Technical Recruiter, SG&A
About The Position
SpaceX is hiring a Technical Recruiter for its SG&A recruiting team, which supports hiring across corporate functions including IT, application software, environmental health and safety, physical security, information security, construction, and materials engineering. The recruiter manages a full desk encompassing sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding candidates for mission-critical roles. As a frequent first point of contact for candidates, the recruiter represents SpaceX with professionalism, pride, and enthusiasm while collaborating with colleagues and exercising autonomy and initiative. The role requires adapting to changing hiring priorities and working at a fast pace. The recruiter partners with client groups on headcount, requisitions, hiring strategy, and interview feedback; builds candidate pipelines; evaluates and recommends candidates; supports onsite interviews and tours; and manages offers, including background checks, negotiations, and offer letters. The position is based onsite full-time in Palo Alto, California; hybrid and remote work are not considered.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 1 year of recruiting experience; or an associate degree and at least 2 years of experience; or at least 3 years of professional experience as a recruiter in lieu of a degree.
- Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
- Must work onsite full-time in Palo Alto, California; hybrid and remote work are not considered.
- Must meet the stated U.S. export-control eligibility requirements: U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
Nice To Haves
- At least 2 years of technical recruiting experience.
- At least 2 years of recruiting experience in IT, information security, materials engineering, software engineering, environmental health and safety, construction, or physical security.
- Experience with in-house recruiting.
- Experience with high-volume recruiting.
- Experience recruiting skilled labor.
- Strong tenure and demonstrated success in recruiting roles.
- Full life-cycle recruiting experience, from sourcing to closing.
- Comfort reviewing, evaluating, and reporting on recruiting data.
- Ability to distinguish top-tier talent within a field, including the top 50% from the top 5%.
- Expertise in non-standard recruiting methods, such as cold calling candidates and companies, organizing ad hoc networking events, identifying and engaging industry experts, and creating targeted sourcing campaigns.
- Comfort interfacing directly with hiring managers, including director- and VP-level technical leaders.
- Ability to build strong relationships with hiring managers and candidates.
- Ability to present candidates accurately without overselling them, influence decisions as a talent subject matter expert, and avoid dictating client decisions.
- Ability to multitask and work with little direction while remaining an active team member.
Responsibilities
- Meet with client groups to discuss headcount, requisitions, hiring strategy, and interview feedback, acting as a partner to clients.
- Screen candidates who apply to open requisitions.
- Source candidates, including candidates who are not actively seeking work.
- Discuss screened candidates with client groups and recommend candidates for interviews.
- Give tours to candidates before onsite interviews.
- Attend interviews with client groups and contribute to candidate evaluations.
- Initiate background checks, negotiate offer packages, and extend offer letters for approved candidates.
- Attract, organize, and manage the flow of candidates, adapting daily work to changing hiring priorities.
- Coordinate the candidate experience, including onsite interview schedules and tours.
- Build candidate pipelines through screening and sourcing.
Benefits
- Potential long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards.
- Potential discretionary bonuses.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan allowing employees to purchase additional stock at a discount.
- Comprehensive medical coverage.
- Vision coverage.
- Dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Various other discounts and perks.
- May accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation.
- Eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Paid sick leave under company policy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
