The Technical Recruiter for SpaceX Starbase leads full-desk recruiting for mission-critical roles, partnering with client groups to source, screen, interview, and onboard top talent while managing the candidate experience onsite in Brownsville, TX.
Responsibilities
- Meet with your client groups to discuss headcount, new requisitions, hiring strategy, and interview feedback. You truly act as a partner to your clients and not merely as an order taker.
- Screen candidates who apply to requisitions. As SpaceX’s name brand grows, our job postings continue to fill up with stellar candidates.
- Source candidates. Often the best candidates are the ones not actively looking.
- Discuss candidates you have screened with your client groups and recommend top candidates for interviews.
- Give tours to candidates before their onsite.
- Attend interviews alongside your client groups to act as another set of eyes and ears in evaluating candidates.
- Once candidates are approved for hire, you will begin the offer process including initiating background checks, negotiating offer packages and extending offer letters.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree and 1+ years of recruiting experience; OR associate degree and 2+ years of experience; OR 3+ years of professional experience as a recruiter in lieu of a degree
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree and 1+ years of recruiting experience; OR associate degree and 2+ years of experience; OR 3+ years of professional experience as a recruiter in lieu of a degree
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 2+ years of technical recruiting experience
- Experience with in-house recruiting
- Experience with high volume recruiting
- Experience recruiting electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineers
- Experience recruiting skilled labor
- Strong tenure with demonstrated success in recruiting roles
- Full life cycle recruiting experience, from sourcing to closing
- Comfort with reviewing, evaluating and reporting on recruiting data
- Ability to distinguish between the top 50% and the top 5% of talent within their respective fields
- Demonstrated expertise in non-standard recruiting methods: cold calling candidates and companies, organizing and executing ad hoc networking events, identifying industry experts and finding unique methods to engage with them, creating unique targeted sourcing campaigns, etc.
- Comfortable interfacing directly with hiring managers including director and VP level technical leaders
- Ability to build strong relationships with both hiring managers and candidates
- Ability to accurately present but not oversell candidates to client groups; influence decisions by acting as the subject matter expert on talent but avoid dictating client decisions
- Ability to multi-task and operate with little direction while still being an active team member
Additional Requirements
- Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- This position is based in Starbase, TX (Brownsville area), and requires being onsite full-time; hybrid and remote work will not be considered
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
