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# Senior Technical Recruiter at Outpost 

- **Company:** Outpost 
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Posted:** 2025-10-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/outpostspace/jobs/4614098006

## Job description

Senior Technical Recruiter

Location: Playa Vista, California (On-site, Full-Time)

The return lane isn’t going to build itself. Come build it with us.

Outpost is an orbital logistics company rewriting the rules of global logistics by building reusable Earth-return vehicles that unlock in-space manufacturing, on-orbit warehousing, and 60-minute global delivery through space.

Our CarryAll vehicle family returns payloads ranging from 200 kilograms to 10 metric tons, lands within 10 meters of its target, and can then be refurbished and launched again. One vehicle, many missions: responsive logistics and precision delivery for national security; commercial cargo moved with real cadence; R&D payloads flown, tested, and refined across repeatable cycles; and critical aid delivered where roads and runways can’t reach.

The demand is already here, validated through defense and civil agreements and supported by a growing pipeline of government and commercial customers.

We have the customers, the team, and a clear technical path ahead of us. We’re building the return lane. Come build it with us

## The Role

You’ll own full-cycle recruiting for high-impact technical roles across hardware and software. You’ll partner directly with engineering and operations leadership to forecast headcount, build proactive pipelines, drive a crisp interview process, and close top talent. This is a role for a recruiter who is equally strong at sourcing and stakeholder partnership, and who enjoys rolling up their sleeves in a fast, build-heavy environment.

## What You’ll Do

- Collaborate with other members of our recruiting team
- Own full-cycle recruiting: intake/kickoff, JD calibration, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offers, and pre-onboarding.
- Build and maintain pipelines for technical roles (e.g., mechanical, GNC/controls, avionics/embedded, software, manufacturing & test technicians, integration).
- Partner closely with hiring managers to define profiles, design structured interview scorecards, train interviewers, and run consistent debriefs.
- Drive top-of-funnel sourcing via LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, targeted communities, and events; experiment with niche channels for aerospace talent.
- Maintain rigorous ATS processes (e.g., Greenhouse): accurate stages, tags, and weekly pipeline reporting.
- Calibrate compensation with Finance/Operations; prepare offer packages (base/equity/bonus), manage exceptions, and close candidates against competitive offers.
- Craft compelling outreach, support local events/university touchpoints, and activate referral campaigns.
- Uphold export-control/ITAR/EAR screening steps in the hiring workflow; ensure compliant documentation and comms.
- Track and improve pipeline metrics (time-to-hire, onsite-to-offer, pass-through rates) and drive continuous process improvements.
- Support non-technical recruiting efforts (operations, marketing, IT, finance, etc) as needed.

## Qualifications

- 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting with hands-on sourcing and closing in hardware-centric or deep-tech environments (aerospace strongly preferred).
- Demonstrated success hiring across two or more of: test, GNC/controls, avionics/embedded systems, software, manufacturing/integration/test, reliability/quality.
- Strong stakeholder partnership: you can stand up process where and guide hiring teams toward signal-rich interviews and decisive debriefs.
- Data-driven mindset: confident in ATS reporting, pipeline analysis, and experimentation to improve throughput and quality.
- Clear, persuasive communication; ability to contextualize Outpost’s mission, product roadmap, and constraints to diverse candidate profiles.
- Familiarity with export-control considerations (ITAR/EAR) in recruiting workflows and documentation.
- Bonus: Existing SoCal aerospace network; experience scaling from ~20–100+ hires/year; campus/early-career program setup; event organizing.

## Compensation & Benefits

- 110,000 – 180,000 annual salary, commensurate with experience
- Incentive stock options
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life, short-term, and long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- PTO and paid holidays
- Catered daily lunch, snacks, and coffee

Note: You must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 22 C.F.R. § 120.15, or otherwise eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

## About Outpost 

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Outpost is building fully-reusable Earth-return vehicles to enable rapid global logistics and in-space manufacturing, delivering cargo from orbit to any point on Earth within 60 minutes.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Jason Dunn

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing
- **Target customers**: U.S. Government (Army, Air Force, NASA), defense and humanitarian organizations, commercial space manufacturing firms
- **Mission**: To create tomorrow’s infrastructure by delivering cargo anywhere on Earth in under 60 minutes and manufacturing next-gen materials in orbit — faster, cleaner, and with greater precision.

## Products & Services
- **Carryall (Re-Entry Vehicle)**: A reusable, scalable Earth-return platform that launches on commercial rockets, glides back from orbit, and delivers multi-ton cargo within 25 meters of its target. Capable of returning payloads from orbit to Earth in under 60 minutes.
- **Ferryall (Orbital Testbed)**: A vehicle for routine access to orbit for payloads, experiments, and research, delivering them back to Earth within hours. Serves as a hypersonics test bed and TRL-raising mission platform.
- **Precision Airdrop System**: A delivery system deployable from aircraft (from a few hundred feet AGL up to 65,000' MSL) that lands cargo with 25-meter precision, designed for conflict zones, disaster areas, and remote operations.
- **In-Space Manufacturing**: Orbital manufacturing capabilities, starting with ultra-low-loss fiber optics that offer 10-20x the performance of terrestrially manufactured fiber, enabling faster AI inference, lower data center energy use, and faster global communications.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: $7.1M total funding (Seed round, August 2022, with 7 investors)
- **Annual Revenue**: Approximately $1.0M
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by contracts and awards from the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, NASA, and other mission-critical customers. Supported by expert investors with deep space and defense experience.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 30 employees with +5.7% monthly growth; 11 active job postings; leadership team with proven track record of generating over $2.5 billion in contracts and awards and recruiting over $500 million in capital at previous ventures.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proven Leadership**: Founder Jason Dunn was co-founder and CTO of Made In Space (acquired, later IPO as Redwire NYSE: RDW), where he led the development of the first 3D printers and in-space fiber optics manufacturing technologies in orbit. President Amir Blachman was the first employee and Chief Business Officer at Axiom Space, where he helped raise over $500M and secure $2.3B in contracts.
- **Deep Engineering Talent**: VP of Engineering Julie Newman is a former Boeing Chief Engineer and NASA JPL lead engineer on the Europa Clipper mission, with prior avionics experience at SpaceX on Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon.
- **First-Mover in Earth Return**: Pioneering the return-to-Earth architecture for logistics, filling a critical gap in the space economy for reusable, precise cargo return.
- **Multi-Mission Platform**: The same vehicle enables both cargo delivery and in-space manufacturing return, creating a dual revenue stream.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling the company’s commercial and government business, with an emphasis on defense logistics, disaster relief, and rapid mobility.
- Developing a novel reentry vehicle system defining the future of high-speed logistics and in-space manufacturing.
- Expanding orbital manufacturing capabilities, starting with advanced fiber optics for telecom and AI infrastructure.
- Building long-term operating model for space logistics and in-space manufacturing.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Work**: A chance to build the infrastructure that lets humanity move anything, anywhere, at the speed of space — working on technology that has direct impact on defense, humanitarian aid, and next-generation manufacturing.
- **High-Caliber Team**: Work alongside former SpaceX, Boeing, NASA JPL, and Axiom Space engineers in a fast-paced startup environment.
- **Culture of Urgency**: Described as a "mission-focused team, building with urgency, grit, and care for the work we do and the people we do it with."
- **Location**: Based in Los Angeles, California, with all current open positions listed as on-site in Los Angeles.
- **Growth Stage**: At 30 employees with rapid hiring, early employees have significant impact and ownership.
- **Open Roles**: Currently hiring for 16 positions including Mechanical Engineer, Director of Structures and Mechanisms, Senior Paraglider & Parachute Engineer, VP of Engineering - Vehicle, Senior Software Architect, Senior Avionics Engineer, and Mission Manager.

## Sources
1. [outpost.space](https://www.outpost.space/)
2. [outpost.space/company](https://www.outpost.space/company)
3. [outpost.space/careers](https://www.outpost.space/careers)
4. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/outpostspace)
5. [Greenhouse Jobs](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/outpostspace/jobs/4662631006)

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