Senior Technical Recruiter

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

Minimum 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

Preferred Experience

• 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
• Strong attention to detail and process discipline
• Experience supporting a program through rapid scale-up, or working in high-growth or fast-scaling organizations

Pay Range

California $122,000 - $165,000 USD

We calibrate level and compensation to the selected candidate's experience and demonstrated capability. We welcome applicants across a range of experience levels to apply.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package.

Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: 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 the 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, and other discounts and perks.

We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast's ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.