Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

Singularity is an aerospace and defense startup headquartered in Gardena, CA. Our founding team hails from SpaceX, Anduril, and Lockheed Martin, and we are backed by Joint Staff-level military leadership and several Silicon Valley firms. Our first product is a low-cost air defense system built for immediate deployment worldwide. With a world-class business development and leadership team already in place, we are well positioned to capitalize on already overwhelming demand.

The RoleWe’re hiring our first Senior Talent Acquisition Manager to own recruiting at Singularity. You’ll start hands-on, personally running searches across the company, then build and lead a recruiting team within your first 3–6 months. You’ll partner closely with leadership and our People Operations lead as a functional owner, and report to the COO.What You’ll DoOwn full-cycle recruiting across engineering, production, program management, BD, and G&A, from intake and sourcing through closing and offersPartner with leadership and hiring managers to define roles, leveling, and hiring plans tied to program and production milestonesPersonally source and close hard-to-fill technical talent, including propulsion, guidance and controls, embedded, test, and manufacturing engineersEvaluate and improve our interview process: structured loops by role family, scorecards, clear decision owners, and fast feedbackHire, onboard, and manage a recruiting team, such as technical recruiters and coordinators, as hiring volume growsGet the most out of our existing ATS, build hiring metrics and reporting for leadership, and recommend tooling changes as we scaleRun compliant hiring for a defense environment, including U.S. person/ITAR requirements and coordination on clearance eligibility and sponsorshipBuild sourcing channels and employer brand, including referrals, defense and aerospace networks, universities, and military transition pipelinesPartner with People Operations on compensation benchmarking, offers, and the new-hire experienceWhat You Bring7+ years of full-cycle recruiting, including meaningful time at a high-growth startupTrack record recruiting technical talent in defense, aerospace, hardware, or deep techExperience building recruiting processes from scratch, ideally as an early or first recruiting hireExperience managing recruiters or recruiting coordinatorsWorking knowledge of ITAR/export control hiring considerations and the security clearance processStrong sourcing and closing skills with senior and highly competitive candidatesSound judgment, discretion, and comfort operating with minimal structureU.S. person status required (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual under ITAR)Nice to HaveExperience recruiting cleared talent or supporting facility clearance (FCL) growthNetwork in LA aerospace and defense, national labs, or the military transition community