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Muon Space

End-to-end satellite constellations design and operation

Talent Acquisition Manager

Technical RecruitingPosted on Nov 10
Full-timeRemote in USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in a high-growth technology, engineering, aerospace, hardware, or software environment.
  • At least 2 years of experience managing, coaching, or leading recruiters, with demonstrated ability to develop talent, manage performance, and drive team results.
  • A proven track record of personally delivering against ambitious hiring goals while balancing competing priorities and business needs.
  • Experience recruiting for technical and highly specialized roles, including the ability to develop creative and effective sourcing strategies in competitive talent markets.
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment where priorities evolve quickly and ambiguity is part of the job.
  • Strong business acumen and ability to connect recruiting strategies and priorities to broader company objectives.
  • Stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to influence, advise, and challenge hiring managers and senior leaders.
  • A data-driven approach to recruiting, including the ability to use metrics to identify trends, evaluate performance, assess recruiting effectiveness, and make informed decisions.
  • Organizational and prioritization skills to balance individual recruiting responsibilities, team performance, and people-management commitments.
  • A hands-on approach and comfort jumping into details, solving problems, adapting quickly, and doing what is needed to help the team succeed.

Responsibilities

  • Manage, coach, and develop a team of recruiters, providing consistent feedback, mentorship, and support to drive individual growth and overall team performance.
  • Establish clear expectations, performance goals, and accountability for recruiting activity, pipeline development, hiring outcomes, and candidate experience.
  • Conduct regular one-on-ones, performance reviews, and career development conversations to support recruiter growth, engagement, and continued development.
  • Personally own and drive full-cycle recruiting for a portfolio of high-priority, complex, and strategic searches, from intake through offer acceptance.
  • Partner closely with hiring managers and senior leaders to understand business priorities, workforce needs, and evolving talent requirements.
  • Provide market intelligence, talent availability, competitive insights, and data-driven recommendations to hiring managers to influence hiring strategies and support informed decisions.
  • Lead by example through hands-on recruiting execution, demonstrating ownership, urgency, adaptability, and accountability.
  • Provide visibility into team capacity, hiring forecasts, recruiting performance, risks, and resource needs to support proactive workforce planning and hiring decisions.
  • Identify and implement opportunities to improve recruiting processes, operational efficiency, and the scalability of the talent acquisition function.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience recruiting within the aerospace, space, defense, satellite, or advanced technology industries.
  • Experience scaling a recruiting function within a high-growth startup, ideally through Series B, Series C, or later-stage growth.
  • Experience working with a blended recruiting model, including internal recruiters, contract recruiters, RPO partners, and external agencies.
  • Experience working with modern recruiting technology and tools, including Greenhouse, ModernLoop, and Metaview.

About the Company

Muon Space

End-to-end satellite constellations design and operation

What Muon Space does: It plans, builds, and runs satellite constellations to deliver Earth intelligence that helps protect people, climate, and ecosystems. How its product works: It offers end-to-end space systems as a service—creating mission strategies, deploying constellations, and operating them through its proprietary AI automation system. Revenue model and delivery: Customers pay transparently on a pay-as-you-go basis for the development, deployment, operation of the satellites, and the data generated. How it differs from competitors: It combines full lifecycle space systems with an AI-driven operations stack, offers flexible pay-as-you-go pricing, and relies on a team with deep experience from NASA, Google, and SpaceX to focus on solving client missions rather than selling hardware. The company’s goal: provide actionable Earth intelligence to improve climate protection, security, and resource management while reducing costs and speeding up access to space.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Series C
Total funding
$441.2M
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA
Founded
2021

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