Talent Sourcer, SG&A

SpaceX • Bastrop, TX

7h • Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX is seeking highly motivated talent sourcers to support SG&A as the company scales globally across disciplines such as IT, application software, environmental health and safety, physical security, information security, construction, and materials engineering. The role builds pipelines for hard-to-fill positions across engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations, identifying and engaging passive candidates who are not actively applying. Talent Sourcers partner with recruiters and hiring managers and may be a candidate’s first conversation with SpaceX. They own the search and candidate handoff, ensuring passive talent is interested and qualified for the opportunity.

Successful candidates are creative, self-motivated, accountable, and able to manage a demanding, high-volume workload. Strong communication and presentation skills and the ability to work successfully in a team are important. The position is based in Bastrop, Texas, in the Austin area, and is onsite full-time; hybrid and remote work are not considered. Extended hours and weekends may be required as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 1 year of recruiting or sourcing experience; or an associate degree and at least 2 years of experience; or at least 3 years of professional experience as a recruiter or sourcer in lieu of a degree.
• Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• Must meet U.S. Government export-control eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
• Must work onsite full-time in Bastrop, TX; hybrid and remote work will not be considered.

Nice To Haves

• At least 1 year of technical sourcing or technical recruiting experience, including passive outreach.
• Experience sourcing hard-to-fill roles across multiple functions, from individual contributor through leadership.
• Proven Boolean and X-ray search skills, including building and refining search strings.
• Experience writing personalized outreach that receives 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

• Run intake discussions with recruiters and hiring managers and turn each role into a searchable candidate profile.
• Source passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X, niche technical communities, events, and target-company mapping, using Boolean and X-ray searches.
• Use AI research tools to work efficiently and write candidate outreach personally.
• Send personalized outreach to generate quality responses and qualify interested candidates over the phone.
• Build and maintain pipelines for current and upcoming roles and keep ATS records accurate.
• Track metrics to ensure pipelines meet the business’s hiring demand.
• Map competitor talent pools and share market observations.
• Represent Starlink and SpaceX clearly and accurately in candidate conversations.
• Own the search process and candidate handoff, ensuring passive talent is closeable and excited about the opportunity.

What This Job Offers

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