Talent Sourcer (Starlink)
About The Position
SpaceX is seeking a highly motivated Talent Sourcer to support Starlink’s global growth across challenging disciplines, including engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations. The role focuses on identifying and engaging exceptional passive candidates and building robust talent pipelines to support Starlink’s hiring needs. The sourcer partners with recruiters and hiring managers, owns searches and candidate handoffs, and represents Starlink and SpaceX in candidate conversations. The position is based in Bastrop, Texas, in the Austin area, and requires full-time onsite work; hybrid and remote work are not considered.
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 recruiter or sourcer experience in lieu of a degree.
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills.
- Self-motivation, accountability, and willingness to manage a demanding, high-volume workload.
- Ability to work successfully in a team environment.
- Availability to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must meet the stated U.S. export-control eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations.
- Must work onsite full-time in Bastrop, TX; hybrid and remote work are not 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 and levels, 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 sufficiently to pass a calibrated slate to a recruiter.
Responsibilities
- Build pipelines for hard-to-fill roles across engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations.
- Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to define role requirements and turn each role into a searchable candidate profile.
- Source passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X, niche technical communities, events, target-company mapping, Boolean searches, and X-ray searches.
- Use AI research tools to accelerate research 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 the search and candidate handoff, ensuring passive talent is closeable and interested in the opportunity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
