TA Recruiter – Junior Level (Aerospace and Defense)

Location: Onsite in San Diego, California, with work in Rancho Bernardo or Poway. Monday through Friday on a 9/80 schedule; travel between locations and extended hours may be required.

Salary: $39–$46 per hour; an annual salary range of $80,000–$99,000 is also provided.

Company

hirify.global provides staffing and recruiting support, including talent acquisition services for the aerospace and defense industry.

What you will do

• Manage full-lifecycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, coordination, offers, and pre-employment steps.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines for technical, corporate, engineering, manufacturing, and specialized roles.
• Use LinkedIn, job boards, Boolean search, ATS tools, and other sourcing methods.
• Partner with hiring managers to clarify requirements, support requisition creation, and provide recruiting updates.
• Coordinate interviews and candidate communications while supporting a professional candidate experience.
• Maintain ATS records, recruiting metrics, pipeline reports, and process-improvement activities.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of hands-on recruiting or Talent Acquisition experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent experience or recognized HR certification.
• Strong understanding of the full recruiting lifecycle and experience managing multiple requisitions and candidate pipelines.
• Experience with ATS or recruiting systems, LinkedIn, job boards, Boolean search, and recruiting tools.
• Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and work independently and collaboratively with candidates, hiring managers, recruiters, and external partners.

Nice to have

• Corporate Talent Acquisition or corporate recruiting experience.
• Experience recruiting for technical, engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or other specialized roles.
• Experience with hiring-manager partnership, structured corporate ATS environments, recruiting metrics, pipeline reporting, or sourcing analytics.
• Experience supporting senior recruiters or larger Talent Acquisition teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Temp-to-hire opportunity with an experienced Talent Acquisition team.
• Structured recruiting environment with hands-on mentorship and supportive leadership.
• For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and statutory sick pay where required.
• Reasonable workplace accommodations are available during the employment process.