Talent Acquisition Specialist

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Home Team Talent Acquisition Job posted on Aug 20, 2026 Employee Type Full-Time Experience range (Years) 0 - 0 Role: Talent Acquisition Specialist Employment Type: Full Time Location: Bangalore Role Description: Pixxel is seeking a highly driven and results-oriented Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our dynamic People team. This is a crucial role for scaling Pixxel, requiring a fully hands-on approach to identify and attract world-class space tech, engineering, and scientific talent in a competitive, niche industry. You will be responsible for defining and executing targeted recruitment strategies that directly impact the success of our satellite constellation and Earth observation platform. This role involves full ownership of the recruitment lifecycle—from strategy to execution—for mid to leadership-level technical roles. The ideal candidate brings an analytical mindset, strategic sourcing abilities, and the confidence to partner with senior candidates and stakeholders across the company. Responsibilities & Duties: • Strategic Sourcing & Mapping: Lead and execute advanced industry talent mapping projects across specific domains (e.g., Aerospace, Satellite Technology, Imaging Science, Data Science) to identify top-tier professionals globally. • Full-Cycle Recruitment: Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for a diverse range of roles- including hardware, software, systems, and mission-critical positions- ensuring a seamless and exceptional candidate experience. • Building Candidate Pipeline: Develop and maintain talent pipelines for niche and hard-to-fill roles, especially within space, defence, and remote sensing sectors. • Candidate Engagement & Closing: Develop and maintain pipelines of highly engaged, passive candidates through personalised outreach and effective long-term relationship building. Articulate Pixxel's vision and value proposition to successfully close candidates. • Data-Driven Decisions: Leverage data, dashboards, and recruiting analytics to track performance, identify bottlenecks, and inform sourcing strategies to maximise efficiency and predict hiring needs. • Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with hiring managers and leadership to define role requirements, align hiring strategy, and forecast workforce planning. Act as a strategic partner to hiring managers, providing market intelligence, guidance on talent trends, and ensuring alignment between hiring goals and business priorities. Required Skills: • Experience: 6+ years of proven, fully hands-on experience in industry talent mapping, strategic sourcing, and engaging passive candidates, ideally for high-growth or niche technology sectors. • Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical roles, engage candidates, and negotiate offers effectively. • Analytical Acumen: Demonstrated comfort in working with recruitment data, metrics, and dashboards (e.g., time-to-hire, source-of-hire, pipeline conversion rates) to drive continuous process improvement. • Proactive Mindset: Must be a self-starter and fully hands-on, comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-paced startup environment. Preferred Qualifications: • 6-8 years of experience in full-cycle recruitment, with at least 3 years focused on technical hiring for engineering or hardware-centric roles. Proven track record in technical hiring and building talent pipelines for deep-tech industries. • Prior experience hiring for space technology, defence, aerospace, and remote sensing domains is highly preferred. OR Headhunting Firm Background: Prior experience working at a reputable headhunting or executive search firm (e.g., Michael Page, Heidrick & Struggles, Korn Ferry, Spencer Stuart) is highly advantageous. • Domain Knowledge: Experience recruiting for deep-tech, aerospace, satellite, or AI/ML companies. • Global Sourcing: Experience recruiting internationally or managing cross-border pipelines. • Proficiency with ATS platforms and sourcing tools like LinkedIn • Experience in stakeholder management, especially with senior technical and leadership teams • Strong data analytics capability - modelling, analysing and insighting Candidate Acumen: • Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment with evolving priorities • Adept at navigating unstructured situations with autonomy and accountability • Strong communicator who can influence and build trust across cross-functional teams and candidates • Ability to analyse and draw insights from data and proficient in excel • Deeply curious with a willingness to learn the nuances of space and satellite technology • Ability to be fully hands-on and manage multiple requirements at the same time. Benefits: • Health insurance coverage • Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours • Role-based remote work and work-from-home benefit • Relocation assistance • Professional Mental Wellness services • Creche facility for primary caregivers (limited to India) • Employee Stock Options for all hires About Pixxel Pixxel is a space data company and spacecraft manufacturer redefining Earth observation with hyperspectral imaging. The company’s first constellation of six commercial hyperspectral satellites—Fireflies—deliver imagery at 5-meter resolution and 135+ spectral bands, providing 50x richer detail than traditional Earth observation systems and unlocking insights across agriculture, climate, energy, environment, and more. Once fully deployed, Pixxel’s constellation of 18-24 satellites will capture imagery across up to 250 bands in VNIR and SWIR ranges, with a 40 km swath and daily global revisit capability. Pixxel’s most unique strength is its full-stack approach, integrati