Senior Technical Recruiter (Aerospace)

Location: El Segundo, California, United States (onsite)

Base salary: $120,000–$160,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

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

What you will do

• Design and execute recruiting strategies for engineering teams across autonomous systems, propulsion, thermal, mechanical engineering, and structures.
• Partner with engineering leadership to forecast hiring needs, define technical standards, and build engineering teams.
• Manage 4–8 full-cycle searches simultaneously, from sourcing and screening through offers, negotiations, and onboarding.
• Assess engineering fundamentals, systems thinking, and hardware integration experience during recruiter screens.
• Maintain recruiting infrastructure in Greenhouse and improve hiring processes and candidate assessment frameworks.
• Provide talent-market, compensation, and competitive intelligence to engineering leadership.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with significant focus on hardware or engineering roles.
• Experience recruiting engineers for hardware-centric or deep-tech companies such as aerospace, robotics, automotive, or medical-device organizations.
• Proven success sourcing and closing senior- and staff-level engineering talent in competitive markets.
• Strong technical fluency and the ability to discuss engineering work credibly with candidates and hiring managers.
• Experience operating strategically and tactically in fast-paced, high-growth startup environments.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and qualify as a U.S. person for ITAR-controlled technology access.

Nice to have

• In-house recruiting experience at a hardware or deep-tech startup from Series A through growth stage.
• Experience hiring across autonomous systems, propulsion, thermal, mechanical engineering, or structures.
• Familiarity with aerospace, defense, or other regulated industries with ITAR or security requirements.
• Experience building technical talent pipelines and data-driven recruiting metrics or dashboards.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with equity in a space startup.
• Flexible PTO, 12 paid holidays, and 12 weeks of parental leave.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, with FSA and employer-matched HSA options.
• 401(k) plan with a 6% employer match, immediately vested.
• Relocation support for new hires when needed.
• Daily lunch, twice-weekly dinner, wellness reimbursement, team events, and complimentary EV charging.