Senior Technical Recruiter - Hardware

About Us

At Antares, our long-term mission is to make clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt. We’re fueled by the belief that advanced nuclear energy can strengthen our military, solve the climate crisis, elevate global living standards, and expand humanity's presence in outer space. To achieve our mission, we’re building mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable microreactors that can be used terrestrially, underwater, and in space.

Formed in 2023, the Antares team hails from SpaceX, The White House, MIT, Rigetti Computing, The Air Force, General Atomics, Relativity Space, Ursa Major, and National Laboratories like Los Alamos, Idaho, and Oak Ridge. Antares has raised over $130M in venture capital from top-tier investors and has over $13M in government funding.

About the Team

Our People team is responsible for supporting Antares’ best-in-class organization, as well as strategically managing our hiring pipelines to help us find the very best to join our company. On this team, you are given the opportunity to work across many disciplines in order to support the growth of our startup, while also helping to set the tone for Antares’ company values and culture.

As our Founding Sr. Technical Recruiter, you'll spearhead the identification, engagement, and nurturing of top-tier technical talent for our priority positions. You will work closely with your teammates and company leadership to identify areas of improvement in the recruiting process, and will implement measures to drive innovation, efficiency, and standards of excellence within hiring practices. You will have an opportunity to recruit for a wide variety of deep-tech, operational, and leadership level disciplines, and will get to play a part in new initiatives in the future such as intern and university recruiting. The right person for this role will have a “no job too big or small” mentality, an unwaveringly positive attitude, a mission-driven mindset, a team-oriented attitude, and no ego.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead kickoff meetings with Hiring Managers to develop requisitions, understand recruiting needs and discuss headcount while acting as a partner by providing insight and guidance into the entire interview/recruiting process

• Lead proactive sourcing efforts to identify, engage, and nurture passive technical talent for critical roles

• Act as a key liaison between talent acquisition and hiring teams, providing insights and recommendations on role profiles and market dynamics

• Provide a high-touch experience throughout the recruiting process with internal stakeholders and candidates while continuously keeping the pipeline active and supporting critical, hard-to-fill technical positions

• Develop a strong understanding of the mission while learning how to effectively pitch the team and opportunity, ultimately closing exceptional technical talent for the organization

• Build talent maps to generate market insights to inform your engagement strategy

• Collaborate with teammates on employer branding strategies and campaigns

• Analyze data, track metrics, and develop innovative ways to raise the bar on how to hire talent

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of technical sourcing or full-cycle recruiting experience within aerospace or tech industries, with a proven track record of success in sourcing, closing, and placing candidates in technical roles

• In-depth understanding of technical skills, terminology, and industry trends, with the ability to provide strategic insights

• Strong competitive market awareness - knowing the hiring landscape in technical industries

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience recruiting and sourcing for a startup or within niche hardware engineering roles

• Proven track record of hiring and scaling a team while maintaining a very high technical bar (Top 10% of talent)

• Able to operate in scrapy ways, without leaning on large teams or mature infrastructure while still producing results

• Comfortable interfacing directly with hiring managers and company leaders

• Able to manage multiple on-going projects and searches and flexible to changing priorities

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence candidates

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones

• Ability to work onsite at our HQ in Torrance, CA

Location

• We are located in Torrance, CA in a 322,0