At Beyond Reach Labs, we are designing and building the largest deployable structures ever flown to space. We're a small, engineering-heavy team today and about to grow deliberately across engineering, manufacturing, and the business functions that support them.
Building revolutionary technology requires more than great engineers. It requires a company that operates smoothly, moves quickly, and stays focused on what matters most.
The roleWe're hiring our first dedicated Talent Acquisition Manager. You'll own recruiting end to end: partnering directly with founders and hiring managers, building sourcing pipelines beyond our existing network, running a fast and structured interview process, and standing up the basic infrastructure (applicant tracking, offer process, onboarding handoff) a growing hardware company needs.
This is a build-it-yourself role. You'll be the first and only person in this seat for a while, which means you're designing the process, not inheriting one.
What you'll doOwn full-cycle recruiting for engineering and manufacturing roles (mechanical, electrical, avionics, production/manufacturing) as well as the business functions we're now adding (finance, operations, sales support)
Partner directly with founders and hiring managers to scope roles, leveling, and compensation before a search opens
Build sourcing pipelines that go beyond our current referral network, including channels specific to mechanical engineering and hardware talent
Design and run a structured, fast-moving interview process suited to a small, technical team — technical screens, hands-on/onsite evaluation, reference checks
Manage employee referral program
Stand up lightweight applicant tracking and a clean candidate/offer/onboarding process
Help build our early reputation as a place strong hardware and space engineers want to work
2+ years of recruiting experience, including time in-house at an early-stage or high-growth startup — not exclusively agency or large-company recruiting
Real experience recruiting mechanical engineers specifically: you know how to evaluate an ME background, and where to find people who've worked on physical hardware (aerospace, robotics, automotive, or similar)
Comfortable being the owner of a function
A genuine interest in preserving what's worked about our hiring so far (trust, referrals, a high bar) while building the infrastructure to scale past it
Recruiting experience specific to space, aerospace, or satellite hardware companies
Experience as a founding or first TA hire elsewhere
Familiarity with manufacturing/production hiring (technicians, quality, supply chain) in addition to engineering roles
Experience setting up an ATS and interview process at a company under ~50 people
Skills Required
- 2+ years of recruiting experience
- In-house recruiting experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup
- Experience recruiting mechanical engineers
- Ability to evaluate mechanical engineering backgrounds
- Experience sourcing candidates with physical hardware experience in aerospace, robotics, automotive, or similar industries
- Comfort owning and building a recruiting function
- Interest in preserving effective trust-based, referral-driven, high-bar hiring practices while building scalable infrastructure
- Recruiting experience in space, aerospace, or satellite hardware companies
- Experience as a founding or first talent acquisition hire
- Manufacturing or production recruiting experience, including technicians, quality, or supply chain roles
- Experience setting up an ATS and interview process at a company with fewer than 50 employees
What We Do
Beyond Reach Labs develops deployable solar-array infrastructure for space. Its lightweight, compact arrays are designed to expand to large areas in orbit and deliver orders-of-magnitude more power per launch, addressing the energy requirements of next-generation orbital data centers, lunar outposts, and other high-power space infrastructure. The company focuses on simplifying, manufacturing, and validating large deployable structures and their mechanical systems for reliable operation.
