Recruiting Coordinator
Job Description
About Us At Antares, our long-term mission is to make clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt. We’re fueled by the belief that advanced nuclear energy can strengthen our military, solve the climate crisis, elevate global living standards, and expand humanity's presence in outer space. To achieve our mission, we’re building mass-producible, inherently safe, deployable microreactors that can be used terrestrially, underwater, and in space. The Antares team hails from SpaceX, the White House, the Pentagon, the Department of Energy, MIT, Rigetti Computing, General Atomics, Relativity Space, Ursa Major, and National Laboratories like Idaho, Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, and Savannah River. Antares has raised over $600M in venture capital from top-tier investors and has hundreds of million-dollars on contract with the military services, NASA, and the Department of Energy. About the Team The People & Talent team at Antares is responsible for building the team that will help bring our mission to life. As Antares continues to grow, Recruiting plays a critical role in finding and hiring the highly specialized talent needed across engineering, manufacturing, operations, and our broader business. In this role, you’ll report to the Head of Talent & People, supporting them and a team of three recruiters. You will have exposure to a wide range of roles, teams, and hiring challenges across the company. You’ll also partner regularly with hiring managers, interviewers, and the broader People team to keep hiring processes moving and create a thoughtful experience for every candidate. We’re a collaborative, hands-on team operating in a fast-moving environment where priorities can change quickly. You’ll have meaningful ownership from the start while learning directly from experienced recruiters, with opportunities to expand into sourcing and other parts of the recruiting process as you grow. For someone looking to build a career in recruiting, this role offers a front-row seat to how a growing company builds its team—and the opportunity to grow alongside it. Roles and Responsibilities: Candidate Coordination & Experience Own interview scheduling and coordination in Ashby across multiple recruiters, hiring teams, and roles, managing complex calendars and availability from start to finish. Serve as a consistent point of contact for candidates throughout the interview process, ensuring communication is timely, thoughtful, and clear. Welcome and host candidates during onsite interviews, manage day-of logistics, and help create a professional and memorable candidate experience. Own candidate travel logistics end-to-end, including coordinating flights, hotels, ground transportation, and other arrangements. Process and track candidate travel and interview-related expenses accurately and efficiently. Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers to anticipate scheduling challenges, troubleshoot issues, and keep hiring processes moving. Ensure interviewers and candidates have the information, materials, and context they need for a successful interview. Continuously identify opportunities to improve the candidate and interviewer experience. Recruiting Support & Sourcing Partner with recruiters to support sourcing efforts across open roles, including identifying prospective candidates and building targeted talent pipelines. Support candidate outreach and help maintain accurate sourcing and pipeline activity in Ashby. Shadow and partner with recruiters throughout the hiring lifecycle to build experience beyond coordination and develop toward increased sourcing and recruiting responsibilities over time. Recruiting Operations & Events Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate, interview, and requisition information in Ashby, with a strong focus on data quality and consistency. Build and maintain recruiting reports, including funnel metrics, scheduling activity, pipeline health, and other data that helps the team understand what's working and where