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# Technical Recruiter at Quindar

- **Company:** Quindar
- **Location:** Denver, CO
- **Compensation:** $80k–$100k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-11-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/quindar/e054da24-1e14-4d63-a7c3-1847ff96a035

## Job description

Technical Recruiter Help hire the people building the infrastructure for space. At Quindar, we’re making it possible to operate satellites like servers. Our mission management platform helps commercial and government customers automate satellite operations, manage complex missions, and keep critical systems running. As space becomes an increasingly important part of our infrastructure, we’re building the software—and the team—to support it. We’re looking for a Technical Recruiter who understands technical talent, knows the aerospace industry, and loves the pursuit of a great hire. You’ll help bring software engineers, mission operations experts, and other hard-to-find specialists to Quindar, connecting them with work that has a direct impact on the future of space. If you’ve built a strong track record in agency recruiting and want to help grow a company whose mission you can get behind, we’d like to meet you.

## The Role

You’ll own recruiting from sourcing through offer acceptance, partnering closely with hiring managers and People Operations. You’ll build talent pipelines, assess candidates, keep the process moving, and help candidates understand why their next chapter should be at Quindar. This role calls for someone who brings urgency, resourcefulness, and strong relationship skills. You should be comfortable reaching passive candidates, learning the details of unfamiliar technical roles, and turning a first conversation into a successful hire.

## What You’ll Do

- Lead recruiting for technical roles across software engineering, aerospace, infrastructure, and related disciplines.
- Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, distinguish essential skills from preferences, and build effective search strategies.
- Source and engage passive candidates through targeted outreach, referrals, industry networks, and creative research.
- Run initial screens that assess relevant experience, communication, motivations, and alignment with a startup environment.
- Tell Quindar’s story in a compelling, credible way, connecting each candidate’s interests to our technology and mission.
- Manage candidates through the interview process with clear communication, timely follow-up, and well-defined next steps.
- Partner on offers, navigate compensation conversations, and help close candidates.
- Keep Ashby accurate and organized, using recruiting data to identify bottlenecks and improve results.
- Share market insights on talent availability, compensation expectations, and competing opportunities.
- Help strengthen our recruiting processes as the company grows.

## What You Bring

- A track record of successfully recruiting technical talent, ideally in an agency environment with individual placement or revenue goals.
- Experience recruiting within aerospace, space technology, defense, or closely related technical industries.
- Enough technical fluency to understand different engineering disciplines, ask useful screening questions, and communicate confidently with candidates and hiring managers.
- Strong sourcing skills and experience building pipelines for specialized or difficult-to-fill roles.
- Experience managing multiple searches while maintaining consistent candidate communication and follow-through.
- Confidence handling objections, discussing compensation, and closing competitive candidates.
- A proactive approach: you take ownership, adapt quickly, and follow through without needing a detailed playbook.
- Curiosity about space and enthusiasm for helping build the team behind critical mission infrastructure.

Experience recruiting cleared professionals or working in a growing technology startup is a plus.

## Why Quindar

Your hires will help shape how satellites are operated and how missions succeed. You’ll work directly with the people building the technology, see the impact of your recruiting, and help grow a team tackling meaningful challenges in space. We offer competitive base compensation plus a commission plan that rewards successful hiring, alongside company benefits and the opportunity to build your career as Quindar grows. Build a team. Help build the infrastructure for space.

## ITAR REQUIREMENTS

- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR [here](https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/ddtc_public/ddtc_public?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&sys_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987).

## Why you'll love working at Quindar

- We work in a cutting edge industry and you will get the opportunity to be part of a small team with a large direct impact on the success of our customers’ space missions!
- We take work life balance very seriously. We require employees to take 15 days off but provide unlimited PTO and follow most US federal government holidays.
- Mental health is just as important as physical so we provide quarterly health & wellness benefits.
- Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family with 100% coverage for employees.
- We encourage employees to save for retirement and provide 4% 401(k) matching.
- Each quarter we have a 4-day company offsite. Previous locations include San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Santa Fe, New Orleans, San Diego, Bozeman, and New York City.
- Our culture and company is evolving. You will be key in creating the next major or minor version!

## About Quindar

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Quindar provides a cloud-native, automation-first mission management platform that enables satellite operators to monitor, control, and automate spacecraft operations at scale.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Arvada, Colorado, United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Nate Hamet (CEO), Zach Meza (Head of Engineering & Co-Founder), Shaishav Parekh (Co-Founder), Sandilya Bhagavathula (Co-Founder), David Lawrence (Co-Founder & Head of Strategy)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Space Technology / Satellite Operations / Aerospace & Defense
- **Target customers**: Commercial satellite operators, government space agencies (e.g., NASA), defense organizations, and constellation operators (B2B, Enterprise, Government)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Satellites are flying servers in space, we provide the ground software to keep them up and running." The company aims to democratize space by providing the IT infrastructure for satellite operations, allowing customers to focus on their mission.

## Products & Services
- **Quindar Mission Management Platform**: A cloud-hosted, one-stop-shop for spacecraft analysis, test, and operations. It provides a Common Operating Picture (COP) for multi-mission awareness, system-of-systems integration, and automation. Key features include:
    - **Automation-First Operations**: Allows a single engineer to operate hundreds of satellites.
    - **Common Operating Picture**: Unifies visibility and control across spacecraft, payloads, and ground systems.
    - **System-of-Systems Integration**: Integrates with existing satellite architectures (e.g., AWS, Atlas antennas, KSAT) without forcing replacement.
    - **Resiliency**: Adapts to disruptions across spacecraft, networks, and ground infrastructure.
    - **Open Architecture (MOSA)**: Built on modular, standards-based principles for vendor independence.
    - **Security**: Built on AWS GovCloud with FedRAMP and NIST security controls.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$8.8M** across 6 rounds (Seed, Pre-Seed, Grants). Annual Revenue estimated at **$3.2M**.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**:
    - **Booz Allen Ventures** (strategic investment in July 2024)
    - **FUSE** (led the $6M Seed round in January 2024)
    - **KSAT** (Kongsberg Satellite Services) – partnership for antenna network integration
    - **Y Combinator** (Summer 2022 batch)
    - **Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)**
    - **Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade**
- **Growth Signals**:
    - **Headcount**: 45 employees (+68.8% YoY growth)
    - **LinkedIn Followers**: 4,517 (+57% YoY)
    - **Active Job Postings**: 30 (+650% YoY growth in postings)
    - **Recent News**: Booz Allen Ventures investment (2024), $6M Seed extension (2024), partnership with KSAT (2024)
    - **Talent Sources**: Strong hiring from Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Sierra Space, Capella Space, and Metrea Orbital Effects.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founding Team Expertise**: Founded by six former OneWeb engineers who built the software platform operating the second-largest satellite constellation in orbit. They have deep, first-hand experience with the pain points of legacy ground systems.
- **Cloud-Native & Automation-First**: Unlike legacy COTS products built 20+ years ago, Quindar is a modern, web-native SaaS platform designed for scale (hundreds of satellites per operator).
- **Vendor Independence**: The platform integrates with existing hardware and software (antennas, satellites, ground systems) without requiring replacement, reducing customer lock-in and migration risk.
- **Government & Defense Trust**: Already trusted by government and defense organizations, with a focus on FedRAMP and NIST security controls, positioning it well for the growing defense space market.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the Platform**: Continuing to build out automation and AI tools for spacecraft management (e.g., AI-driven anomaly detection).
- **Government & Defense Expansion**: Deepening relationships with US government and defense agencies, as evidenced by the Booz Allen investment and dedicated business development roles.
- **Partnership Ecosystem**: Expanding integrations with antenna networks (KSAT, Atlas) and cloud providers (AWS) to offer a more complete, turnkey solution.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring across engineering, product, and business development to support rapid growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Mission**: A fast-paced, engineering-driven startup founded by operators who "lived the pain" of satellite operations. The mission is to democratize space and make satellite operations as reliable as cloud computing.
- **Growth Trajectory**: The company is in a high-growth phase (68% headcount growth, 650% job posting growth YoY), offering significant career advancement opportunities.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: The company has a presence in Arvada, CO, and Irvine, CA, and appears to support remote work (job postings list multiple US locations). The Y Combinator profile lists "Irvine, CA, US / Arvada, CO, US" as locations.
- **Engineering Culture**: Described as "automation first" and "mission ready." The team is composed of engineers from top aerospace and tech companies (OneWeb, Lockheed Martin, Boeing). The tech stack is modern (cloud-native, AWS GovCloud).
- **Notable Perks**: Working on cutting-edge space technology with a direct impact on national security and commercial space infrastructure. The company is backed by top-tier investors (Y Combinator, Booz Allen).

## Sources
1. [quindar.space](https://quindar.space/)
2. [quindar.space/about-us](https://quindar.space/about-us/)
3. [linkedin.com/company/quindarspace](https://www.linkedin.com/company/quindarspace)
4. [ycombinator.com/companies/quindar](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/quindar)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/quindar](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/quindar)
6. [spacenews.com](https://spacenews.com/quindar-raises-6-million-for-automation-of-satellite-constellation-operations/)
7. [spacenews.com](https://spacenews.com/booz-allen-ventures-invests-in-space-tech-startup-quindar/)

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