European Aerospace Talent Acquisition Specialist

AST SpaceMobile; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Catering at office

Private health insurance

Fully onsite office in Gava

Job summary

AST SpaceMobile is seeking a high-output Talent Acquisition Specialist to own full-cycle recruiting for Europe from our Gava, Barcelona offices. The role focuses on sourcing, screening and hiring engineers, technicians, and production staff to build a scalable aerospace workforce.

You will partner with hiring managers, manage the Greenhouse ATS and LinkedIn Recruiter, and maintain a positive candidate experience while scaling staffing in a fast-moving aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Equivalent recruiting experience in engineering profiles, manufacturing or aerospace environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment processes for assigned vacancies across multiple regions in Europe.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, to define skill and role requirements and hiring timelines.
• Source candidates through job boards, social media, networking, referrals, and direct search.
• Screen applications, conduct initial interviews, and coordinate assessment and interview processes.
• Maintain regular communication with candidates throughout the hiring process.
• Develop structured intake meetings and calibrated screening criteria.
• Coordinate interview scheduling with the hiring manager and the hiring team, feedback loops.
• Manage our ATS (Greenhouse), LinkedIn Recruiter and local talent resources.
• Administer and maintain the Greenhouse ATS, including job postings, workflows, user access, reporting, and data integrity.
• Generate recruitment reports and analyze hiring metrics using Greenhouse to support data-driven decision-making.
• Manage requisitions from approval through offer acceptance and onboarding handoff partnering with the current HR team.
• Establish long-term relationships, local workforce channels and external recruitment agencies.
• Support employer branding and talent attraction initiatives.
• Continuously improve recruitment processes and candidate experience.

Skills

Sourcing

Screening

Interviewing

ATS management

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

High-volume hiring

Engineering/manufacturing hiring

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Equivalent recruiting experience in engineering/manufacturing/aerospace

Tools

Greenhouse ATS

LinkedIn Recruiter

HRIS systems

Job description

AST SpaceMobile is seeking a high-output Talent Acquisition Specialist to own full-cycle recruiting for Europe from our Gava, Barcelona offices. The role focuses on sourcing, screening and hiring engineers, technicians, and production staff to build a scalable aerospace workforce.

You will partner with hiring managers, manage the Greenhouse ATS and LinkedIn Recruiter, and maintain a positive candidate experience while scaling staffing in a fast-moving aerospace environment.