Talent Sourcer, SG&A

SpaceX•Hawthorne, CA

7h•$85,000 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX is seeking a highly motivated Talent Sourcer to support SG&A as the company scales globally. The role sources talent across challenging disciplines, including IT, application software, environmental health and safety, physical security, information security, construction, and materials engineering. The sourcer builds pipelines for hard-to-fill roles across engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations, partnering with recruiters and hiring managers to identify and engage passive candidates. The role owns searches and candidate handoffs, helps ensure candidates are interested in and suitable for opportunities, and may be a candidate’s first conversation with SpaceX. The position is based onsite full-time in Bastrop, Texas, in the Austin area; hybrid and remote work are not considered. Extended hours and weekends may be required as needed. Compensation is listed at Level 1: $85,000–$110,000 and Level 2: $100,000–$135,000, with level and salary determined case by case. The rewards package may also include long-term incentives, potential discretionary bonuses, an employee stock purchase plan, medical, vision and dental coverage, a 401(k), disability and life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts and perks, paid vacation, paid holidays, and paid sick leave.

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 recruiting or sourcing experience in lieu of a degree.
Be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
Work onsite full-time in Bastrop, TX; hybrid and remote work will not be considered.
Meet SpaceX ITAR eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

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 gets responses from passive candidates.
Working proficiency with an ATS and at least one dedicated sourcing or research tool.
Experience turning 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 sufficiently to pass a calibrated slate to a recruiter.

Responsibilities

Run intake with recruiters and hiring managers and turn each role into a searchable 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 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 business demand.
Map competitor talent pools and share market observations.
Represent Starlink and SpaceX clearly and accurately in candidate conversations.
Own searches and candidate handoffs, helping ensure passive candidates are interested in the opportunity.

Benefits

Potential long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards.
Potential discretionary bonuses.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan with the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount.
Medical coverage.
Vision coverage.
Dental coverage.
401(k) retirement plan.
Short- and long-term disability insurance.
Life insurance.
Paid parental leave.
Various discounts and perks.
Up to 3 weeks of accrued paid vacation.
10 or more paid holidays per year.
Paid sick leave pursuant to company policy.