Senior Business Recruiter (Aerospace)

Location: El Segundo, California, United States — onsite

Base salary: $125,000–$169,000 per year, plus potential stock options and/or long-term cash awards.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial space infrastructure, including in-orbit pharmaceutical processing, reentry capsules, heat shields, and satellite buses.

What you will do

• Own the full-cycle recruiting process from intake through signed offer.
• Source, engage, and close hard-to-find candidates across operations, supply chain, business development, finance, legal, people, marketing, and other business functions.
• Partner with hiring managers on intake, market and compensation guidance, search strategy, and stakeholder alignment.
• Represent Varda in the market and deliver a strong, human candidate experience.
• Track pipeline health, improve recruiting processes, and create repeatable hiring workflows.
• Mentor others and champion inclusive interview and diversity-sourcing practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including hands-on sourcing and hiring at pace in competitive markets.
• Track record of sourcing and closing senior-level and leadership talent.
• Self-starter who takes accountability for outcomes, operates with ambiguity, and pushes searches forward.
• Clear, proactive communication with candidates and hiring managers.
• Strong understanding of business functions and ability to evaluate candidate depth and contextualize role requirements.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and qualify as a U.S. person for access to export-controlled technology.

Nice to have

• In-house recruiting experience at a hardware or deep-tech startup from Series A through growth stage.
• Experience recruiting across finance, operations, HR, marketing, and other business functions.
• Experience with Greenhouse ATS.
• Exposure to ITAR or export-controlled hiring environments.
• Active network in the Los Angeles aerospace corridor.
• Familiarity with diversity-sourcing strategies and tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite work at the El Segundo office and production facility.
• Opportunity to support scaling commercial space manufacturing and reentry operations.
• Eligible for stock options and/or long-term cash awards.
• Inclusive workplace committed to diversity and equal opportunity.