Technical Recruiter, AI & Robotics

Reporting to our Director of Talent Acquisition, you'll own technical searches from first outreach through to signed offer. You'll work directly with hiring managers and company leaders, move with urgency, and help us build a lasting presence within the robotics and computer vision communities.

This is not a role for someone who waits for applicants. You'll map specialized talent markets, develop relationships before there is an open role, and build pipelines that compound as Mecka grows.

What you'll own

• Lead full-cycle recruiting across engineering, ML, computer vision, robotics and other specialized technical roles
• Find exceptional candidates through original research, targeted sourcing and long-term relationship building-not only LinkedIn searches and inbound applications
• Partner with hiring managers to define the real need, sharpen the role and build an interview process that identifies it
• Build trusted relationships across robotics and computer vision companies, research labs, universities and technical communities
• Develop talent pipelines before roles open, particularly for specialized and hard-to-find profiles
• Keep searches moving quickly while maintaining a high hiring bar and a strong candidate experience
• Present and close offers, helping candidates understand Mecka's technical ambition, ownership and upside
• Use pipeline data and market intelligence to tell us where talent sits, what candidates care about and when our approach needs to change
• Help improve the recruiting systems, tools and practices we'll need as Mecka scales

What you bring

• 4+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience with some experience hiring specialized engineers, researchers or technical leaders in robotics, computer vision, physical AI, autonomous systems, ML or another deep-tech environment
• Strong sourcing instincts and evidence that you can uncover people other recruiters miss
• Experience operating at speed in a demanding startup, scaleup or similarly high-performance environment
• The judgment to distinguish an impressive résumé from someone who will materially raise the bar
• The credibility and curiosity to engage deeply technical candidates and hiring managers
• Strong candidate-closing skills and comfort navigating compensation, equity and competing offers
• High ownership: you identify obstacles, propose solutions and keep the process moving

Even better if you have

• Existing relationships across robotics, computer vision or embodied-AI companies, labs and academic communities
• Experience recruiting at the intersection of software, hardware and research
• Familiarity with the talent emerging from conferences and communities such as CVPR, NeurIPS, CoRL, RSS or ICRA
• Experience with Ashby and modern sourcing or talent-intelligence tools

Why Mecka

You'll have direct access to the leaders making hiring decisions, ownership over some of our most important searches, and the opportunity to build a technical talent network-not simply fill requisitions.

The hiring bar is high. The pace is fast. The people you bring in will directly shape what Mecka becomes and we have super high ambitions. If you do too - you may be the perfect fit!
A Note on Applying

Studies show women and candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they meet 100% of the listed qualifications, while others apply after meeting 60%. If you don't check every box above but believe you can do the job, we encourage you to apply - we're looking for capability and trajectory, not a perfect checklist match.