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Sr. Technical Recruiter (Starlink)

SpaceX· Recruiting
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Palo Alto, CA$145k - $185kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior full-life cycle recruiter to support Starlink across engineering, supply chain and technical operations in a high-volume environment, focusing on sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding top talent while representing SpaceX professionally.

Responsibilities

  • Review internal and external applications, conduct passive candidate searches, interview candidates, and act as a consultative recruiting partner to clients
  • Deeply understand each role's requirements and how it fits into the organization
  • Develop and execute strategies focused on creating and maintaining a strong pipeline of passive talent
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and candidates through clear and consistent communication
  • Find creative ways to capture the attention of candidates during initial outreach stages
  • Manage a high volume of clients and requisitions

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of recruiting experience; or associate degree and 6+ years of experience; or 7+ years of professional experience as a recruiter in lieu of a degree
  • 2+ years of recruiting experience in engineering, supply chain or other niche disciplines
  • Experience with in-house recruiting
  • Strong tenure with demonstrated success in recruiting roles
  • Full life cycle recruiting experience, from sourcing to closing
  • Comfort with reviewing, evaluating and reporting on recruiting data
  • 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

Skills

Required:Full life cycle recruitingSourcing and passive candidate searchRelationship building with hiring managers and candidates
Nice to have:Data-driven recruiting

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (company stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid vacation (3 weeks) and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick time (Washington State) per state law
  • Company shuttles for select Seattle locations to SpaceX Redmond office
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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