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title: 'Technical Recruiter at wardstone.space'
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# Technical Recruiter at wardstone.space

- **Company:** wardstone.space
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA
- **Compensation:** $60k–$90k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-25
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/wardstone-space/am9icG9zdDpMT70yND1HKb3uk0ulNnQb

## Job description

## About Wardstone

Wardstone builds defense systems for the U.S. and its allies. We are a small team of engineers and builders moving fast from design to flight hardware.

## About the role

Wardstone is growing quickly over the next year, and you will be the person who makes that happen. As our first dedicated recruiter, you will own hiring end to end for engineers, technicians and operations roles. You will work directly with founders and engineering leads, and you will shape how Wardstone finds, interviews and closes talent. This is a hands-on role for someone early in their recruiting career who wants real ownership. You will learn the technical side of aerospace and defense hiring quickly, and you will have a direct impact on who builds the company.

## What you'll do

- Run full-cycle recruiting for 15+ open roles, from intake meeting to signed offer
- Source engineers and technicians in RF, mechanical, GNC, avionics, aerodynamics and propulsion through LinkedIn, referrals, university programs and industry events
- Partner with hiring managers to write job descriptions, define must-haves and calibrate on candidates
- Screen candidates by phone, manage scheduling and keep every candidate informed at each stage
- Coordinate onsite interviews, gather feedback and drive fast hiring decisions
- Prepare offers, help close candidates and hand off smoothly to onboarding
- Verify U.S. person status and support clearance-related steps where roles require it
- Set up and maintain the applicant tracking system (ATS) and report weekly on pipeline and time-to-hire
- Build Wardstone's recruiting brand through careers page updates, job board posts and campus outreach

## What you bring

- 1+ years of recruiting experience, ideally for technical or engineering roles (agency, in-house or startup)
- Hands-on sourcing skills: LinkedIn Recruiter, boolean search and building referral networks
- Experience managing several open roles at once without dropping candidates
- Clear, confident communication with engineers, executives and candidates
- Strong organization and follow-through, with comfort using an ATS and spreadsheets
- Curiosity to learn the technical side of aerospace and defense roles
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

## Nice to have

- Recruiting experience in aerospace, defense, hardware or deep-tech startups
- Familiarity with ITAR and U.S. person hiring requirements
- Experience hiring technicians or manufacturing roles
- Experience with Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Gem or a similar ATS
- Active security clearance or eligibility to obtain one

## About wardstone.space

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Wardstone builds a modular, low-cost interceptor platform for air and missile defense, designed to counter threats from Group 4 UAS to medium-range ballistic missiles.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; raised $5M)
- **Headquarters**: El Segundo, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2025
- **Founders**: Sebastian Fischer (CEO) and Tobias Fischer

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Aerospace & Defense, Missile Defense, Space-Based Interceptors
- **Target customers**: U.S. Department of Defense (Space Force, Missile Defense Agency, Air Force Research Labs), allied nations
- **Mission or purpose**: To out-produce, out-innovate, and out-perform adversaries by building a modular interceptor platform that can be mass-produced, rapidly adapted, and fielded at the pace of evolving threats.

## Products & Services
- **Hailstorm (Ground-Based Interceptor)**: A right-sized, modular surface-based interceptor demonstrated in the Mojave (Mach 2.5, 40,000 ft). Uses a large particle cloud (1 km diameter) to kinetically neutralize hypersonic and ballistic missiles, reducing cost and sensing requirements.
- **Space-Based Interceptor Constellation**: Satellites equipped with kinetic interceptors designed to counter hypersonic and ballistic missiles from orbit. Part of the “Golden Dome” concept.
- **Modular Platform Architecture**: Interchangeable components allow mission-specific configuration, rapid upgrades, and parallel production across multiple suppliers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — $5M seed round (raised from Nova Threshold, Liquid 2 Ventures, Bow Capital, B5 Capital, Allegis Capital)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator (fall 2025 cohort), relationships with AFWERX, Space Systems Command, Air Force Research Labs, Navy Joint Special Operations Command
- **Growth Signals**: Accepted into Y Combinator; first prototype (Hailstorm-Ground) successfully flown; letters of support for a $3M SBIR grant; inbound requests for additional use cases; hiring multiple engineering roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Modularity**: Standardized, interchangeable components decouple production from single bottlenecks, enabling surge manufacturing and supply chain resilience.
- **Cost advantage**: Interceptors are designed to be “right-sized” to the threat, drastically reducing per-unit cost compared to traditional “exquisite” interceptors (e.g., THAAD, GMD).
- **Unique kill mechanism**: Large particle cloud increases probability of intercept without requiring precise hit-to-kill, reducing sensor and actuator costs.
- **Incremental path**: Starting with ground-based interceptors before scaling to space-based systems, allowing technology maturation and customer validation.

## Strategic Focus
- Near-term: Deliver ground-based interceptors to fill the “missing middle” threat band (Group 4 UAS to MRBMs) and secure SBIR/IRAD contracts.
- Medium-term: Deploy space-based interceptors as part of the U.S. “Golden Dome” missile defense architecture.
- Continuous improvement: Open architecture to integrate new technologies without redesigning the entire platform.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven**: Direct impact on national security and countering hypersonic threats.
- **Early-stage startup**: Opportunity to shape the company’s technology and culture from the ground up.
- **Engineering focus**: Roles span mechanical, electrical, avionics, propulsion, GNC, simulation, and sensing.
- **Compensation & equity**: Competitive salaries ($100k–$160k for engineers) plus equity grants.
- **Location**: El Segundo, CA — a growing aerospace startup hub near LA Air Force Base and Space Force facilities.
- **Work environment**: Likely on-site/hybrid (El Segundo office); YC alumni culture with fast iteration and hands-on testing (e.g., Mojave flight tests).

## Sources
1. [wardstone.space](https://wardstone.space/)
2. [wardstone.space/careers](https://wardstone.space/careers)
3. [wardstone.space/ourstory](https://wardstone.space/ourstory)
4. [spacenews.com](https://spacenews.com/startup-bets-on-new-approach-to-space-based-missile-defense/)
5. [ycombinator.com](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/wardstone)

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