Technical Sourcer

Karman Industries

Karman Industries is a Torrance-based thermal technology company building the backbone for giga-scale AI infrastructure. Founded by a team from SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and GE, Karman is moving beyond legacy cooling with the launch of the HPU (Heat Processing Unit)—a new category of thermal architecture designed for the 100kW+ rack era.

The HPU shrinks the exterior mechanical yard by up to 80% while reducing peak energy consumption by 10%+. Unlike traditional systems, the Karman HPU provides zero-water (WUE 0) cooling that ensures high-TDP GPUs and HBM4 memory stay at optimal thermal setpoints without throttling.

Founded in 2024, we’re a fast-growing team of passionate professionals dedicated to making a tangible impact on the future of humanity. We design, build, and test real hardware, and we lead with ownership: you’ll own your work from concept to hardware and help shape how we scale. Our values are Ownership, Performance Excellence, Radical Transparency, and Customer-Centricity.

Join us in our mission to transform the industry and contribute to a more sustainable world.

Technical Sourcer

Karman Industries is seeking a motivated Technical Sourcer to join our growing team. The successful candidate will build and manage strong, diverse candidate pipelines across engineering, operations, and corporate functions, partnering closely with recruiters and hiring managers to identify and engage top talent before they're actively job-hunting. This role requires strong research instincts, sharp written communication, and the persistence to consistently land responses from passive, in-demand candidates. This role is on-site and does not have travel requirements.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and engage passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Ashby, and other sourcing tools

• Build talent pipelines for current and anticipated openings, particularly in technical and engineering roles

• Write and send personalized outreach that generates strong response rates from in-demand candidates

• Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements and calibrate search criteria

• Maintain accurate, up-to-date candidate records and pipeline notes in Ashby

• Track sourcing metrics (response rates, pipeline conversion) and iterate on outreach strategy

• Represent Karman's culture and mission authentically in every candidate interaction

• Assist with other Talent Acquisition tasks as they arise

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of sourcing or recruiting experience

• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to craft outreach that stands out in a crowded inbox

• Working knowledge of Boolean search and LinkedIn Recruiter

• Highly self-motivated, organized, and comfortable managing a high volume of candidates at once

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with evolving systems and processes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience sourcing for technical or engineering roles

• Experience with Ashby or a comparable modern ATS

• Prior experience in a manufacturing, hardware, or industrial company

Karman Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Karman Industries is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Direct applicants only — we are not working with outside recruiters or agencies for this role.