Talent Sourcer (Starlink)

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Talent Sourcer (Starlink) to scale global talent pipelines across engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations. You will partner with recruiters and hiring managers to identify and engage top passive candidates, owning the search from intake to handoff and ensuring strong candidate engagement.

The role demands exceptional communication, self-motivation, accountability, and the ability to manage high-volume work streams while collaborating with teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 1+ years recruiting experience; or associate degree and 2+ years of experience; or 3+ years of professional experience as a recruiter or sourcer in lieu of a degree

Responsibilities

• Build pipelines for hard-to-fill roles across engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to engage passive candidates and be the first SpaceX contact.
• Own the search and handoff as an extreme owner, ensuring passive talent is closeable.
• Run intake with recruiters and hiring managers and turn roles into searchable profiles.
• Source passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X, niche communities, events, and target-company mapping.
• Use AI research tools to move faster and write outreach yourself.
• Send personalized outreach and qualify candidates over the phone.
• Build and maintain pipelines and keep ATS records accurate.
• Track metrics to ensure pipelines meet demand; map competitor talent pools.
• Represent Starlink and SpaceX clearly in every conversation.

Skills

Boolean search

X-ray search

Passive outreach

Talent mapping

Sourcing strategies

Candidate outreach

Interviewing

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

ATS familiarity

Job description

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.

TALENT SOURCER (STARLINK)

We are looking for highly motivated talent sourcers to support Starlink as we scale globally across a variety of challenging disciplines consisting of, but not limited to, engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations. We are seeking a creative thinker who can leverage both traditional and non-traditional approaches to identifying excellent talent, and can build robust talent pipelines filled with the top talent in the world to grow Starlink at an unprecedented rate.

Successful candidates will have outstanding communication skills, be self-motivated, hold themselves accountable, have a willingness and drive to manage a demanding high-volume workload, possess strong presentation skills and experience working successfully in a team environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Talent Sourcer for Starlink, you will build pipelines for hard-to-fill roles across engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations. You will partner with recruiters and hiring managers to find and engage people who are not applying, and you will often be a candidate's first conversation with SpaceX. You will own the search and the handoff as an extreme owner, ensuring passive talent is closeable and excited about the opportunity.

• Run intake with recruiters and hiring managers and turn each role into a searchable profile

• Source passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X, niche technical communities, events, and target-company mapping, using Boolean and X-ray searches

• Use AI research tools to move faster, and write the outreach yourself

• Send personalized outreach to generate quality response rates, and qualify the interested candidates over the phone

• Build and maintain pipelines for current and upcoming roles, and keep our ATS records accurate

• Track metrics to ensure your pipelines are hitting the demand the business requires

• Map competitor talent pools and share what you are seeing in the market

• Represent Starlink and SpaceX clearly and accurately in every candidate conversation

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of recruiting or sourcing experience; or associate degree and 2+ years of experience; or 3+ years of professional experience as a recruiter or sourcer in lieu of a degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1+ years of technical sourcing or technical recruiting experience, including passive outreach

• Experience sourcing hard-to-fill roles across more than one function, from individual contributor through leadership

• Proven Boolean and X-ray search skills, including building and refining your own search strings

• Experience writing personalized outreach that gets a response from passive candidates

• Working proficiency with an ATS and at least one dedicated sourcing or research tool

• Experience turning a hiring manager's intake into a searchable candidate profile

• Experience mapping talent markets, including target companies and competitor pools

• Skill at judging technical depth well enough to pass a calibrated slate to a recruiter

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed

• This position is based in Bastrop, TX (Austin area), and requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the 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 Aff… [e-mail].