Sourcing Recruiter - TeraWave

Blue Origin • Southgate, WA

9h

About The Position

The Sourcing Recruiter joins Blue Origin’s TeraWave Talent Acquisition team, supporting Blue Origin’s satellite communications network. The role partners with hiring managers to build technical teams across ASIC design, optical and radio frequency engineering, networking, and software. The recruiter owns sourcing strategy and early-stage candidate engagement, expands pipelines into new talent markets, and helps determine how quickly and effectively TeraWave scales its engineering workforce.

Blue Origin describes TeraWave as a multi-orbit satellite communications network intended to provide symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 Tbps anywhere on Earth, using optically interconnected satellites in low Earth orbit for enterprise-grade connectivity. This position is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, which provide centralized support across business units, functions, and locations.

Requirements

• A completed bachelor’s degree, or equivalent years of professional recruiting experience in lieu of a degree.
• At least 5 years of technical recruiting experience across engineering, hardware design, testing, or IT roles.
• Experience generating candidate leads using multiple sourcing platforms, tools, and outreach methods.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

• Experience recruiting in space, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, or technology hardware industries.
• Experience supporting multiple business units or programs with rapidly changing or competing hiring priorities simultaneously.
• Proficiency with the Workday applicant tracking system for requisition management and candidate workflow tracking.
• Experience planning or supporting recruiting events or targeted hiring campaigns.
• Experience establishing recruiting processes, sourcing channels, or talent functions in new markets.
• Strong attention to detail, high standards, and professional communication, with a proven ability to influence and advise business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing plans and search strategies that generate talent pools, networks, and pipelines for assigned requisitions.
• Convert prospects into candidates through targeted outreach, relationship building, screening, and initial interviews.
• Calibrate candidate profiles with hiring managers and adjust search strategies based on interview feedback.
• Partner with hiring managers and business leaders in scoping discussions, weekly tag-ups, and candidate debriefs.
• Prepare search status reports and present pipeline updates to stakeholders on active searches.
• Research technical requirements for ASIC, optical, radio frequency, networking, and software requisitions.
• Coordinate interview scheduling, panel logistics, and collection of interviewer feedback and scoring.
• Communicate compensation and benefits details and notify candidates of hiring decisions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Basic and supplemental life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%.
• Education Support Program.
• Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Paid time off of up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours.
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on company discretion; bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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