Sr. Technical Recruiter

About Firefly

Come be a part of the 21st Century Space Race. As an end-to-end space transportation company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

Summary

In this role, you will support technical recruiting across our manufacturing sites for Spacecraft (Blue Ghost and Elytra) as well as Launch Vehicles (Alpha and Eclipse). You will have the opportunity to work directly with Firefly leaders to attract the best and brightest talent in space the space industry as Firefly continues to grow. This role is based on-site at our brand new headquarters, Nexus.

Core Responsibilities

• Own the recruitment process and execute full-cycle recruiting for positions at all Firefly locations, including some or all of the following: spacecraft, launch vehicles, production and operations, engineering and corporate functions.
• Meet with stakeholders to review and understand role requirements, and to define the interview process.
• Organize and document post-interview feedback with the Interview teams and candidates.
• Creatively source talent: Build and maintain a network of candidates through proactive research, outreach, social media campaigns, and ongoing relationship management.
• Guide candidates through a high touch engagement and interview process
• Contribute to the long-range growth of the company by recommending new ideas for process improvement fine-tuning standard processes.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of full life-cycle recruiting experience working within an ATS sourcing, tracking and managing candidates
• 3+ years of technical recruiting experience
• Proven ability to effectively promote company branding and recruiting efforts through social media
• Proven ability to proactively source candidates through online platforms and in person event engagement

Preferred Qualifications

• 9+ years full life-cycle recruiting experience
• 6+ months of experience in high volume technical agency recruiting
• Experience recruiting in Space, Aerospace and Defense, or other closely related manufacturing industry
• Passion for the mission of NewSpace

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on 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.