Senior Technical Recruiter

About Ephemeris Net

We are extending the internet to space. Ephemeris Net is a pre‑seed space networking company on a mission to provide space connectivity for all through collaborative engineering of commercial space networking solutions. We are creating the infrastructure that will enable the space internet beyond bent pipe—starting with foundational networking infrastructure that will define how data moves through space. We are supported by our parent incubator Second Order Effects, institutional VCs, and our network of space advisors.

As space use scales and more space‑native networks come online, we believe that now is the chance to build foundational infrastructure for how the internet will work in space.

We’re hiring a Senior Technical Recruiter to build the team that extends the internet to space. As we scale from 5 to 50 in the next 18 months, the engineers and operators you recruit will design the hardware that flies, write the software that routes data across orbital networks, and run the missions that prove it all works. Your fingerprints will be on every single one of those hires.

You will own full‑cycle recruiting across every discipline: hardware, firmware, software, optical communications, mission management, and operations. More importantly, you will set the pace of our recruiting function itself. You will define what excellence looks like for sourcing strategy, interview infrastructure, candidate experience and hiring manager partnerships. This role will require you to dive deep technically. In any given day, you may need to review a resume for solar baffling experience, hold a real conversation with a physics PhD, and close an offer for an optomechanical engineer.

Our expectation is that you’re able to effectively evaluate these candidates and compellingly articulate why Ephemeris Net is the next step in their career.

• Own end‑to‑end recruiting across all technical disciplines: hardware, firmware, software, optical communications, mission management, and operations.
• Source developed and emerging talent proactively from deep‑tech and aerospace talent pools, including private companies, national labs, and PhD programs.
• Qualify candidates at the resume and phone screen level; engage with enough technical depth to help Ephemeris and the candidate determine fit.
• Drive offer strategy and close candidates against competitive comp from primes, big tech, and other well‑funded startups.

• Build out and own our recruiting infrastructure: ATS configuration, pipeline reporting, offer templates, interview guides, and onboarding handoffs.
• Develop and document the interview process for each role in partnership with leadership.
• Maintain data on pipeline health, time‑to‑fill and offer acceptance rates; use it to improve iteratively and become increasingly effective as a team.
• Coordinate with Operations on headcount planning, requisition management, and compliance.
• Run structured intake meetings to translate leadership needs into a sourcing strategy.
• Set expectations on timeline, market conditions, and candidate profiles; push back when requirements are unrealistic and keep the team calibrated and moving quickly.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on compensation benchmarking, leveling, and team‑building strategy.

• Develop referral programs, university partnerships, and alumni networks in collaboration with technical leadership.
• Help articulate what makes Ephemeris Net a compelling place to build a career: the mission, the team, and the technical challenge.
• Own and manage the warm candidate pipeline; know who is interested, who is timing‑constrained, who needs a re‑engagement in a few months, and who is ready to move now.
• Build and maintain relationships with candidates and connectors who are not ready to move today but will be the right hire in six months, or who can point you to the right hire.

• 5+ years of in‑house, full‑cycle technical recruiting experience in a high performance environment.
• Demonstrated ability to source and close candidates in highly specialized engineering…