Senior Technical Recruiter (Aerospace)

Location: Playa Vista, California, on-site. Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or otherwise eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Salary: $110,000–$180,000 annual salary, commensurate with experience.

Company

hirify.global is an orbital logistics company developing reusable Earth-return vehicles for in-space manufacturing, on-orbit warehousing, global delivery, defense, commercial cargo, research, and critical aid missions.

What you will do

• Own full-cycle recruiting from intake and job description calibration through sourcing, interviews, offers, and pre-onboarding.
• Build and maintain pipelines for mechanical, GNC/controls, avionics/embedded, software, manufacturing, integration, testing, reliability, and quality roles.
• Partner with hiring managers to define profiles, create structured interview scorecards, train interviewers, and run consistent debriefs.
• Drive sourcing through LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, targeted communities, events, university programs, and aerospace-specific channels.
• Maintain accurate Greenhouse ATS processes, reporting, pipeline metrics, and continuous recruiting process improvements.
• Calibrate compensation, prepare offer packages, close candidates, and uphold ITAR/EAR screening and documentation requirements.

Requirements

• 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience with hands-on sourcing and closing.
• Experience recruiting in hardware-centric or deep-tech environments; aerospace experience is strongly preferred.
• Successful hiring experience across at least two technical areas, including test, GNC/controls, avionics/embedded systems, software, manufacturing, integration, reliability, or quality.
• Strong stakeholder partnership, persuasive communication, ATS reporting, pipeline analysis, and process improvement skills.
• Familiarity with ITAR/EAR export-control considerations in recruiting workflows and documentation.
• Must meet U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, protected-individual, or required authorization eligibility.

Nice to have

• Existing Southern California aerospace network.
• Experience scaling hiring from approximately 20 to 100+ hires per year.
• Campus or early-career program setup experience.
• Event organization experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, build-heavy environment with direct partnership across engineering, operations, finance, and recruiting.
• Incentive stock options.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid time off, paid holidays, catered daily lunch, snacks, and coffee.