Senior Corporate Recruiter

Valar Atomics • Torrance, CA

2d • $120,000 - $150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Valar Atomics is seeking a Senior Corporate Recruiter to lead full-cycle hiring across all business functions. The recruiter will partner directly with hiring managers and executives, develop hiring strategies, and identify exceptional talent in competitive and specialized markets. The role requires learning each function and its talent market well enough to define strong candidate profiles and distinguish qualified candidates from plausible ones. The position is based fully on-site at the company’s Torrance, California headquarters.

The recruiter will own searches from kickoff through signed offer, advise stakeholders on role definitions and hiring criteria, source passive candidates, assess candidates beyond their resumes, and close senior hires. They will also build the corporate recruiting playbook, including scorecards, interview loops, calibration standards, and sourcing channels. Valar Atomics describes the environment as a high-impact startup with substantial ownership and autonomy, focused on scaling advanced energy technology.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience hiring for corporate and G&A functions such as finance, accounting, legal, supply chain, or operations for niche applications.
• A track record of closing senior and hard-to-fill roles in competitive markets, including managing offers against counteroffers.
• Demonstrated ability to source passive candidates directly rather than relying on inbound applicants.
• Ability to assess candidates beyond their resumes and defend hiring recommendations to executives.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders who have not previously written a job description or run a hiring process.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent searches across unrelated functions while maintaining momentum.
• High ownership, accountability, and follow-through across candidate touchpoints.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).

Nice To Haves

• Experience recruiting in nuclear, energy, aerospace, defense, or regulated manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with recruiting for regulatory, licensing, quality assurance, or compliance functions.
• Experience hiring at a company scaling past 300 employees and in markets outside major metropolitan areas.
• Experience building recruiting processes, scorecards, or sourcing channels where none existed.
• Exposure to executive search or leadership hiring.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across Finance, Accounting, Regulatory and Licensing, IT, Commercial & External Affairs, Facilities, Security, and Marketing, from search kickoff through signed offer.
• Become the talent-market expert for supported functions by mapping talent landscapes, identifying candidate-producing companies and career paths, and sharing that intelligence with leaders.
• Advise executives and hiring managers by translating needs into role definitions, interview plans, and hiring criteria before a requisition opens.
• Source passive candidates directly and build and run outbound campaigns for scarce regulated-industry profiles.
• Screen candidates for substantive experience, including scope, decisions owned, and systems built, and present hiring managers with a focused shortlist.
• Negotiate and close senior candidates against competing offers, including navigating relocation to Orangeville, Utah, and Torrance, California.
• Develop recruiting processes and standards, including scorecards, interview loops, calibration standards, and sourcing channels.
• Handle hands-on recruiting tasks such as hosting onsites, pursuing references, and personally running searches when needed.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity ownership
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite
• Generous PPE stipend
• Significant ownership and autonomy in a high-impact startup environment
• Opportunities for rapid career growth and internal advancement
• Direct collaboration with experienced operators, engineers, and industry leaders

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed