Role Summary We're hiring a
Principal Talent Partner to lead hiring for our most senior and business-critical roles, including
executive leadership, VP-level leaders, and principal-level individual contributor engineers.
This role is designed for a recruiter who thrives in
high-stakes, high-touch environments - someone who can build deep trust with candidates, partner closely with C-Suite, and personally close complex offers. We do not use external recruiting agencies; this role replaces them.
Responsibilities: - Own end-to-end recruiting for:
- Executive and VP-level leadership roles
- Principal-level and staff-level IC engineers in highly technical domains
- Partner directly with the CEO, founders, and senior leaders on search strategy, role definition, and candidate calibration
- Deliver an exceptional candidate experience from first conversation through offer acceptance
- Act as the primary closer for high-impact hires, managing:
- Equity-heavy compensation discussions
- Relocation, timing, and family considerations
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with senior technical and leadership talent, including passive candidates
- Design interview processes that are rigorous but efficient
- Translate complex technical, organizational, and business context into compelling narratives for candidates
- Provide real-time market insight and honest feedback to leadership throughout the hiring process
- Uphold discretion, professionalism, and strong judgment in all candidate interactions
Qualifications: - 8+ years of recruiting experience, including senior-level or executive hiring
- Experience in deep tech, hardware, infrastructure, or highly technical environments
- Proven ability to close senior candidates in competitive markets without agency support
- Exceptional judgment, emotional intelligence, and executive presence
- Comfortable operating with ambiguity in an early-stage environment
- High attention to detail, confidentiality, and candidate care
- Clear communicator who can translate complex technical and business contexts to candidates
Bonus Qualifications: - In-house experience at Series A-C startups
- Experience recruiting in niche or emerging technical domains
- Comfort influencing leveling, scope, and compensation strategy
Please note: This role requires working on-site 5 days a week. We do not offer hybrid or remote options.
Salary: $180,000-210,000/annual
SF Pay Range
$180,000-$200,000 USD
Please note: This role requires working on-site 5 days a week. We do not offer hybrid or remote options.
While this role is listed for the location above, we may consider candidates in other locations on a case-by-case basis.Onsite Collaboration Rationale:Given the highly collaborative and cross-functional nature of hardware, embedded systems, and product development, in-person partnership across engineering and product teams is critical to enabling rapid execution, technical alignment, and successful development outcomes.
Why Join Amperesand- Work on next-generation power infrastructure systems
- High ownership and visibility
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Opportunity to shape future products and infrastructure
- Fast-moving startup environment
Pay Disclosure & BenefitsCompensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law.
The benefits outlined below apply exclusively to employees located in the
United States:- Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
- Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
- 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)
The benefits outlined below apply to employees located in
Singapore:
- Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
- Group medical, hospitalisation and surgical insurance, outpatient or GP coverage, group term life, dental and personal accident insurance
- Employer and employee Central Provident Fund contributions in accordance with the CPF Act (for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents)
- Annual leave, paid sick leave, hospitalisation leave, and all Singapore public holidays, in line with or exceeding the Employment Act
- Commuter Benefits
- Government-paid maternity, paternity, shared parental, and childcare leave in accordance with prevailing Singapore statutory entitlements
Additional benefits may be available depending on the role and employment type. Benefits are subject to the terms of applicable company policies and plans.
Candidate Confidentiality & Information Protection As part of our commitment to protecting confidential and proprietary information, candidates should not disclose or provide Amperesand with any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information belonging to a current or former employer or any other third party during the application or interview process.
Please do not submit or present employer-owned source code, schematics, designs, technical documentation, internal presentations, customer information, prototypes, or other confidential materials. Candidates should discuss their experience and accomplishments at an appropriate level and use only information and materials they are authorized to share.
