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Recruiting Associate

True Anomaly
Long Beach, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Jan 2026
💰 $90,000/yr($70,000/yr$90,000/yr)

About the role

A new space race has begun. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build innovative technology that solves the next generation of engineering, manufacturing, and operational challenges for space security and sustainability.

OUR MISSION

The peaceful use of space is essential for continued prosperity on Earth—from communications and finance to navigation and logistics. True Anomaly builds innovative technology at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and AI to enhance the capabilities of the U.S., its allies, and commercial partners. We safeguard global security by ensuring space access and sustainability for all.

OUR VALUES

  • Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity
  • What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results
  • It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together

YOUR MISSION 

The Talent Team drives our values of first principles thinking, intellectual curiosity, and being the builder across True Anomaly’s workforce. We work together to empower our teams to hire thoughtful and passionate innovators, help people do their best work, grow their careers and build healthy and productive workspaces in a safe and cohesive environment.  

We’re looking for a Recruiting Associate to join the Talent Team supporting our Engineering hiring needs! This is a 6-month contract to hire opportunity and will be based in our Long Beach, CA office. 

What you’ll do: 

  • Embed yourself into a client group as the resident expert on available talent in-market for the technical functions at True Anomaly 
  • Work alongside a dedicated team that competes to find humble, collaborative, razor-sharp industry leaders  
  • Creatively source, evaluate, network, and attract top tier talent across the company 
  • Partner with recruiting to support the growth of our organization 
  • Collaborate with Recruiters and Talent leadership to drive our talent strategy 
  • Craft and execute creative talent sourcing campaigns that scale for attracting quality diverse talent  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: 

  • Experience sourcing, inclusive of specialized and niche Engineering positions 
  • Experience hitting or exceeding performance goals consistently by engaging and attracting the very best 
  • A budding sourcing expert, who is able to find untapped talent outside traditional means and engage top talent with your personalized approach 
  • Ability to tailor communication based on the target talent audience 
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills, and extraordinary attention to detail and follow-through 
  • Stellar organizational skills, working with a sound sense of urgency and possessing the ability to quickly prioritize various top priorities 
  • Ability to think operationally and develop processes for efficiency   

Minimum Qualifications:  

  • BS/BA degree or equivalent years of experience 
  • 1+ years of recruiting or sourcing experience 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • 2+ years of demonstrated experience in hiring for Engineering positions 
  • 2+ years experience partnering with Recruiters and business leaders in engineering  
  • 2+ years experience with various Applicant Tracking Systems and other recruiting software (ideally with LinkedIn Recruiter) 
  • 1+ years experience creating strategic sourcing workflows using specialized tools (Seekout, Gem, Hiretual, etc.) 
  • Experience with Classified hiring   

COMPENSATION 

  • Hourly Rate: $35-45/hour 

Your actual hourly salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and exper

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