Technical Recruiter, SG&A

SpaceX • Cape Canaveral, FL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

SpaceX’s SG&A recruiting team hires for corporate functions including IT, Application Software, Environmental Health & Safety, Physical Security, InfoSec, Construction, and Materials Engineering. The Technical Recruiter runs a full recruiting desk, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding talent for mission-critical roles. The recruiter represents SpaceX to candidates and works collaboratively with client groups while exercising autonomy, initiative, and ownership of tasks.

The role is based in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and requires full-time onsite work; hybrid and remote arrangements are not considered. Extended hours and weekends may be required as needed.

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 recruiter experience in lieu of a degree.
• Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• Must meet applicable U.S. Government export-regulation 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 Cape Canaveral, Florida; hybrid and remote work are not considered.

Nice To Haves

• At least 2 years of technical recruiting experience.
• At least 2 years of recruiting experience in IT, InfoSec, 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 with 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 50% talent from top 5% talent in relevant fields.
• Expertise in non-standard recruiting methods, such as cold calling candidates and companies, organizing ad hoc networking events, identifying industry experts and engaging them, 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 operate with little direction while remaining an active team member.

Responsibilities

• Meet with client groups to discuss headcount, new requisitions, hiring strategy, and interview feedback, acting as a partner to clients.
• Screen candidates who apply to requisitions.
• Source candidates, including those who are not actively looking for a job.
• Discuss screened candidates with client groups and recommend top candidates for interviews.
• Give tours to candidates before onsite interviews.
• Attend interviews with client groups and contribute to candidate evaluation.
• Initiate background checks, negotiate offer packages, and extend offer letters for approved candidates.
• Attract, organize, and manage the flow of candidates, coordinating candidate experiences as hiring priorities change.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree