Talent Acquisition (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in the San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Company

hirify.global builds and operates full-size autonomous cargo aircraft, including a seaplane and a short takeoff and landing aircraft designed to transport two tons of payload over more than a thousand nautical miles.

What you will do

• Own the full-cycle recruiting process from sourcing through onboarding hand-off.
• Build proactive pipelines for specialized engineering, pilot, and operations roles.
• Design and document interview processes, evaluation rubrics, workflows, and candidate communication standards.
• Administer and configure talent acquisition tools and maintain recruiting metrics.
• Develop sourcing and employer-brand strategies across LinkedIn Recruiter, aerospace networks, universities, military transition pipelines, and industry events.
• Partner with the Head of People and Talent on workforce planning, headcount strategy, and hiring sequencing.

Requirements

• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Meaningful experience recruiting in startup aerospace, defense, aviation, or an adjacent deep-tech environment.
• Experience recruiting for highly technical roles such as propulsion, avionics, controls, and flight test engineering.
• Demonstrated experience building a talent acquisition function from 0 to 1.
• Hands-on experience owning or significantly configuring an ATS, including workflows.
• Strong sourcing, communication, and independent decision-making skills in an ambiguous startup environment.

Nice to have

• Experience representing an aerospace company at industry events.
• Experience recruiting through military transition pipelines and aerospace-specific talent networks.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful early-stage equity.
• Relocation support if applicable.
• Employee health benefit plans and 6% retirement matching.
• Flexible PTO.
• Free lunches, snacks, and a stocked office fridge.
• AI tools and subscriptions.