Technical Sourcer

Our Mission  

SPAN develops products that accelerate the rapid adoption of renewable energy in the home. The flagship SPAN Smart Panel is the first true evolution for the traditional home electric panel, harnessing enhanced technology for metering, monitoring, and control. An expanded product suite of intelligent, integrated solutions radically lowers the cost and complexity of energy upgrades–including solar, batteries and EVs–empowering homeowners to be active, resilient and informed players in the energy market. 

The Role

At SPAN, we are building products to enable the rapid adoption of renewable energy and our team is growing quickly to drive this mission.  As a Technical Sourcer on our recruiting team at SPAN, you will source a talented and diverse pipeline of candidates for all teams with a focus on Engineering and R&D. You are a champion of SPAN’s values and are able to incorporate them in strategy and implementation to help achieve the hiring needs of the company. You are able to get up-to-speed quickly on the technical details of our product and can clearly explain the specifics of various roles to candidates. Relationship building is a key part of this job as you’d partner closely with the hiring managers across our teams to build a best in class candidate experience.

In this role, you will:

• Identify and engage active and passive candidates for roles across SPAN’s engineering teams

• Work closely with the recruiting team and team leads to assess SPAN’s business needs and develop a hiring plan to support them

• Develop and maintain a pipeline of candidates for technical and engineering teams across SPAN consisting of creatively-sourced  active and passive candidates

• Develop and implement strategies to source diverse candidates for each job and with each hiring manager

• Partner with Recruiting and leadership to developing SPAN’s sourcing strategies

• Represent SPAN at recruiting and networking events to expand our presence in different talent communities

• Conduct the initial recruiter phone screens to sell candidates on SPAN and ensure they meet the qualifications

• Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers on reporting data-driven metrics

About You

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience sourcing technical candidates (hardware and software)

• Experience implementing successful creative sourcing strategies to engage both active and passive candidates

• You have the ability to build trust with candidates of all levels and a propensity for understanding the factors and motivations driving their career decisions

• Aptitude for assessing the initial fit of a candidate to a role and selling them on the opportunity

• Exceptional written and verbal communication

• Strong understanding and experience using applicant tracking systems (Greenhouse experience is preferred)

• Experience using recruiting tools such as Gem or similar applications

• Experience partnering with recruiters and hiring teams to strategize on identifying and closing top-tier candidates

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience working on a recruiting team in the energy industry

• Experience working on niche roles such as power electronics, functional safety, and systems engineering

• Experience working at a start-up

Life at SPAN

SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. 

Headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges. 

Our CEO, Arch Rao⁠—former head of the Tesla Powerwall team⁠—fosters an energetic and collaborative environment, with a strong emphasis on maintaining work-life-balance across the organization.

We’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.

The Perks:

⚡ Competitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company

⚡ Comprehensive benefits (including medical; dental, vision, life and disability insurance)

⚡ Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit

⚡ Strong focus on teambuilding and company culture (events, meet-ups, clubs)

⚡ Flexible hours and unlimited PTO

Our Mission & Values:

At SPAN, we believe that powering your home with clean energy should be a simple and delightful experience that is at its essence human-centered and technology-forward.