At Arbor Energy & Resources Corporation ("Arbor Energy"), we’re creating technology to power our lives while protecting the planet that sustains them. Our advanced power systems deliver clean, reliable baseload electricity with zero operating emissions—modular, fuel-flexible, and engineered for the realities of today’s energy demand. At the core is a supercritical CO₂ turbine with integrated carbon capture, designed to bring carbon-neutral power online quickly at meaningful scale.
Our team includes aerospace engineers, combustion experts, and systems thinkers with a shared goal: to build technology worthy of the world we want to live in. While many of us began our journeys looking to the stars, we’re applying that expertise here at home to deliver dependable, emission-free baseload power and a future of lasting abundance.
If you share our values and are drawn to rigorous work with lasting impact, we’d love to learn more about you. Come build what the future will run on.
Steward our planet: We build for tomorrow, ensuring every bolt we tighten and every hand we lend leaves our environment stronger than we found it.
Lead with Love: We champion the success of our people, partners, and planet, nurturing excellence through camaraderie and rigor.
Explore the Uncharted: We embrace the unknown with curiosity, using courage and discipline to transform uncertainty into opportunity.
We're looking for a Talent Operations Coordinator/Specialist to serve as the central operational backbone of our People function, including supporting both recruiting execution and employee experience initiatives.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, loves building structure, and takes pride in creating high-quality experiences for candidates and employees alike. You’ll play a critical role in keeping our hiring engine running while helping support the systems, programs, and processes that shape our culture.
This is an onsite opportunity in our El Segundo, CA office.
ResponsibilitiesTalent Operations (Recruiting)
- Coordinate, schedule, and manage all logistics related to candidate interviews across multiple teams, ensuring a seamless and positive experience.
- Manage job postings across platforms (e.g. Greenhouse and external job boards).
- Support offer creation and coordination, including preparing offer letters and tracking approvals.
- Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to keep hiring processes on track and moving efficiently.
- Maintain recruiting data integrity and generate basic reporting on pipeline activity and hiring metrics.
- Assist with candidate communications and ensure timely follow-ups throughout the process.
People Operations (HR)
- Support onboarding coordination to ensure a smooth and welcoming new hire experience.
- Maintain and audit HRIS data to ensure accuracy and completeness across employee records.
- Provide support across people programs and initiatives (e.g. training, engagement activities, values council, and more).
- Assist with documentation and process improvements across people operations.
Operational Excellence
- Help build and refine foundational People and Talent processes as the company scales.
- Identify inefficiencies and proactively suggest improvements to systems and workflows.
- Ensure high attention to detail across all systems, communications, and data.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- At least 2+ years of experience in talent operations, recruiting coordination, or people operations in a technology environment.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- High attention to detail with a systems-oriented mindset.
- Team player that can also work well independently.
- Excellent problem solving and time management skills, along with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Clear communicator with a strong sense of ownership and follow-through.
- Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Tech-savvy, must have experience with Greenhouse and comfortable operating in a Microsoft-based environment.
- Experience working in an R&D startup environment in hardware, energy, industrial technology, aerospace, or similar.
- Experience with TriNet.
- Pre-IPO stock options
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (Arbor covers 90% for employees)
- Basic life insurance fully covered
- Health savings account (HSA) with matching
- Flexible savings account (FSA)
- Unlimited PTO
- 12+ company holidays, including Earth Day!
- 401(k)
- Commuter benefits
- Annual learning and development stipend
- And more!
Base Pay: $65,000 - $75,000 USD/year. The salary is subject to the applicant's skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.
Arbor Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Solving global energy challenges requires a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and we are committed to building a team that reflects the world we serve.
Our hiring process is designed to be accessible, fair, and focused on the work that matters most for this role. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process and employment—please let us know if you need one.
Arbor Energy Los Angeles, California, USA Office
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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