Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.
Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization. Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.
As a Senior Technical Sourcer at Astranis, you will be a specialized, data-driven sourcer that excels in the research, identification, and engagement of high-quality talent. You will partner with our recruiting and hiring teams to drive candidate pipelines, develop sourcing strategies, and bring new ideas to overcome our hiring challenges.
Role- Design and execute scalable, top-of-funnel sourcing strategies and outreach campaigns.
- Build and maintain consistent pipelines to support critical, high-impact hiring needs.
- Leverage data to optimize strategies and evaluate new tools to increase engagement effectiveness.
- Collect market data and build a robust network to increase Astranis's recruitment competitiveness.
- Maintain the ability to pivot quickly between technical disciplines and support diverse roles as business priorities shift.
- Proactively build and nurture diverse talent pools.
- 6+ years of technical sourcing or recruiting experience, preferably in high-growth environments.
- A results-oriented sourcer who understands how to scale quality-focused talent strategies.
- Strong understanding of the technical landscape and competitive market.
- A self-driven problem solver with a strong desire to learn, grow, and challenge themselves.
- Comfortable shifting focus between different engineering and production teams with ease.
- Effective spoken and written communication skills with an open-minded approach.
- Diversity sourcing expertise.
- Experience sourcing hardware and/or production engineers.
- Startup experience.
Base pay is just one component of Astranis’s total rewards package. Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of technical sourcing or recruiting experience
- Experience in high-growth environments
- Ability to design and execute scalable, top-of-funnel sourcing strategies and outreach campaigns
- Track record building and maintaining consistent candidate pipelines for critical roles
- Strong understanding of the technical landscape and competitive market
- Data-driven approach to optimize sourcing strategies and evaluate new tools
- Ability to pivot quickly between technical disciplines and support diverse roles
- Proactively build and nurture diverse talent pools (diversity sourcing expertise is a plus)
- Experience sourcing hardware and/or production engineers
- Startup experience
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status required
- Effective spoken and written communication skills
- Self-driven problem solver with desire to learn and grow
What We Do
Astranis is building small, low-cost telecommunications satellites. Our mission is to help get online the 4 billion people who are without internet access.
