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Vast

Robot type
Robotics
Location
Long BeachCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Business Operations
Posted
Oct 28, 2026
Salary
$122,000–$165,000 a year
Full-time

Senior Technical Recruiter

Job description

Headquartered in Long Beach, California , and with more than 1,000 employees and over a billion dollars in private capital, Vast has built the facilities required to manufacture and operate America’s next space station. The company plans to develop future habitats and systems for the Moon and Mars, dedicated space stations for government partners, and other crewed systems that will unlock the expanding long-term space economy.

This will be a full-time , exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure using an incremental, hardware-rich, and low-cost approach.

Job responsibilities

  • Own full-cycle recruiting from intake through offer acceptance across multiple open roles and disciplines, as the sole recruiter supporting the satellite program
  • Partner with hiring managers and executive leaders to define role requirements, interview plans, headcount priorities, and hiring timelines, and provide candid advice on market conditions
  • Develop and execute sourcing strategies by discipline to identify and engage top and passive candidates across aerospace, satellite, defense, and advanced hardware
  • Build working knowledge across technical disciplines to run credible intake conversations, screen candidates, and talk through the work with them
  • Manage candidate pipelines and drive an efficient and engaging interview process
  • Facilitate interview debriefs and guide hiring teams through candidate evaluation and decision-making
  • Lead offer discussions and help close candidates while maintaining a strong candidate experience
  • Track recruiting metrics, pass-through rates, and pipeline health, and report progress toward hiring goals to leadership

Job requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, including hardware or aerospace engineering roles
  • Strong domain knowledge in at least one of the following: thermal, avionics, power, propulsion, GNC, flight software, or manufacturing
  • Exposure to the other disciplines, or a demonstrated ability to ramp quickly in new technical areas
  • Experience managing multiple searches simultaneously in a fast-paced environment with limited support
  • Strong business acumen and executive presence, with experience advising senior leaders
  • Demonstrated ability to source and engage passive candidates
  • We are particularly interested in candidates with recruiting experience across several of the following areas: Avionics, Electrical Engineering, Thermal Controls, Power Systems, Propulsion, GNC, Software, and Structures

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