Space Hardware Recruiter — Build Elite Engineering Pipelines

Telemetry Today LLC; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

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Job summary

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Technical Recruiter to build pipelines for avionics, propulsion, thermal, and other hardware disciplines. You will own sourcing strategy, candidate outreach, and screening in a fast-moving aerospace environment.

You will partner with hiring managers, leverage LinkedIn Recruiter and Gem, and drive market insights to shape searches, pipelines, and interview processes while ensuring compliance with export controls and OFCCP requirements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of technical sourcing or recruiting experience, with a track record of filling hard-to-fill, high-volume engineering roles.
• Proven ability to source senior engineering talent in competitive markets.
• Hands-on LinkedIn Recruiter experience, including advanced Boolean and search strategy.
• Self-starter who works with urgency and manages multiple priorities independently.
• Clear, proactive communicator with candidates and hiring managers who keeps stakeholders informed.
• Enough technical fluency in hardware and/or software engineering to evaluate candidate depth and put role requirements in context.

Responsibilities

• Manage 4-8 active searches at once, keeping pipelines full and moving.
• Source engineering talent proactively through LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, referrals, and other channels, with a focus on passive candidates.
• Write outreach messages and run recruiter screens that assess engineering fundamentals, systems thinking, and hardware integration experience.
• Partner with hiring managers and recruiters at intake to define the ideal profile, separating must-haves from nice-to-haves and setting clear boundaries for the search.
• Own pipeline health. Track response rates, conversion by stage, and sourcing channel effectiveness, and use the data to refine your approach.
• Bring market insights (talent supply, compensation signals, competitor activity) to hiring managers, and use them to adjust search criteria and strategy.
• Take part in calibration sessions and help keep interview processes, assessment frameworks, and the candidate experience current.
• Build and maintain a warm talent community for recurring hard-to-fill disciplines.
• Work with People Ops to follow applicable employment laws, OFCCP requirements, and export control considerations in aerospace hiring.

Skills

Technical Sourcing

LinkedIn Recruiter

Multi-tasking

Communication

Technical Fluency

Self-starter

Tools

Greenhouse ATS

Gem

Job description

Varda Space Industries in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Technical Recruiter to build pipelines for avionics, propulsion, thermal, and other hardware disciplines. You will own sourcing strategy, candidate outreach, and screening in a fast-moving aerospace environment.

You will partner with hiring managers, leverage LinkedIn Recruiter and Gem, and drive market insights to shape searches, pipelines, and interview processes while ensuring compliance with export controls and OFCCP requirements.