AST SpaceMobile

AST SpaceMobile

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Midland, Texas, United States · Senior · Contract

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Lottery odds40
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About the role

  • This is an execution-focused role requiring strong sourcing capability, hiring manager partnership, and operational discipline.
  • This job description may not be inclusive to the duties and responsibilities listed.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end recruiting for hourly technician roles across manufacturing, integration, test, and quality, managing requisitions from approval through offer acceptance and onboarding handoff.
  • Partner with hiring managers to define headcount forecasts, skill requirements, and hiring timelines, using structured intake meetings and calibrated screening criteria.
  • Build and maintain active pipelines of avionics, composite, RF/AIT, quality inspection, and manufacturing/production technicians.
  • Source proactively through job boards, trade schools, military transition programs, referrals, and targeted outreach, and develop geographic sourcing strategies to support rapid scaling.
  • Maintain accurate ATS records and track hiring metrics, including time-to-fill, offer acceptance rate, source effectiveness, and hiring velocity versus production demand.
  • Anticipate technician ramp-up needs tied to production milestones and support workforce scaling initiatives aligned to spacecraft build cadence.
  • Collaborate with HR, Finance, and Operations on headcount planning, and assist with staffing agency oversight for surge or contract technician support.
  • AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only global cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio and designed for both commercial and government applications.
  • This role hires avionics, composite, AIT, and RF technicians, quality inspectors, and other hands-on production talent critical to spacecraft build and launch cadence.

Requirements

  • The ideal candidate understands high-volume technician pipelines, manufacturing floor dynamics, and the urgency of scaling skilled labor in a fast-moving aerospace environment.
  • Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field preferred
  • equivalent recruiting experience in manufacturing or aerospace environments considered in lieu of a degree.
  • A minimum of 3-7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience with an emphasis on hourly or technician hiring, including demonstrated success hiring for manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or industrial roles, supporting high-volume or ramp hiring initiatives, and technical skill screening for hands-on production roles.

Nice to have

  • Aerospace or space industry recruiting experience.
  • Experience hiring avionics, composite, or RF technicians.
  • Military veteran hiring experience.
  • Experience in a fast-scaling startup or high-growth manufacturing environment.
  • Technology Stack:

Skills

  • Strong sense of urgency and a bias toward execution.
  • Highly organized with strong follow-through.
  • Direct communicator capable of setting expectations with hiring managers.
  • Data-driven mindset with comfort tracking recruiting KPIs.
  • Ability to balance speed with quality of hire.
  • Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) - Greenhouse a plus
  • LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Job boards and sourcing platforms
  • Microsoft Excel for pipeline and metric tracking
  • HRIS systems a plus
  • Ability to work onsite in Midland, TX as required.
  • Occasional travel to local career fairs, trade schools, or military transition events.

Company info

  • Our engineers and space scientists are on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today's five billion mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected.
  • We are seeking a high-output Talent Acquisition Specialist to own full-cycle recruiting for hourly technical roles supporting aerospace manufacturing, integration, and test operations.

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  • Experience hiring candidates with security clearance backgrounds
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