SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. TECHNICAL RECRUITER

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As a SpaceX recruiter, you will run a full desk with a variety of duties and responsibilities focused on the sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding of top candidates to fill a wide variety of roles that are critical to successfully carrying out our future missions.
• Meeting with your client groups to discuss headcount, new requisitions, hiring strategy, and/or interview feedback – you truly act as a partner to your clients and not merely as an order taker.
• Screening candidates who apply to our requisitions – as the SpaceX name brand grows, our job postings continue to fill up with stellar candidates.
• Sourcing candidates on sites such as LinkedIn – often the best candidates are the ones not actively looking.
• Discussing candidates you’ve screened with your client groups and recommending top candidates for interviews.
• Giving tours to candidates before their onsite interview – this is a chance to showcase all the exciting things going on at SpaceX and showcase candidates the opportunity to work here.
• Attending interviews alongside your client groups to act as another set of eyes and ears in evaluating candidates.
• Once candidates are approved for hire, you’ll begin the HR onboarding process including initiating background checks, completing reference checks, negotiating offer packages including extending offer letters, and issuing new hire paperwork – you’ll have plenty of support from the HR, benefits, and compensation departments to make this process as seamless as possible.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• 2+ years of work experience hiring engineering talent.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Technical recruiting experience in hardware and software engineering.
• Ability to distinguish between the top 50% and the top 5% of talent within their respective fields.
• Demonstrated expertise in non-standard recruiting methods: cold calling candidates and companies, organizing and executing ad hoc networking events, identifying industry experts and finding unique methods to engage with them, creating unique targeted sourcing campaigns, etc.
• Comfortable interfacing directly with hiring managers including Director and VP level technical leaders.
• Ability to build strong relationships with both hiring managers and candidates.
• Ability to accurately present but not oversell candidates to client groups; influence decisions by acting as the subject matter expert on talent but avoid dictating client decisions.
• Ability to multi-task and operate with little direction while still being an active team member.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Position may require long hours and weekend work.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations,applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about ITAR here.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resources Department at (310) 363-6000.