Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
As a Founding Recruiter, you will own recruiting from the first outbound message to the signed offer. You’ll work directly with the CEO and hiring managers to understand what we need, find exceptional people, and convince them to build with us. You should love the search: finding the engineer behind an impressive project, getting a response from someone who wasn’t looking, and turning a first conversation into a hire. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 3+ years of recruiting experience with a record of sourcing and closing difficult technical roles
- Experience recruiting for hardware, aerospace, defense, robotics, manufacturing, or another technically demanding environment
- Strong sourcing instincts. You know how to find people beyond the obvious companies and keywords
- Enough technical curiosity to understand what candidates have built and why their experience matters
- Clear writing, strong judgment, and the ability to earn trust with candidates and demanding hiring managers
- Comfort managing multiple searches and changing priorities while keeping commitments
More about this role
Icarus was founded on the belief that the Stratosphere is the Forgotten Frontier and that reclaiming it will define the next era of aerospace and what is possible from the sky. We build solar-powered aircraft that fly at 60,000 ft for weeks at a time, delivering persistent, affordable, and scalable presence from this layer of the atmosphere. Getting there requires exceptional engineers, technicians, and operators. You will help bring them here.
Re-establish and maintain dominance in the Stratosphere.
As a Founding Recruiter, you will own recruiting from the first outbound message to the signed offer. You’ll work directly with the CEO and hiring managers to understand what we need, find exceptional people, and convince them to build with us. You should love the search: finding the engineer behind an impressive project, getting a response from someone who wasn’t looking, and turning a first conversation into a hire. You’ll build the recruiting systems that help Icarus grow while staying close to the work yourself.
- Recruiting from start to finish. Source, screen, coordinate interviews, manage offers, and close candidates across engineering, manufacturing, flight operations, and...
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