Star K
People Operations
El Segundo, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStar K is a seasoned People Operations leader with nine years of experience building talent programs for high-growth hardware and deep-tech companies, currently supporting orbital manufacturing at Varda Space Industries and advising Field AI on robotics brain recruitment. She has led full-cycle recruiting and HR functions—from scaling teams of 10+ recruiters to overseeing payroll, HRIS optimization, and compliance as a Chief People Officer—proving adept at hiring for mission-critical, high-skill roles. Her background spans electric vehicle startups and space commerce, giving her a rare combination of hands-on talent acquisition expertise and strategic HR leadership in engineering-heavy environments. Star pairs a BA in English Literature and legal studies with practical people systems knowledge, enabling clear communication of complex hiring and policy issues across technical and executive stakeholders. Notably, she moves fluidly between startup scrappiness and institutional rigor, helping funded ventures like Field AI translate ambitious technical visions into hireable roles. Based in El Segundo, she focuses on sourcing diverse, high-caliber talent that can operate safely and effectively in challenging real-world and orbital settings.
9 years of coding experience
Law, Law at Trinity Law SchoolUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Korean, spanglish, English, slang
Github Skills (8)
mongoose4
expressjs3
redux2
react2
nodejs2
mongodb2
full-stack2
postgresql1
Github contributions (5)
dangerstephen/OurThoughtsApp
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:34 PRs, 64 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
reactexpressjsthoughtsfull-stackexpress
myungok-star/vagabond-team1
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:22 commits, 11 PRs, 17 pushes in 3 days
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