Posted 1 month ago
Technical Talent Sourcer (6-Month Contract)
AI Summary
A six-month contract sourcer role that drives top-of-funnel recruiting for critical technical engineering positions at Mainspring Energy, owning outreach, pipeline building, and candidate qualification using modern sourcing and AI tools.
About this role
Company Overview
Mainspring Energy is revolutionizing power generation with the world’s most flexible and adaptable local power generation technology, the Mainspring Linear Generator. Commercial, industrial, and utility leaders are choosing Mainspring over traditional options like engines, turbines, and fuel cells to quickly and reliably deliver local power for EV charging, commercial facilities, data centers, and grid-scale operations.
The Mainspring Linear Generator is fuel flexible, ramps up and down to meet demand, and utilizes a flameless reaction with near-zero NOx emissions. Backed by top-tier investors including Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, American Electric Power, Lightrock, and General Catalyst Mainspring designs, manufactures and delivers its products to customers across the U.S. today, and we’re quickly scaling for international expansion.
Inspired by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid, Mainspring is rapidly expanding within the $816B global electricity equipment market, and we’re hiring the best talent to meet growing customer demand around the globe. We welcome a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and talents to bring fresh perspectives and ongoing innovation to our customers.
We are looking to build relationships with people who share our values:
Pragmatic Optimism. Building a new category of world-class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.
Excellence without Ego. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world-class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.
Proactive Collaboration. The integration and cross-disciplinary nature of Mainspring’s business requires intentionally seeking out others who bring different skills, perspectives, and priorities. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.
More information can be found at www.mainspringenergy.com
Job Overview
This is a high-impact, execution-focused sourcing role designed to accelerate our technical team hiring over the next six months. You will own the top of the recruiting funnel for critical technical roles and partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers to identify, engage, and qualify exceptional engineering talent.
This role requires speed, precision, strong technical intuition, and comfort leveraging modern sourcing technologies — including AI-powered tools — to increase efficiency, personalization, and pipeline quality.
What You’ll Do
Drive outbound sourcing campaigns for high-priority engineering roles
Build targeted pipelines across hardware, mechanical, electrical, firmware, controls, manufacturing, and software engineering disciplines
Conduct detailed talent mapping and market research for niche or hard-to-fill skill sets
Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers to align on candidate profiles and outreach strategies
Develop personalized, high-conversion outreach that clearly communicates Mainspring’s mission, culture, technology, and growth trajectory
Leverage sourcing platforms and alternative channels to identify high-signal candidates
Utilize AI-enabled sourcing tools and automation thoughtfully to improve search precision, messaging personalization, workflow efficiency, and candidate engagement
Qualify and conduct initial outreach conversations as needed
Track sourcing metrics (response rates, conversion rates, from posting to interviews) and continuously optimize strategy
Maintain clean, accurate data within the ATS
What We’re Looking For
3–7+ years of technical sourcing experience in a high-growth or technical environment
Demonstrated success sourcing engineers across hardware and software domains
Strong proficiency with modern sourcing tools and talent intelligence platforms
Experience leveraging AI tools to enhance sourcing research, outreach personalization, candidate screening, and workflow efficiency
Ability to quickly understand complex technical requirements
Strong written communication skills — you write outreach that converts
Comfort managing multiple searches simultaneously under tight timelines
High level of organization, ownership, and bias toward action
Strong curiosity to understand technology
