Senior Technical Recruiter (FTC 6 Months)

Skylo Technologies • Mountain View, CA

21h • Onsite

About The Position

Skylo is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to manage full-cycle hiring for critical engineering teams. This role involves not just filling positions but also improving the hiring system by refining role definitions, candidate evaluation, and closing strategies. The recruiter will partner closely with hiring managers to make interview processes more predictive and candidate conversations more effective. The position is a 6-month fixed-term contract (FTC) based on-site in Mountain View.

Requirements

• A Computer Science degree, Information Systems, or comparable technical educational background, demonstrating technical fluency.
• 3-5 years of in-house technical recruiting experience at a startup or scale-up, preferably as a solo recruiter or part of a small, growing team.
• Demonstrated partnership with hiring managers, including shaping role definitions, building/evolving interview loops, or pushing back on unsuitable searches.
• Track record of process improvement in recruiting, such as interview rubric overhauls, ATS workflow redesign, sourcing methodology shifts, or candidate experience upgrades.
• Native fluency with AI in daily workflow, actively using tools like Claude for outreach, candidate signal synthesis, boolean strategy, and screening acceleration.
• Comfort hitting and reporting on KPIs (pipeline velocity, offer acceptance, time-to-hire) while prioritizing quality.
• Skill in identifying niche technical talent across software, hardware, and satellite communications domains.
• Experience closing complex offers, particularly with passive candidates, by communicating mission, scope, and equity value.
• A proactive approach to identifying and fixing broken steps in the hiring funnel.
• Familiarity with modern ATS/interview-intelligence tools; specific experience with Ashby and Metaview is a plus.

Nice To Haves

• Agency recruiting experience earlier in career as a foundation.
• Familiarity with Ashby and Metaview.
• A satellite background is not required, but a willingness to learn the vocabulary quickly and source with precision is essential.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for high-impact roles across Engineering, Cloud, Space, hardware, software, and satellite communications.
• Partner deeply with hiring managers to clarify role definitions, design interview loops, calibrate on candidates, and refine interview processes.
• Identify, improve, and own aspects of the hiring system, including interview rubrics, scorecard design, sourcing playbooks, intake processes, and candidate communications.
• Integrate AI-powered workflows using tools like Claude, Ashby's AI features, and Metaview for sourcing, screening, and synthesizing candidate signals.
• Achieve aggressive pipeline velocity and offer-acceptance targets while maintaining quality.
• Surface market insights, compensation trends, and structural bottlenecks to hiring managers and leadership.
• Champion a candidate experience that reflects Skylo's mission and brand through transparent communication and timely feedback.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• Stock option based equity program
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision
• Retirement plan
• Monthly allowances for wellness
• Education reimbursement
• Generous time off policy
• Holidays
• Opportunity to be part of developing and running the world's first commercial, live direct-to-device satellite network and service
• Access to world-class talent across tech domains

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree