About Mainspring
Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.
The core values that ground our work, guide our decisions, and connect us together:
- Pragmatic Optimism
- Excellence without Ego
- Proactive Collaboration
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
