Senior Technical Recruiter (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; full-time onsite position.

Salary: $122,000–$165,000 USD per year.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial space stations, satellite systems, and space infrastructure for government, corporate, and private customers.

What you will do

• Own full-cycle recruiting from intake through offer acceptance as the sole recruiter supporting the satellite program.
• Partner with hiring managers and executive leaders on role requirements, interview plans, headcount priorities, timelines, and market conditions.
• Source and engage active and passive candidates across aerospace, satellite, defense, advanced hardware, and manufacturing disciplines.
• Build sufficient technical knowledge to conduct credible intake conversations, candidate screens, and discussions about the work.
• Manage pipelines, interviews, debriefs, candidate evaluation, decision-making, and offer discussions.
• Track recruiting metrics, pass-through rates, and pipeline health while maintaining consistent ATS processes and representing hirify.global’s mission to candidates.

Requirements

• 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 thermal, avionics, power, propulsion, GNC, flight software, or manufacturing.
• Exposure to the other listed disciplines or 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, including experience advising senior leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to source and engage passive candidates.

Nice to have

• Recruiting experience across avionics, electrical engineering, thermal controls, power systems, propulsion, GNC, software, structures, manufacturing, production engineering, and mechanical, electrical, design, or structural hardware engineering.
• Experience in space, satellite, defense, or other regulated hardware industries.
• Experience using Greenhouse or a similar ATS.
• Ability to operate autonomously, manage competing priorities, and maintain strong attention to detail and process discipline.
• Experience supporting rapid program scale-up or working in high-growth or fast-scaling organizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, up to 20+ vacation days for exempt staff, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and access to a 401(k) plan.
• ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, and other discounts and perks.
• Free snacks, coffee, drinks, dinner meals, and subsidized lunch at the Long Beach site.