Senior Recruiter (University & Early Career)
Impulse Space
People & HR
USD 120k-150k / year + Equity
Posted on Apr 17, 2026
As the Senior Technical Recruiter (University & Early Career) at Impulse Space, you will build and scale our university, internship, and early career hiring programs. This role is critical to developing long-term talent pipelines across engineering, manufacturing, and business functions.
- Department
- People Operations
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Redondo Beach
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Compensation
- $120,000 - $150,000 / year
Responsibilities
- Define and execute a target school strategy aligned with hiring needs (engineering, technical, and business roles)
- Build and maintain relationships with universities, faculty, and student organizations
- Identify and prioritize programs that consistently produce top-tier technical talent
- Own full-cycle recruiting for internships (summer, fall, spring) & full-time new graduates roles
- Build and scale a best-in-class internship program, including: offer timing and conversion strategy, intern onboarding and experience & conversion to full-time hiring
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in communications, psychology, or related field
- 6+ years of recruiting experience, with a strong focus on university or early career hiring
- Proven ability to build or scale campus recruiting programs
- 4+ years of demonstrated experience hiring for technical roles (engineering, manufacturing, etc.)
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple hiring cycles and timelines simultaneously
- Willingness to travel for campus events and recruiting activities
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 6+ years of demonstrated recruiting experience in aerospace, hardware, or high-growth startup environments
- Established network/relationships with top engineering schools and programs
- Experience designing internship programs that convert to high full-time retention
- Ability to balance strategy with hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space 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.
About Impulse Space
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Our Hiring Process
Stage 1:
Application Received
Stage 2:
Resume Review
Stage 3:
Intro Phone Interview
Stage 4:
Technical Phone Interview(s)
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