Talent Partner

Orbital•Emeryville, CA

About The Position

Orbital is an AI-first industrial company building hardware from the atoms up. Our goal is to lead an industrial renaissance to advance critical technologies and secure our planet for generations to come. We’re starting with critical hardware for AI data centers to make them more performant and sustainable. Every Orbital product is invented with our AI platform — uniting AI-automated hardware engineering with AI-designed material science to achieve breakthrough real-world performance. We have an ambitious mission and need excellent people in all our teams - AI research, operations, advanced materials, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and manufacturing. Working at Orbital means working in tightly integrated vertically integrated teams. We’re looking for people who have a love of physical technology, curiosity in AI and a desire to learn. Role Overview Orbital are hiring for a Talent Partner who will have a broad focus on hardware and engineering recruiting within the company throughout our North American sites. This role centres around the delivery of outstanding technical talent whilst building scalable recruiting processes that facilitate future growth of the technology function. The role combines the development of Talent strategy across Orbital's key domains and a delivery within those verticals. An extensive level of in-house recruiting experience is required to be considered for this position.

Requirements

A broad focus on technical recruiting with a demonstrable track record of success of delivering complex roles in complex environments.
Motivated by driving scale at pace, but not at all costs.
Thrives in a fast-paced environment, where they regularly deal with ambiguity effectively
Ability to engage, attract and influence key stakeholders both internally and externally
Comfortable taking ownership, operating with a high degree of autonomy and taking accountability for building world class recruiting processes
People are your currency. You love making your company a better place to work.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end recruiting processes across complex hardware and engineering focused environments
Understanding what sets the bar of an elite engineer and maintain Orbital’s high standard of hiring
Ability to attract and engage top 1% technical talent in the US, Canada and beyond
Relationship building with senior stakeholders including C-suite, Founders and Hiring Managers
Maintaining a world-class hiring manager and candidate experience
Creation of Talent strategies that target graduates at all levels (BSc, MSc, PhD) and build partnerships that facilitate long term, technical growth
Build engaged communities interested in Orbital
Regularly contributing to Talent focused initiatives both within and outside of the technical team
Process optimisation with an emphasis on the end-to-end journey of Orbital’s new employees, including recruiting, pre-boarding and onboarding
Enhancing DEI strategy and various other company-wide initiatives