Desiree Mortensen

Desiree Mortensen (Barton) is an experienced Technical Recruiter currently working at SpaceX since April 2023, focusing on recruiting talent to support the company's mission of advancing space transportation. Prior to SpaceX, Desiree held Technical Recruiter positions at Google for two separate tenures (April 2018 - March 2023), where recruitment efforts centered on hiring Staff Software Engineers and Engineering Managers for various teams, including Wear, Mobile, Play, Chrome, and Fuchsia. Additionally, Desiree worked at Apple as a Technical Recruiter for the Hardware Technologies - Silicon Engineering Group and gained early experience as an Account Manager at Insight Global, a staffing firm. Desiree holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from San Jose State University, earned between 2014 and 2016.