Outpost

Outpost

Senior Technical Recruiter

Los Angeles · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 18 hours ago
A/B TestingLogisticsRecruitingEmbedded SystemsAvionicsLeadership

About the role

  • You'll own full-cycle recruiting for high-impact technical roles across hardware and software.
  • You'll partner directly with engineering and operations leadership to forecast headcount, build proactive pipelines, drive a crisp interview process, and close top talent.
  • This is a role for a recruiter who is equally strong at sourcing and stakeholder partnership, and who enjoys rolling up their sleeves in a fast, build-heavy environment.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with other members of our recruiting team
  • Own full-cycle recruiting: intake/kickoff, JD calibration, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offers, and pre-onboarding.
  • Build and maintain pipelines for technical roles (e.g., mechanical, GNC/controls, avionics/embedded, software, manufacturing & test technicians, integration).
  • Partner closely with hiring managers to define profiles, design structured interview scorecards, train interviewers, and run consistent debriefs.
  • Drive top-of-funnel sourcing via LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, targeted communities, and events
  • Maintain rigorous ATS processes (e.g., Greenhouse): accurate stages, tags, and weekly pipeline reporting.
  • Craft compelling outreach, support local events/university touchpoints, and activate referral campaigns.
  • Support non-technical recruiting efforts (operations, marketing, IT, finance, etc) as needed.

Requirements

  • Strong stakeholder partnership: you can stand up process where and guide hiring teams toward signal-rich interviews and decisive debriefs.
  • Demonstrated success hiring across two or more of: test, GNC/controls, avionics/embedded systems, software, manufacturing/integration/test, reliability/quality.
  • Data-driven mindset: confident in ATS reporting, pipeline analysis, and experimentation to improve throughput and quality.

Nice to have

  • 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting with hands-on sourcing and closing in hardware-centric or deep-tech environments (aerospace strongly preferred).

Compensation

  • Calibrate compensation with Finance/Operations; prepare offer packages (base/equity/bonus), manage exceptions, and close candidates against competitive offers.

Benefits

  • Calibrate compensation with Finance/Operations; prepare offer packages (base/equity/bonus), manage exceptions, and close candidates against competitive offers.

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