiting experience in aerospace, aviation, defense, robotics, or hardware
- Experience recruiting for specialized engineering disciplines
- Experience working in a startup or high-growth technology company is strongly preferred
- Experience partnering with senior level hiring managers
Why Skyryse?
- The opportunity to change the world through improving aviation safety and accessibility
- A high impact seat at a pivotal stage of growth, reporting to our Chief People Officer, with the ownership to shape how Skyryse finds, hires, and grows the team behind SkyOS
- Valuable stock option plan
- Heavily subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans
- Full-time employees are eligible for 20 days paid time off (PTO) and 5 sick days annually. PTO and sick days must be used in accordance with Company policy
- A company with an ambitious vision, a dynamic work environment, and a team of smart, motivated, and fun-to-work-with colleagues.
- Salary range: $130,000 - $180,000
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Skyryse is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
From Skyryse's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 23, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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This Senior Technical Recruiter position at Skyryse is located in El Segundo, CA (On-site). Always check Skyryse's application page for specific state eligibility or relocation policies.
What qualifications are required for Senior Technical Recruiter at Skyryse?
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