Talent Acquisition Partner, Space Systems (Contract)

6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with substantial time spent hiring for hardware engineering, manufacturing, or technical disciplines in aerospace, defense, or adjacent industries.

Deep familiarity with aerospace, satellite, or hardware engineering talent markets — you already know which companies, programs, and talent pools produce the candidates these hiring managers need.

Experience managing a high-volume requisition load (10+ concurrent searches) with minimal supervision, maintaining quality pipeline activity and consistent stakeholder communication.

Proficiency with Greenhouse or a comparable enterprise ATS, including pipeline management, reporting, and structured interview workflows.

Solid organizational discipline — you will be managing inherited pipelines with existing candidate relationships, and nothing can fall through the cracks during the transition.

Previous contract or interim recruiting engagements where you successfully covered a leave of absence or backfilled a senior recruiter — you have a playbook for fast onboarding and clean handoffs.

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution

Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off

16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave

Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Planet's Space Systems organization designs, builds, and launches the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites in history.

This team spans satellite manufacturing and integration, RF and antenna engineering, thermal and power systems, deployable structures, and avionics — and it represents Planet's highest-volume and most technically specialized hiring demand.

We are scaling production for next-generation constellations and expanding manufacturing operations, which means Space Systems hiring runs at peak intensity through the middle of our fiscal year.

You will step into an active portfolio of requisitions across hardware engineering and manufacturing, inherit existing candidate pipelines, and maintain delivery continuity for hiring managers who are accustomed to a high level of recruiting partnership.

You will be expected to operate independently within the first few weeks — running intake meetings, managing pipeline, negotiating offers, and partnering directly with Space Systems hiring managers.

You will report to the Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition for the duration of the contract.