Senior Technical Recruiter

Amperesand

$145K — $170K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience recruiting for technical talent in fields like hardware, deep tech, and robotics.
  • Proven ability to source and successfully close difficult-to-find candidates.
  • Strong skills in managing the full recruiting cycle independently.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with executive-level candidates.
  • Demonstrated sound judgment and the ability to advise hiring managers while fostering partnerships.
  • High ownership and proactive in identifying and driving recruitment needs forward.
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Own full-cycle recruiting for technical and specialized roles within the organization.
  • Develop targeted sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill positions beyond relying on inbound applications.
  • Engage and assess passive candidates using various sourcing channels and tools.
  • Build an in-depth understanding of the company's technology and talent requirements to effectively represent the brand.
  • Collaborate with hiring managers and executives to define initial candidate profiles and assess talent fit.
  • Conduct candidate screening and provide informed evaluation on quality and fit.
  • Simultaneously manage multiple searches while ensuring a positive candidate experience.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with incentive stock options.
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage from the start.
  • Company-paid insurance including life, AD&D, and short/long-term disability.
  • Access to a 401k retirement savings plan.
  • Paid time off, sick days, and company holidays.
  • Commuter benefits available for employees.
  • Generous parental leave policy, offering 100% paid maternity leave for 12 weeks and paternity leave for 6 weeks.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're looking for an experienced and driven Senior Technical Recruiter / Sourcer to help us build the team at a critical stage of growth.

This is a hands-on recruiting role. You'll own searches from initial talent mapping and sourcing through candidate engagement, assessment, and close, partnering directly with hiring managers and company leadership along the way.

We're looking for someone who is polished, resourceful, and comfortable operating with significant autonomy. You should know how to take an ambiguous or difficult search, develop a strategy, find the right people, and drive the process forward without requiring significant oversight.

What You'll Do
  • Own full-cycle recruiting for technical and other critical roles across the company, with an emphasis on engineering and highly specialized talent.
  • Build targeted sourcing strategies for difficult-to-fill roles rather than relying primarily on inbound applicants.
  • Proactively identify and engage exceptional passive candidates through LinkedIn, referrals, networks, events, research, and creative sourcing channels.
  • Develop a strong understanding of our technology, organization, and talent needs so you can credibly represent the company in the market.
  • Partner directly with hiring managers and senior leaders to define profiles, calibrate searches, assess talent, and keep hiring processes moving.
  • Conduct thoughtful candidate screens and develop an informed point of view on candidate quality and fit.
  • Manage multiple searches simultaneously while maintaining urgency, organization, and a high bar for candidate experience.
  • Drive candidates through the process from first outreach through offer and close.
  • Use recruiting data and market feedback to identify challenges, adjust search strategies, and advise hiring managers.
  • Maintain accurate, disciplined pipeline management and recruiting data in our ATS.
  • Help improve recruiting processes, tools, and practices as we continue to scale.


What We're Looking For
  • 5+ years of recruiting for technical talent, ideally within hardware, deep tech, energy, semiconductors, robotics, advanced manufacturing, or another highly technical environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to source and close difficult-to-find candidates rather than relying on inbound pipelines.
  • Strong full-cycle recruiting skills and the ability to independently manage searches from kickoff through close.
  • Excellent communication and executive presence; you can build credibility with senior candidates, engineers, hiring managers, and executives.
  • Strong judgment and the confidence to challenge, calibrate, and advise hiring managers when needed, while maintaining a flexible, partnership-first attitude.
  • High level of ownership. You identify what needs to happen and move it forward.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where priorities may change and not every process has already been defined.
  • Highly organized and able to manage multiple searches without sacrificing responsiveness or candidate experience.
  • Genuine curiosity about technical roles and the ability to learn enough about unfamiliar disciplines to recruit them effectively.
  • Collaborative and low ego - willing to jump in wherever needed to help the team hit its hiring goals.

Please note: This role requires working on-site 5 days a week, at either our SF or Reno location.

SF Pay Range

$145,000-$170,000 USD

Reno Pay Range

$130,000-$155,000 USD

Pay Disclosure & Benefits

Compensation 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
  • Commuter Benefits
  • 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)

Singapore-based employees receive benefits in accordance with local government provisions.

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