Talent Acquisition Specialist

We're hiring engineers across propulsion, avionics, and operations before our first mission flies.

That takes a dedicated recruiting team, and you'll be building it together from the start.

PAVE Space is building LYOBA, a heavy kick stage moving up to 4-ton payloads from LEO to high-energy orbits in under 24 hours.

Why now?

Our first space mission is ahead and the engineering teams need to be at full strength before we get there.

We're scaling from 50 to 100+ and every week a seat stays empty is a week of flight readiness we don't get back.

You'll run 10+ searches simultaneously, across disciplines in a talent driven market.

What you'll own End-to-end recruitment for 10+ roles at once: propulsion, avionics, operations, and whatever comes next Sourcing strategy: direct outreach, events, channels that actually reach engineers who aren't job-hunting Candidate experience from first message to signed contract, every touchpoint yours Closing conversations with senior engineers who have competing offers from companies with bigger names Hiring data: pipeline health, time-to-close, source effectiveness, used to make decisions, not fill dashboards Partnership with hiring managers to define roles sharply enough that the right people self-select in What we need 2-3 years in talent acquisition, with real experience hiring engineers in competitive markets (deep tech, aerospace, or high-bar tech companies) You’ve personally closed senior technical candidates against strong competing offers, not just filled a pipeline for someone else to close You can run 10+ searches in parallel without dropping quality or losing track Strong sourcing instincts: you know where to find people who aren't actively looking Excellent written and verbal communication.

You can sell a 50-person company to someone weighing a safer bet Comfortable with ATS tooling and structured hiring processes Fluent English (our working language) Nice to have: experience in aerospace or space-adjacent industries, familiarity with the European engineering talent market, French language skills, or having worked at a company known for a high hiring bar.

You’ll fit right in if You treat every open role like it's yours to fill, not yours to manage.

You’d rather spend an hour crafting the right outreach than blast 200 generic messages.

You understand that in a team of 50, one wrong hire is visible, and you take that seriously.

You get energy from convincing exceptional people to bet on something early.

Before you apply The role is fully on-site in Villeneuve (VD).

We're early: processes are being built, not inherited.

You won't have a large recruiting team behind you, but you won't be alone either.

If you want a role where every hire changes the trajectory of what gets built, this is it.

We are building to ship, grounded on real hardware, real funding, real milestones. #J-18808-Ljbffr