Senior Technical Recruiter (Aerospace)

Location: El Segundo, California, United States (onsite). Candidates must be U.S. persons authorized to access export-controlled technology.

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

Company

hirify.global develops commercial space-based manufacturing and reentry logistics infrastructure, including spacecraft, pharmaceutical processing payloads, reentry capsules, heat shields, and satellite buses.

What you will do

• Manage the full-cycle hiring process from intake through signed offer.
• Source and build relationships with passive candidates across Avionics, GNC, Manufacturing, Mechanisms, Propulsion, Structures, Systems Integration & Test, Thermal, and related engineering disciplines.
• Partner with hiring managers on intake sessions, market and compensation guidance, search strategy, and stakeholder communication.
• Represent Varda’s employer brand, guide candidates through decisions, and close offers.
• Track pipeline health, solve recruiting inefficiencies, and create repeatable processes that support production growth.
• Mentor others and champion inclusive interview 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 full accountability, operates comfortably 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 a U.S. person permitted to access export-controlled technology and lawfully authorized to work in the United States.

Nice to have

• In-house recruiting experience at a hardware or deep-tech startup from Series A through growth stage.
• Recruiting experience across multiple engineering functions, including Avionics, GNC, Manufacturing, Mechanisms, Propulsion, Structures, Systems Integration & Test, and Thermal.
• 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 Varda’s El Segundo office and production facility.
• Opportunity to support the development of commercial space infrastructure and in-space manufacturing.
• Potential eligibility for stock options and/or long-term cash awards.
• Inclusive hiring practices and equal employment opportunity.

Hiring process

• Hiring decisions consider experience, skills, education, and internal equity.
• Employment eligibility is verified through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program.