Contract Staff Technical Recruiter

Doist; Berkeley (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid parental leave

Generous vacation

Job summary

Form Energy is seeking a Staff Technical Recruiter to partner with our world-class Engineering team in Berkeley, CA. This contract role blends strategic sourcing with hands-on recruiting for hardware-focused roles, reporting to a Talent Acquisition leader.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting, with 3+ years in Mechanical or Hardware roles, and excels at data-driven sourcing and stakeholder collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
• Experience recruiting for Mechanical, Electrical, or Hardware roles is a must.
• Ability to influence executive stakeholders with recruiting data and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment for niche hardware/engineering roles.
• Partner with hiring managers to translate requirements into search strategies.
• Build proactive talent pipelines and engage active and passive candidates.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Stakeholder management

Hardware recruiting

Sourcing strategies

Communication skills

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Ashby

Job description

Are you ready to build America’s energy future? Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company. We’re revolutionizing energy storage with cost-effective, multi-day technology designed to keep the electric grid secure and reliable, even during extended periods of stress. By strengthening the electric system and reimagining what’s possible, we’re giving clean energy a whole new form! In recent years, Form Energy has earned a number of accolades, including being named by TIME as a \"Best Invention\", MIT Technology Review as a \"Top Climate Tech Company To Watch\", and Fast Company as \"One of the Next Big Things In Tech\". We are making rapid progress on our mission of delivering energy storage for a better world, and our team is growing just as rapidly to meet demand. We have signed contracts with leading electric utilities across the United States and production of our iron-air batteries is underway at our first high-volume manufacturing facility in West Virginia. Working for Form Energy is more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something extraordinary. And now - right as we significantly scale up battery manufacturing - might be the most exciting moment in the company’s history to join. We are assembling a team of highly talented and driven individuals across the country. Driven by our core values of humanity, excellence, and creativity, our team is determined to deliver on our mission and transform the energy landscape for the better.

Role Description

Form Energy is hiring a contract Staff Technical Recruiter to serve as a strategic talent partner for our world-class Engineering organization! You will be at the forefront of our growth, navigating the talent landscape of the energy industry to find the experts needed to help scale our pioneering multi-day storage systems. This is a high-impact opportunity to join a high-performing TA team and play a pivotal role at a pivotal time in Form Energy’s journey to transform America’s electric grid! This is a hybrid role, which will require working onsite from our office in Berkeley, CA two days per week.

What you’ll do:

• Strategic Full-Cycle Ownership: Manage multiple, complex searches for niche engineering roles, overseeing the entire lifecycle from initial research and market mapping to complex offer negotiations and closing.
• Executive Partnership: Meet regularly with hiring managers and leadership to deeply understand technical requirements, team dynamics, and the critical success factors for our hardware mission.
• Innovative Sourcing & Pipeline Building: Design and execute advanced, data-driven sourcing strategies to engage both active and passive candidates, ensuring a robust pipeline of top-tier mechanical and hardware talent.
• Process Architecture: Collaborate across all levels of the organization to drive a structured, disciplined, and measured hiring process that maintains a high bar for talent and ensures an exceptional candidate experience.
• Market Intelligence: Act as a subject matter expert on the hardware talent market, using industry benchmarks and recruiting data to influence hiring decisions and align stakeholders.
• Creative Outreach: Identify and implement non-traditional ways to build talent pools through customized outreach, specialized networking, and engineering-centric community engagement.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven Expertise: 8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with a minimum of 3+ years specifically dedicated to Mechanical or Hardware Engineering.
• Hardware Fluency: A deep understanding of the lifecycle of physical products - from initial R&D and rapid prototyping to Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and complex supply chain integration.
• Strategic Influence: Demonstrated ability to influence executive stakeholders through the use of recruiting metrics, data integrity, and a partnership-first mindset.
• Technical Versatility: A strong track record of recruiting for Mechanical, Electrical, or Physical Science roles within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Flexibility: Operate within a lean, high-leverage team where you will seamlessly pivot between high-level talent strategy and hands‑on execution across diverse technical work streams.
• Advanced Tech Stack Mastery: You are a power‑user of modern recruiting tools (we use LinkedIn Recruiter and Ashby).
• Exceptional Communication: Superior organizational skills and the ability to articulate Form Energy’s mission to high-level technical talent while managing complex stakeholder relationships across multiple searches.
• Natural Collaborator: \"Operate as a deeply integrated partner within a cohesive, high-trust team that believes the best hiring outcomes stem from active listening and mutual support; we win together by remaining agile and adapting our strategies.\"

Benefits & Compensation

• Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and a holistic benefits package to ensure all employees have what they need to thrive while working here.
• When it comes to you and your family’s health, we cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees - and 80% of healthcare premiums for dependents.
• This starts from day one.
• We also offer at least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents), and generous vacation policies to give employees time to recharge when needed.

To build America’s energy future, we need everyone at the table. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.

If you may require reasonable accommodations to participate in our interview process, please contact [e-mail]. Requests for accommodations will be treated with discretion.

Form Energy is committed to maintaining the privacy of our applicants. Please be aware that we will never solicit sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers or bank account details during the recruiting or hiring process.