At Arbor Energy & Resources Corporation ("Arbor Energy"), we’re creating technology to power our lives while protecting the planet that sustains them. Our advanced power systems deliver clean, reliable baseload electricity with zero operating emissions—modular, fuel-flexible, and engineered for the realities of today’s energy demand. At the core is a supercritical CO₂ turbine with integrated carbon capture, designed to bring carbon-neutral power online quickly at meaningful scale.
Our team includes aerospace engineers, combustion experts, and systems thinkers with a shared goal: to build technology worthy of the world we want to live in. While many of us began our journeys looking to the stars, we’re applying that expertise here at home to deliver dependable, emission-free baseload power and a future of lasting abundance.
If you share our values and are drawn to rigorous work with lasting impact, we’d love to learn more about you. Come build what the future will run on.
Steward our planet: We build for tomorrow, ensuring every bolt we tighten and every hand we lend leaves our environment stronger than we found it.
Lead with Love: We champion the success of our people, partners, and planet, nurturing excellence through camaraderie and rigor.
Explore the Uncharted: We embrace the unknown with curiosity, using courage and discipline to transform uncertainty into opportunity.
We are looking for a Contract Technical Recruiter to help build and scale Arbor's engineering team during a critical growth phase.
In this role, you'll focus on full cycle recruiting for complex hardware engineering roles, designing and executing targeted sourcing strategies, engaging passive candidates, and managing the process through offer acceptance.
You’ll work closely with hiring managers and the recruiting team to identify and attract engineers building high-performance systems designed to deliver dependable, emissions-free electricity at scale.
This role is based out of our El Segundo, CA office.
ResponsibilitiesSearch Strategy and Candidate Engagement
- Partner with the talent team and hiring managers to understand role requirements and hiring priorities, translating technical role requirements into effective sourcing and recruiting strategies.
- Build and execute targeted search strategies and talent pipelines for difficult-to-fill technical roles.
- Develop personalized, thoughtful outreach and conduct initial screening conversations with passive technical talent.
- Maintain strong candidate experience through all the stages of the recruiting process.
Talent Insights and Pipeline Optimization
- Track pipeline health and sourcing performance metrics, using data to identify bottlenecks and continuously improve search outcomes.
- Use market insights and competitive talent mapping to refine sourcing strategies.
- Contribute to improving sourcing strategies and recruiting workflows.
- Provide market insights and talent intelligence to shape recruiting decisions.
Team Partnership and Collaboration
- Build trust with hiring managers and the broader team through consistency, responsiveness, and follow-through.
- Communicate clearly and proactively with stakeholders to maintain alignment and momentum across active searches.
- Work collaboratively with the People and Talent team, along with other cross-functional partners to support Arbor’s hiring goals.
- Bachelor’s degree and/or relevant experience.
- 5+ years of technical recruiting experience, with a track record of supporting searches in highly competitive talent markets.
- Must have experience sourcing and recruiting for deep-tech engineering talent from industries such as aerospace, advanced manufacturing, energy systems, or similar.
- Strong research skills and creativity in building candidate pipelines.
- Strong understanding of competitive talent markets and ability to identify relevant target companies and talent pools.
- Highly organized, data-driven, and strong follow-through in a fast-moving environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, as well as candidate engagement skills.
- Ability to manage multiple searches simultaneously in a fast-paced environment and remain adaptable to changing priorities.
- Proven ability to build diverse talent pipelines and connect with candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.
- Comfortable interfacing directly with hiring managers and company leaders.
- Experience supporting early-stage startups or R&D-focused organizations.
Base Pay: Contract rate $70.00 - $85.00 USD/hour. The hourly rate is subject to the applicant’s skills, qualifications, and experience.
Arbor Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Solving global energy challenges requires a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and we are committed to building a team that reflects the world we serve.
Our hiring process is designed to be accessible, fair, and focused on the work that matters most for this role. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process and employment—please let us know if you need one.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and/or relevant experience
- 5+ years of technical recruiting experience
- Experience sourcing and recruiting deep-tech engineering talent from aerospace, advanced manufacturing, energy systems, or similar industries
- Strong research skills and creativity in building candidate pipelines
- Strong understanding of competitive talent markets and ability to identify target companies and talent pools
- Highly organized, data-driven, and able to demonstrate strong follow-through in a fast-moving environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication and candidate engagement skills
- Ability to manage multiple searches simultaneously and adapt to changing priorities
- Ability to build diverse talent pipelines and connect with candidates from underrepresented backgrounds
- Comfort interfacing directly with hiring managers and company leaders
- Experience supporting early-stage startups or R&D-focused organizations
What We Do
At Arbor, we’re sustainably powering the present while erasing emissions of the past. Our innovative system transforms organic waste into clean, reliable electricity while capturing carbon dioxide at scale. Founded by space tech veterans who pivoted from building technology to explore new planets to protecting our own, Arbor leverages cutting-edge aerospace technology to tackle climate change. Our mission is to bring gigawatts of clean, dependable baseload power online while removing gigatons of legacy carbon emissions. Earth is the most important spaceship we’ll ever have, and we’re dedicated to restoring its balance. Drawing on our team’s deep aerospace expertise, we’ve created a power system that meets today’s demands while repairing yesterday’s damage. Arbor’s engine, fueled by organic waste, improves on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) using advancements in oxy-combustion, supercritical turbomachinery, and additive manufacturing. The system turns waste—like overgrown brush, crop residues, and food waste—into clean power, reducing wildfire risks and landfill emissions. The captured CO2 is permanently stored deep underground, where it mineralizes into rock, ensuring it never returns to the atmosphere. At Arbor, we envision a future where human progress and environmental stewardship work in harmony to power our world and bring the planet into balance. We’re proudly backed by climate-focused investors including Gigascale Capital, Voyager Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, and Cantos Ventures.
