Recruitment Consultant

MachScale; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured training

Mentorship

Clear path to full desk

Uncapped earnings

Job summary

MachScale is hiring a cohort of recruiters to join our lean, founding-era team in Austin. These full-desk roles cover delivery and business development, with on-the-ground training and real ownership from day one as you work on live mandates with top US startups.

You will learn sourcing, engagement, screening, and submission end-to-end, grow into the BD side, and build lasting relationships with engineers and leaders.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or early-career, ready to build something.
• No recruitment experience required. We will teach you the craft.
• Strong written and verbal communication. You can hold your own in peer-to-peer conversations with senior talent and leaders.
• Ability to build strong relationships quickly.
• Genuine pull toward defense, aerospace, robotics, or advanced manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Learn to own searches end-to-end: sourcing, engagement, screening, submission, management through offer.
• Hunt and assess senior technical and leadership talent in cleared and hardtech markets.
• Build real relationships with engineers and leaders as they move through the process.
• Run tight candidate processes. Keep clients and candidates moving and aligned.
• Map pipelines and markets across our core sectors.
• Grow into the BD half of the desk as you develop.

Skills

Sourcing

Candidate screening

Relationship building

Communication

Delivery/BD transition

Job description

MachScale finds the people who build America's edge. We scale disruptive teams at the forefront of technological advantage, headhunting hard-to-find, high-caliber technical and leadership talent across defense, aerospace, robotics, and advanced manufacturing, from venture-backed startups to established neo-primes.

We are hiring a cohort of recruiters to join the team. These are full-desk seats covering both delivery and business development. You will learn the craft from the ground up on live mandates with some of the most disruptive startups in the US. You start weighted toward delivery, then grow into the BD side as you build your own desk and client base.

This is a founding-era seat on a lean team moving fast. Real ownership early. The runway to build something that is yours in a high-performing, mission-driven environment.

Core Responsibilities

• Learn to own searches end-to-end: sourcing, engagement, screening, submission, management through offer.
• Hunt and assess senior technical and leadership talent in cleared and hardtech markets.
• Build real relationships with engineers and leaders as they move through the process.
• Run tight candidate processes. Keep clients and candidates moving and aligned.
• Map pipelines and markets across our core sectors.
• Grow into the BD half of the desk as you develop.

What We're Looking For

• Recent graduate or early-career, ready to build something.
• No recruitment experience required. We will teach you the craft.
• Strong written and verbal communication. You can hold your own in a peer-to-peer conversation with senior talent and business leaders.
• Ability to build strong relationships quickly.
• Genuine pull toward defense, aerospace, robotics, or advanced manufacturing. You do not need a technical background. You do need the curiosity to learn the domains fast.

Why Join

• A high-ownership seat at a specialist firm at a pivotal time in our growth.
• You place the talent building the most advanced capability in the US. From orbit to deep-sea.
• Structured training and mentorship, then a clear path into a full 360 desk of your own.
• Uncapped earnings tied directly to your success.