Adastra

AdAstra builds exceptional teams for frontier hard tech companies across space, climate, defense, and embodied AI.

We operate in complex, high-stakes hiring environments and win by deeply understanding talent, market dynamics, and what great actually looks like.

This is precision search - very different from high volume recruiting. 

We run on EOS, hold a high bar, and expect a lot from each other. The work is demanding, fast-paced, and deeply meaningful. We're catalyzing the innovations that future generations depend on by building the teams behind the breakthroughs.

We are hiring a Technical Headhunter who can step in and perform immediately.

This is not a training role.

You will own your desk: your searches, your strategy, and your outcomes. You are expected to operate with autonomy, urgency, and strong judgment from day one.

You are not an order taker. You are a talent advisor. You will work directly with founders and technical leaders to shape hiring decisions that materially impact their companies and the entire planet.

This role is for operators who move fast, take ownership, and hold a high personal standard.

If you need consistent direction or external motivation to perform, this will not be the right environment.

• Run full-cycle recruiting across multiple technical roles simultaneously from intake through close

• Drive search strategy, execution, and outcomes with urgency and precision

• Lead candidate and client communication through offer and post-placement

• Partner directly with founders and technical leaders to shape roles, calibrate profiles, and challenge assumptions

• Provide market insights, talent mapping, and data-driven recommendations

• Influence hiring decisions, not just execute them

• Design and execute creative sourcing strategies across technical ecosystems

• Engage and convert highly competitive, passive candidates

• Deliver high-signal candidate evaluations including capability, trajectory, motivation, and fit

• Consistently running multiple high-quality searches with strong client trust

• Delivering candidates that clients are excited to hire, not just willing to consider

• Building and converting pipelines of hard-to-reach, high-caliber talent

• Operating with speed, ownership, and minimal oversight

• 5+ years of recruiting experience in startups, agency, or executive search environments

• Proven track record owning searches end-to-end from intake through close

• Demonstrated ability to engage and close candidates in competitive, technical markets

• Strong ownership mentality and follow-through

• Excellent communication and ability to build trust quickly

• Ability to manage multiple priorities without sacrificing quality

• Experience in retained or executive search

• Experience working directly with founders or senior leadership

• Exposure to aerospace, defense, climate, or other hard tech sectors

• Strong sourcing and research skills with a talent detective mindset

• Ability to assess technical talent across engineering disciplines

• Extreme Ownership: Takes full responsibility and closes loops

• Agile in Chaos: Brings clarity and adapts quickly

• Better Together: Elevates clients, candidates, and teammates

• Cultivated Excellence: High standards, strong organization, constant improvement

• Emotionally Attuned: Builds trust and navigates complex dynamics

• Courageous Impact: Pushes for better outcomes, not just easy ones

• Does not wait for direction - identifies problems and acts quickly

• Has operated in high-performance environments and wants a higher bar

• Can represent AdAstra credibly with founders and technical leaders

• Exercises strong judgment in both candidate evaluation and client communication

• Is motivated by performance, growth, and winning

• Is particularly interested in the hard tech ecosystem 

• Unlimited commission tied directly to performance

• PTO, paid holidays, and 401(k) with employer contribution

• Remote-first flexibility

• Direct exposure to top-tier founders and frontier companies

• Opportunity to help build a category-defining firm

• Work on high-stakes hiring problems that shape the future

• Partner directly with founders and technical leaders

• Be part of a small, high-performing, high-expectation team

• Build something meaningful and be measured by your impact

Learn more about our Founders and work below!

CEO, Seyka Mejeur  |  LinkedIn profile

CTO / COO, Brian Mejeur  |  LinkedIn profile

AdAstra Website