Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

CesiumAstro • Westminster, CO

1d • $107,000 - $126,000

About The Position

CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to build candidate pipelines and recruit talent for the development of advanced electronics for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems. The role partners with hiring managers and stakeholders to identify, attract, assess, and hire candidates across technical disciplines in the aerospace industry. It calls for technical aptitude to assess candidates for complex engineering roles, strong organization, and the ability to communicate CesiumAstro’s value proposition.

The position works closely with engineering and business staff on talent acquisition projects and recruiting strategies in a high-growth startup environment. Candidates must meet U.S. government space technology export-control eligibility requirements: they must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline from an accredited university or institution.
• Prior career experience in the aerospace industry or a similar industry, working in a relevant engineering discipline.
• At least 6 years of technical recruiting experience in the aerospace, space, and/or defense industries.
• Experience recruiting for aerospace, electrical, mechanical, software, and other engineering positions.
• Strong networking skills and ability to connect with passive candidates.
• Experience with full life-cycle recruiting, including screening candidates, consulting with hiring managers, facilitating interviews, and extending offers.
• Ability to use recruiting techniques such as cold calling, planning and executing networking events, locating industry experts, developing creative ways to engage them, and creating focused sourcing campaigns.
• Ability to manage multiple high-priority technical requisitions simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Must meet applicable U.S. space technology export-control eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain required authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience recruiting for electrical engineering disciplines, including Digital Hardware, Power Electronics, FPGA, RF, and Antenna Design.

Responsibilities

• Work with hiring managers to understand role requirements and develop recruitment strategies.
• Proactively source, identify, and engage technical candidates for engineering, software development, aerospace, and other relevant roles.
• Assess candidates’ technical ability and aptitude for complex engineering positions.
• Advise hiring managers on candidate backgrounds and provide recommendations.
• Manage full-cycle recruiting, including applicant screening, candidate evaluation, interview facilitation, and offer negotiation and extension.
• Use job boards, social media, industry conferences, networking events, and other sourcing methods to build qualified candidate pools.
• Support additional functions as needed in a high-growth startup.

Benefits

• Company stock options.
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Health savings account (HSA).
• Flexible spending account (FSA).
• Life insurance.
• Disability plans.
• Retirement plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior