Technical Recruiter

True Anomaly, Inc.; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best-in-class healthcare

Flexible time off

Daily catered lunch

401(k) retirement plan

Fitness reimbursement

Dog Fridays

Equity participation

Job summary

True Anomaly in Long Beach, CA, is seeking a Technical Recruiter to build the teams behind space superiority. You will own the full-cycle recruiting process, partnering with deeply technical leaders to hire exceptional engineering and software talent for a fast-growing organization.

Onsite three days a week with hybrid work, you will source, engage passive candidates, and drive a high-quality candidate experience while maintaining accurate ATS data and timely updates for stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Strong track record filling technical or engineering roles while meeting or surpassing hiring goals.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, typically 10–15+ open roles concurrently.
• Experience using data and insights to inform hiring decisions and guide stakeholders.
• A demonstrated commitment to excellent service for candidates, hiring managers, and cross-functional partners.
• Highly organized with a bias for action; comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear, concise updates.
• Process-minded and proactive about identifying opportunities to streamline and improve.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Own the full-cycle recruiting process with a focus on strong hiring manager partnership, transparent communication, and effective candidate advocacy.
• Source and engage top talent across a wide range of technical disciplines including mechanical, electrical, test, software, production, operations, and more.
• Deliver an exemplary candidate experience from initial outreach through offer negotiation and close.
• Build and nurture pipelines of exceptional passive talent to support current and future growth.
• Maintain high-quality ATS data and continuously drive process excellence, meeting SLAs without compromising quality.
• Provide consistent, accurate hiring progress updates — including executive-level reporting.
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Security, People, and other teams on initiatives such as process optimization, reporting, interview training, university relations, and talent marketing.
• Act as a brand ambassador, representing True Anomaly at career fairs, recruiting events, and networking opportunities.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Technical recruiting

Hiring coordination

Data-driven hiring

Stakeholder management

Communication

Process improvement

Microsoft Office

Tools

Greenhouse

LinkedIn Recruiter

GEM

Job description

Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.

OUR MISSION

True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.

OUR VALUES

• Be the offset.We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.
• What would it take?We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.
• It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.

BENEFITS & PERKS *

• Best-in-class healthcare: 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, with HSA/HRA options
• Generous time off: Flexible Time Off (FTO) for exempt employees, accrued PTO of up to 25 days for non-exempt employees, plus 12 paid holidays; Parental Leave; Sick Leave
• Fuel for your day: Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks for in-office employees
• And more: 401(k) retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, and Dog Fridays
• Equity participation: Equity is included as part of our total compensation package, giving you an opportunity to share in the company’s success.

*Do not apply to fixed term and temporary roles

YOUR MISSION

True Anomaly protects and defends the space domain — because our way of life depends on it. As a Technical Recruiter, you’llhave a direct hand in building the teams that make this possible. You will help shape a high-growth, high-impact organization by hiring the people engineering the future of space security.

We deliver space superiority so the U.S. canoperatefreely in orbit, blending hardware and software in a way few companies can. In this role, you will partner with deeply technical leaders, hire exceptional engineering talent, and influence processes that scale. Space is the new high ground —we’rehere to keep it secure, andyou’llbe building the team that gets us there.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own thefull-cyclerecruiting process with a focus on strong hiring manager partnership, transparent communication, and effective candidate advocacy.
• Source and engage top talent across a wide range of technical disciplines including mechanical, electrical, test, software, production, operations, and more.
• Deliver an exemplary candidate experience frominitialoutreach through offer negotiation and close.
• Build and nurture pipelines of exceptional passive talent to support current and future growth.
• Maintain high-quality ATS data and continuously drive process excellence,meetingor exceeding SLAs without compromising quality.
• Provide consistent,accuratehiring progress updates — including executive-level reporting.
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Security, People, and other teams on initiatives such as process optimization, reporting, interview training, university relations, and talent marketing.
• Act as a brand ambassador,representingTrue Anomaly at career fairs, recruiting events, and networking opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 4–7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Strongtrack recordfilling technical or engineering roles while meeting or surpassing hiring goals.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, typically 10–15+ open roles concurrently.
• Experience using data and insights to inform hiring decisions and guide stakeholders.
• A demonstrated commitment to excellent service for candidates, hiring managers, and cross-functional partners.
• Highly organized with a bias for action; comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear, concise updates.
• Process-minded and proactive aboutidentifyingopportunities to streamline and improve.
• Proficiencywith Microsoft Office Suite.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a high-growth technology or product-focused startup; aerospace, defense, or national security experience is a plus.
• Experience hiring cyber security or other security-sensitive technical roles.
• Familiarity hiring DoD-cleared talent (Secret or Top Secret).
• Experience collaborating with sourcing partners.
• Prior experience with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, and/orGEM.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location :while weobservea hybrid work environment, you will need to be onsite as the business needs require. On an average week, you can expect to spend at least3days per week in office at ourGravityWorksofficeinLong Beach, CA.
• Travel: occasional travel to our other office locations and for hiring events.
• Work environment: standard office, working at a desk or in a production factory.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled.

True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in True Anomaly’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.