Sr. Talent Sourcer (Starlink)

SpaceX•Bastrop, TX

8h•Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX is seeking a highly motivated Sr. Talent Sourcer to support Starlink’s global growth across disciplines including engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations. The sourcer will use traditional and non-traditional approaches to identify excellent talent and build robust pipelines for hard-to-fill roles. They will partner with recruiters and hiring managers, engage passive candidates, and own the search and handoff while helping candidates understand and feel excited about the opportunity. The role requires strong communication and presentation skills, self-motivation, accountability, the ability to manage a demanding, high-volume workload, and effectiveness in a team environment. This position is based in Bastrop, Texas (Austin area), and is onsite full-time; hybrid and remote work are not considered. Extended hours and weekends may be needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of recruiting or sourcing experience; or associate degree and 6+ years of experience; or 7+ years of professional recruiter or sourcer experience in lieu of a degree.
Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
Must meet the stated U.S. export-control eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain required authorizations.

Nice To Haves

5+ years of technical sourcing or technical recruiting experience, including passive outreach.
Experience sourcing hard-to-fill roles across more than one function, from individual contributor through leadership.
Proven Boolean and X-ray search skills, including building and refining search strings.
Experience writing personalized outreach that gets responses from passive candidates.
Working proficiency with an ATS and at least one dedicated sourcing or research tool.
Experience translating a hiring manager’s intake into a searchable candidate profile.
Experience mapping talent markets, including target companies and competitor pools.
Ability to assess technical depth well enough to pass a calibrated slate to a recruiter.

Responsibilities

Build pipelines for hard-to-fill roles across engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations.
Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to identify and engage passive candidates.
Own the search and handoff, ensuring passive talent is qualified and excited about the opportunity.
Conduct intake with recruiters and hiring managers and translate roles into searchable candidate profiles.
Source passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X, niche technical communities, events, target-company mapping, Boolean searches, and X-ray searches.
Use AI research tools to increase research speed and write candidate outreach personally.
Send personalized outreach and qualify interested candidates by phone.
Build and maintain pipelines for current and upcoming roles and keep ATS records accurate.
Track metrics to ensure pipelines meet business demand.
Map competitor talent pools and share market observations.
Represent Starlink and SpaceX clearly and accurately in candidate conversations.