Talent Acquisition Specialist

Moonshot•Lewisville, TX

13d

About The Position

Moonshot builds power and mechanical infrastructure for AI datacenters, HPC sites, and large-scale compute operations. The Talent Acquisition Specialist owns full-cycle recruiting for a portfolio of open roles across the company, with a focus on building strong top-of-funnel pipelines as Moonshot grows. The specialist manages candidates from initial contact through onboarding, serving as the primary point of contact and keeping the hiring process moving while maintaining a strong candidate experience. The role involves proactively sourcing candidates across departments, particularly for technical, engineering, manufacturing, and operational roles. The specialist partners with hiring managers to understand role requirements and refine sourcing strategies, coordinates interviews, maintains accurate candidate records in Greenhouse, and uses recruiting data to identify stalled searches and adjust sourcing efforts. The position also builds relationships across departments and strengthens Moonshot's direct-sourcing capabilities.

Requirements

At least 2 years of recruiting experience, agency or in-house, with demonstrated full-cycle ownership from sourcing through offer.
Proactive sourcing skills, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and other channels to build candidate pipelines from scratch.
ATS fluency and ability to learn new systems quickly.
Clear, confident communication with candidates ranging from early-career technicians to senior technical hires.
Ability to build relationships across functions and gather context beyond what is captured in a job description.
Process-management skills to run multiple searches simultaneously, coordinate interview loops, and guide candidates from first contact through onboarding.
Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting for technical, engineering, IT, or manufacturing roles.
Experience sourcing in a high-volume or high-growth hiring environment.
Hands-on experience with Greenhouse.

Responsibilities

Proactively source candidates for open requisitions using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and other channels.
Build and maintain pipelines of qualified candidates across departments, with particular focus on technical, engineering, manufacturing, and operational roles.
Contact passive candidates and screen applicants who apply through the job board.
Communicate Moonshot's story and explain the purpose of roles to technical candidates.
Schedule and coordinate initial and panel interviews with hiring managers.
Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements, calibrate candidate expectations, and adjust sourcing strategies as searches evolve.
Serve as the candidate's primary point of contact from the first conversation through offer and onboarding, providing updates throughout the process.
Build working relationships across departments to understand hiring needs beyond what is stated in job descriptions.
Maintain accurate candidate records and stage progression in Greenhouse.
Use recruiting data to identify stalled searches and determine where sourcing effort should shift.
Develop direct-sourcing capability on assigned requisitions to reduce reliance on outside recruiting help.