Job Description
The role involves providing full-cycle recruiting support for Planet's Space Systems organization, focusing on hardware engineering and manufacturing roles, during a senior recruiter's leave of absence. The position requires managing active requisitions, building candidate pipelines, and partnering with hiring managers to ensure seamless hiring processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide full-cycle recruiting coverage for the Space Systems pod during a senior team member's leave of absence
- Manage an active portfolio of requisitions across hardware engineering, manufacturing, satellite integration, and technical disciplines
- Partner with hiring managers to run intake meetings, manage candidate pipelines, negotiate offers, and close candidates
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date pipeline data in the applicant tracking system
- Ensure a thorough transition at the end of the contract, documenting pipeline status and candidate relationships
Requirements
- Six (6) years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with substantial time spent hiring for hardware engineering, manufacturing, or technical disciplines in aerospace, defense, or adjacent industries.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
- Ability to step into an active requisition portfolio and deliver results quickly, including experience with contract or interim recruiting work and building hiring manager trust on an accelerated timeline.
- Deep familiarity with aerospace, satellite, or hardware engineering talent markets, including knowledge of which companies, programs, and talent pools produce the candidates needed.
- Experience managing a high-volume requisition load of 10 concurrent searches with minimal supervision, maintaining quality pipeline activity and consistent stakeholder communication.
- Solid technical fluency across hardware engineering disciplines, including the ability to credibly discuss RF design, power systems, thermal analysis, and mechanical engineering at a level that earns hiring manager confidence.
- Proficiency with Greenhouse or a comparable enterprise Applicant Tracking System (ATS), including pipeline management, reporting, and structured interview workflows.
- Excellent offer negotiation skills, including managing competing offers, navigating compensation conversations, and closing candidates in a competitive market without over-relying on escalation.
- Solid organizational discipline to manage inherited pipelines with existing candidate relationships, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks during the transition.
Benefits & Perks
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Commuter Benefits if local to an office
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