at Vast Space
Location
Long Beach, California, United States
Compensation
$138k–$196k USD
Type
full time
Posted
6 days ago
Market range · function + seniority
p25 · target · p75 · n=449
Posted $196k · in the market band
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At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.
Vast is looking for an Executive Recruiter, reporting to the Director, Talent Acquisition, to lead hiring for highly specialized and executive-level talent critical to the development of next-generation, human-rated space stations. This role is not only about filling roles—it is about architecting and executing thoughtful, scalable recruiting strategies that enable the company to build world-class technical leadership across engineering, manufacturing, and corporate domains.
The Executive Recruiter will be a strategic problem solver and have a shared sense of urgency in identifying and filling critical leadership and niche talent gaps for our growing company.
This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
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Preferred Qualifications
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
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