Technical Recruiter (McGregor)

SpaceX
McGregor, TX
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with technical recruiting experience working in aerospace or engineering domains, who thrive in a high-energy, collaborative environment and are based in McGregor, TX.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with technical recruiting experience in aerospace or engineering fields
    — “Experience recruiting electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineers”
  • Individuals who can manage dynamic workloads and operate with autonomy
    — “We work in teams and focus on collaboration yet require a high degree of autonomy”
  • Candidates who can represent a high-growth company with enthusiasm and professionalism
    — “it is your job to represent the company with professionalism, pride, and enthusiasm”

Things to consider

  • Full-time onsite commitment is required, with no hybrid or remote options
    — “This position requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered”
  • Candidates must meet specific ITAR compliance criteria for U.S. export regulations
    — “To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national...”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in sourcing top-tier candidates in technical fields
    — “the best candidates are the ones not actively looking”
  • Emphasize your ability to build strong relationships with hiring managers and candidates
    — “Ability to build strong relationships with both hiring managers and candidates”
  • Showcase your comfort with data analysis and reporting in your recruiting process
    — “Comfort with reviewing, evaluating and reporting on recruiting data”
  • Demonstrate your capability to manage the full lifecycle of a recruitment process
    — “Full life cycle recruiting experience, from sourcing to closing”
  • Demonstrate your ability to use non-standard methods to source talent
    — “Demonstrated expertise in non-standard recruiting methods: cold calling candidates and companies...”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • source and screen top talent
  • coordinate candidate experience
Typical background
2+ years of technical recruiting experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical RecruitingFull Life Cycle RecruitingCandidate ScreeningOnboarding

Preferred

Cold CallingNetworking Events

Stack & domain

RecruitingTechnical RecruitingSGA RecruitingHigh Volume RecruitingElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringSkilled LaborFull Life Cycle RecruitingBackground ChecksOffer NegotiationCandidate ScreeningCandidate SourcingCandidate ToursInterview CoordinationCandidate OnboardingCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipProblem-solvingInitiativeAttention To DetailAdaptabilityCollaborationCustomer ServiceNegotiation

About the role

Original posting from SpaceX via Greenhouse

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

TECHNICAL RECRUITER

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a SpaceX recruiter, you will run a full desk with a variety of duties and responsibilities focused on the sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding of top talent candidates to fill mission-critical positions (pun intended). In many cases, you are candidates’ first encounter with SpaceX, and it is your job to represent the company with professionalism, pride, and enthusiasm. We work in teams and focus on collaboration yet require a high degree of autonomy. So, while you are not expected to simply go it alone, you are expected to show initiative, take responsibility, and run with tasks to completion. 

Your day-to-day routine will change often as hiring priorities shift, but there is a basic set of activities you can expect to run with daily, including, but not limited to:

Meet with your client groups to discuss headcount, new requisitions, hiring strategy, and/or interview feedback – you truly act as a partner to your clients and not merely as an order taker

Screen candidates who apply to requisitions – as the SpaceX name brand grows, our job postings continue to fill up with stellar candidates

Source candidates – often the best candidates are the ones not actively looking

Discuss candidates you have screened with your client groups and recommend top candidates for interviews

Give tours to candidates before their onsite

Attend interviews alongside your client groups to act as another set of eyes and ears in evaluating candidates

Once candidates are approved for hire, you will begin the offer process including initiating background checks, negotiating offer packages and extending offer letters

Some days you will have multiple candidates coming onsite for interviews and you will spend that time giving tours and coordinating the candidate experience. Other days, you will need to fill your candidate pipeline and will spend the majority of the day screening/sourcing candidates. No day is the same here and the pace moves fast, but ultimately your job is to effectively attract, organize, and manage the flow of the country’s most talented individuals.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of recruiting experience; or associate degree and 2+ years of experience; or 3+ years of professional experience as a recruiter in lieu of a degree

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

2+ years of technical recruiting experience

2+ years of SGA recruiting experience

Experience with in-house recruiting

Experience with high volume recruiting

Experience recruiting electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineers

Experience recruiting skilled labor

Strong tenure with demonstrated success in recruiting roles

Full life cycle recruiting experience, from sourcing to closing

Comfort with reviewing, evaluating and reporting on recruiting data

Ability to distinguish between the top 50% and the top 5% of talent within their respective fields

Demonstrated expertise in non-standard recruiting methods: cold calling candidates and companies, organizing and executing ad hoc networking events, identifying industry experts and finding unique methods to engage with them, creating unique targeted sourcing campaigns, etc.

Comfortable interfacing directly with hiring managers including director and VP level technical leaders

Ability to build strong relationships with both hiring managers and candidates

Ability to accurately present but not oversell candidates to client groups; influence decisions by acting as the subject matter expert on talent but avoid dictating client decisions

Ability to multi-task and operate with little direction while still being an active team member

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed

This position requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.  

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com. 

Source: SpaceX careers (Greenhouse)

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