Senior Technical Recruiter
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Long Beach, California, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Recruiting
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, including hardware or aerospace engineering roles
- Strong domain knowledge in at least one of the following: thermal, avionics, power, propulsion, GNC, flight software, or manufacturing
- Exposure to the other disciplines, or a demonstrated ability to ramp quickly in new technical areas
- Experience managing multiple searches simultaneously in a fast-paced environment with limited support
- Strong business acumen and executive presence, with experience advising senior leaders
- Demonstrated ability to source and engage passive candidates
Nice to have
- We are particularly interested in candidates with recruiting experience across several of the following areas: Avionics, Electrical Engineering, Thermal Controls, Power Systems, Propulsion, GNC, Softw
Full description
Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure using an incremental, hardware-rich, and low-cost approach. Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches in 2027, followed by additional Haven modules. Additionally, the company recently announced Vast Satellite, a high-power satellite product line leveraging its space station components and the heritage of Haven Demo.
Headquartered in Long Beach, California, and with more than 1,000 employees and over a billion dollars in private capital, Vast has built the facilities required to manufacture and operate America’s next space station. The company plans to develop future habitats and systems for the Moon and Mars, dedicated space stations for government partners, and other crewed systems that will unlock the expanding long-term space economy.
Vast is looking for a Senior Technical Recruiter, reporting to the Manager, Talent Acquisition, to support the growth of Vast Satellite, our new line of high-power satellite buses built on the technology proven by Haven Demo and developed for the Haven space stations. This person will be the dedicated recruiter for the program, hiring across thermal, avionics, power, propulsion, GNC, flight software, and manufacturing.
This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Own full-cycle recruiting from intake through offer acceptance across multiple open roles and disciplines, as the sole recruiter supporting the satellite program
- Partner with hiring managers and executive leaders to define role requirements, interview plans, headcount priorities, and hiring timelines, and provide candid advice on market conditions
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies by discipline to identify and engage top and passive candidates across aerospace, satellite, defense, and advanced hardware
- Build working knowledge across technical disciplines to run credible intake conversations, screen candidates, and talk through the work with them
- Manage candidate pipelines and drive an efficient and engaging interview process
- Facilitate interview debriefs and guide hiring teams through candidate evaluation and decision-making