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Power the future of Space at Star Catcher Star Catcher is powering the future of space by building the world’s first orbital energy grid: the Star Catcher Network. Spacecraft connect into the Star Catcher Network and receive conditioned energy via their existing solar arrays, requiring no retrofit to utilize the first true space-based infrastructure. The Star Catcher Network provides power as needed from tens of Watts to tens of thousands of Watts at concentrations from fractions of a Sun of flux to ten Suns of flux. The Star Catcher Network enables More Uptime, More Bandwidth, and More Mission. Join our team of experienced and passionate space innovators driven to transform and expand humanity’s utilization of space. The creation of space-based power infrastructure is as impactful for space missions in the 2020’s and 2030’s as the advent of low-cost launch services was in the 2010’s. We seek individuals who share our passion for enabling people to do more in space and are not afraid to get their hands dirty to make our vision of the future reality. Star Catcher Industries, Inc., located in Jacksonville, FL, has an opportunity for a Technical Recruiter, who will be the critical first point of contact for our talent pipeline. This role will champion our internal hiring strategies by creatively sourcing passive candidates, conducting rigorous screening interviews, and evaluating technical and cultural alignment against defined performance criteria, serving as a compelling ambassador for our mission among prospective hires. Working closely with Star Catcher leadership this role will help build a world-class engineering team by driving our recruitment pipeline forward moving with speed, accuracy, and care. Key Responsibilities: End-to-End Recruitment Ownership: Drive the full hiring lifecycle for a diverse portfolio of roles across all technical and non-technical business units, ensuring seamless execution from intake to offer acceptance. Strategic Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate closely with hiring managers to dissect role requirements, build structured candidate evaluation criteria, and design efficient, equitable interview loops. Structured Feedback Management: Facilitate post-interview debriefs, synthesize evaluation data from interview panels, and ensure all candidate feedback is clearly documented and actionable. Proactive Sourcing & Talent Networking: Look beyond traditional job boards by utilizing creative outreach, social media branding, and targeted market research to cultivate a robust pipeline of passive aerospace and corporate talent. Community Engagement & Field Recruiting: Represent the Star Catcher brand live and in person by coordinating and attending key industry conferences, university engineering events, aerospace symposiums, and local career fairs to seed long-term talent pipelines. Candidate Advocacy & Engagement: Deliver a high-touch, transparent, and informative interview journey that reflects Star Catcher’s culture and leaves a lasting positive impression on every applicant. Process Optimization: Continuously evaluate our talent acquisition workflows, introducing innovative ideas and data-driven recommendations to refine standard recruiting processes and support long-term company growth. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of recruiting experience, including full life cycle recruiting, from sourcing to closing candidates and working within an ATS to source and manage candidates. Proven track record of sourcing candidates through various platforms and engagement at in-person events. Proven success in elevating a company’s employer brand and amplifying recruitment initiatives through creative social media strategies and digital campaigns. Strong verbal communication skills with the ability to build rapport quickly in phone, video, and in-person settings. Highly organized and self-directed with ability to scale a team with company growth. Preferred Qualifications +5 years of technical recruiting experience identifying and hiring specialized technical talent within fast-paced engineering environments. Experience recruiting in Space, Aerospace, or Defense industries, or other closely related industries. Help us deploy and scale space infrastructure that will drive our utilization of space forward! We offer a highly competitive benefits package including access to comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, and paid parental leave, in addition to other benefits. Star Catcher is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Star Catcher 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. All offers of employment at Star Catcher are contingent upon results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US. To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

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Power the future of Space at Star Catcher
The Star Catcher Network enables More Uptime, More Bandwidth, and More Mission.
End-to-End Recruitment Ownership: Drive the full hiring lifecycle for a diverse portfolio of roles across all technical and non-technical business units, ensuring seamless execution from intake to offer acceptance.
Strategic Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate closely with hiring managers to dissect role requirements, build structured candidate evaluation criteria, and design efficient, equitable interview loops.
Structured Feedback Management: Facilitate post-interview debriefs, synthesize evaluation data from interview panels, and ensure all candidate feedback is clearly documented and actionable.
Candidate Advocacy & Engagement: Deliver a high-touch, transparent, and informative interview journey that reflects Star Catcher’s culture and leaves a lasting positive impression on every applicant.
Process Optimization: Continuously evaluate our talent acquisition workflows, introducing innovative ideas and data-driven recommendations to refine standard recruiting processes and support long-term company growth.
Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of recruiting experience, including full life cycle recruiting, from sourcing to closing candidates and working within an ATS to source and manage candidates.
Proven track record of sourcing candidates through various platforms and engagement at in-person events.
Proven success in elevating a company’s employer brand and amplifying recruitment initiatives through creative social media strategies and digital campaigns.
Strong verbal communication skills with the ability to build rapport quickly in phone, video, and in-person settings.
Highly organized and self-directed with ability to scale a team with company growth.
+5 years of technical recruiting experience identifying and hiring specialized technical talent within fast-paced engineering environments.

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Experience recruiting in Space, Aerospace, or Defense industries, or other closely related industries.
All offers of employment at Star Catcher are contingent upon results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US.

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