Recruitment Specialist

Acara is expanding its Austin technical recruiting team to support aerospace and advanced manufacturing clients across the region. This is a fully remote technical recruiting position for candidates based in Austin, TX area, supporting programs where speed and submittal quality are visible to the client every week - launch vehicle, spacecraft, and semiconductor manufacturing environments where open requisitions directly gate production. You will own requisitions end to end: intake, sourcing strategy, screening, submittal, and candidate management through offer and start. You will work alongside account leadership with direct exposure to hiring managers.

Responsibilities

Manage a live technical requisition load across engineering, manufacturing, skilled trades, and IT disciplines; Build and execute sourcing strategies - name generation, targeted outreach, ATS mining, and referral development, not posting and waiting; Run intake calls that produce a real search plan: target companies, calibration profiles, and disqualifiers; Screen and prep candidates so submittals arrive complete and client-ready; Maintain accurate, current activity documentation in our ATS; Deliver market intelligence back to account teams and clients - comp reality, candidate availability, and where requirements need to flex; Escalate early when a search isn't converting, with data behind it

Requirements

3+ years of recruiting experience; Technical recruiting experience across engineering, manufacturing, semiconductor, IT, or adjacent disciplines; Demonstrated ability to source passive candidates through direct outreach; Proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS platforms, and Boolean search; Comfort operating on the phone as a primary channel

Nice to have

Staffing agency or RPO background - you understand urgency, requisition load, and client accountability; Breadth across multiple technical verticals (technician, engineering, skilled trades, and IT - infrastructure, software, cybersecurity, systems, or enterprise tech); Experience supporting aerospace, defense, or semiconductor manufacturing clients; Familiarity with export-control-driven hiring requirements (U.S. Person status, ITAR/EAR)

Benefits

health insurance; health savings account; dental insurance; disability insurance; life insurance; vision insurance; 401(k); competitive commission plan