Talent Acquisition Specialist

Moonshot•Lewisville, TX

12d

About The Position

Moonshot builds power and mechanical infrastructure for AI datacenters, high-performance computing sites, and large-scale compute operations. The company is in a period of rapid growth and is expanding its products, locations, headcount, and organizational structure. The Talent Acquisition Specialist owns full-cycle recruiting for a portfolio of open roles, building top-of-funnel pipelines as the company hires rapidly. This person manages candidates from initial outreach through onboarding and serves as their primary point of contact, keeping hiring processes moving and maintaining a strong candidate experience. The role works across departments and partners with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, calibrate role requirements, and adapt sourcing strategies. It also maintains accurate candidate data and stage progression in Greenhouse, using recruiting data to identify stalled searches and adjust sourcing efforts. The position emphasizes direct sourcing, particularly for technical, engineering, manufacturing, and operational roles, to reduce reliance on external recruiting support. Moonshot describes the role as an opportunity to see the impact of recruiting on teams building infrastructure for AI, take end-to-end ownership of searches, and grow as the Talent Acquisition function develops. Potential growth paths include broader sourcing strategy, specialized technical recruiting, or team leadership.

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 for building 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 hiring context beyond what is stated in a job description.
Process-management skills, including managing multiple searches, coordinating interview loops, and guiding candidates from first contact to 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 Greenhouse experience.

Responsibilities

Proactively source candidates for open requisitions using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and other channels.
Build and maintain pipelines of qualified candidates across departments, especially for technical, engineering, manufacturing, and operational roles.
Conduct direct outreach to passive candidates and screen inbound applicants from the job board.
Explain Moonshot and the significance of roles to technical candidates.
Schedule and coordinate initial and panel interviews with hiring managers.
Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements, define candidate fit, and adjust sourcing strategies as searches evolve.
Serve as the primary candidate contact from first conversation through offer and onboarding, providing updates throughout the process.
Build relationships across departments to understand hiring needs beyond the written job description.
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.
Manage multiple searches and coordinate interview processes to move candidates from first contact through onboarding.