Principal Recruiter - Semiconductor Engineering

HCL Technologies Limited; New Jersey; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking a Principal Recruiter with deep expertise in identifying, engaging, and hiring highly specialized semiconductor and silicon engineering talent. This role is an individual contributor and requires strong sourcing, market research, and talent-map capabilities across ASIC/SoC design, verification, physical design, embedded systems, and manufacturing domains.

The candidate will lead end-to-end recruiting and research-based sourcing, build talent maps, conduct deep

Qualifications

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, with hands-on semiconductor and silicon engineering hiring.
• Deep semiconductor domain recruiting expertise across ASIC/SoC design, RTL design, verification, UVM/SystemVerilog, physical design, place & route, STA, DFT, analog/mixed-signal, RF, FPGA, embedded/firmware, manufacturing, packaging and validation.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor skill adjacencies, technical terminology, engineering profiles, and talent pools.
• Proven ability to recruit highly specialized, scarce and hard-to-find semiconductor talent, with proactive passive candidate engagement.
• Strong ability to assess candidate relevance against complex requirements before presenting profiles to hiring teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with engineering leaders and hiring managers.
• Experience independent management of complex technical requisitions.
• Experience building semiconductor talent maps by skill, company, location, seniority and technology specialization.
• Experience using ATS, CRM, research and advanced sourcing platforms.
• Understanding of major semiconductor talent markets and engineering hubs.
• Experience supporting high-volume and niche, senior technical hiring.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruiting and research-based sourcing for semiconductor and silicon engineering skills.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies for highly specialized semiconductor roles across design, verification, physical design, embedded, manufacturing, validation and related disciplines.
• Build detailed talent maps and pipelines for critical semiconductor skill areas and future hiring demand.
• Conduct deep market research to identify relevant engineers across semiconductor product companies, design centers, engineering services firms and adjacent talent pools.
• Develop a strong understanding of each requirement including technical skills, tools, technologies, domain experience and skill adjacencies.
• Conduct detailed candidate research, qualification, outreach and engagement before presenting candidates to hiring teams.
• Build and nurture passive semiconductor talent communities for recurring and difficult-to-fill skills.
• Maintain knowledge of the semiconductor talent landscape, skill availability, competitor talent pools and emerging skill requirements.
• Provide hiring teams with talent-market insights to shape sourcing strategy and candidate profiles.
• Deliver a high-quality candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Continuously improve sourcing methodologies, search strings, talent mapping and recruiting effectiveness for semiconductor hiring.

Skills

Semiconductor recruiting

Stakeholder management

Talent mapping

Market research

Candidate engagement

Cross-domain recruiting

Sourcing strategies

Hiring manager partnership

Tools

ATS

CRM

Research platforms

Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Recruiter with deep expertise in identifying, engaging, and hiring highly specialized semiconductor and silicon engineering talent. This is an individual-contributor and subject-matter-expert role requiring strong knowledge of the semiconductor talent ecosystem, skill taxonomy, and research-led sourcing.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive hands-on semiconductor recruiting experience and the ability to effectively recruit niche talent across silicon design, verification, physical design, semiconductor manufacturing, embedded systems, and related engineering disciplines.

Must-Have Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, with significant hands-on experience hiring semiconductor and silicon engineering talent. Deep semiconductor domain recruiting expertise, with demonstrated hiring experience across areas such as: ASIC/SoC Design, RTL Design, Design Verification, UVM/SystemVerilog, Physical Design / Place & Route, Static Timing Analysis, DFT, Analog/Mixed-Signal & RF, FPGA, Embedded/Firmware Engineering, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Process and Product Engineering, Packaging and Validation
• Strong understanding of semiconductor skill adjacencies, technical terminology, engineering profiles, and talent pools
• Proven ability to recruit highly specialized, scarce and hard-to-find semiconductor talent, Advanced research and sourcing capabilities with demonstrated success identifying and engaging passive technical candidates
• Strong ability to assess candidate relevance against complex requirements before presenting profiles to hiring teams
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to partner effectively with engineering leaders and hiring managers
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex and business-critical technical requisitions
• Experience building semiconductor talent maps by skill, company, location, seniority and technology specialization
• Experience using ATS, CRM, research and advanced sourcing platforms
• Understanding of major semiconductor talent markets and engineering hubs
• Experience supporting high-volume programs as well as highly niche, specialist and senior technical hiring

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruiting and research-based sourcing for semiconductor and silicon engineering skills
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies for highly specialized semiconductor roles across design, verification, physical design, embedded, manufacturing, validation and related disciplines
• Build detailed talent maps and pipelines for critical semiconductor skill areas and future hiring demand
• Conduct deep market research to identify relevant engineers across semiconductor product companies, design centers, engineering services firms and adjacent talent pools
• Develop a strong understanding of each requirement including technical skills, tools, technologies, domain experience and skill adjacencies
• Conduct detailed candidate research, qualification, outreach and engagement before presenting candidates to hiring teams
• Build and continuously nurture passive semiconductor talent communities for recurring and difficult-to-fill skills
• Maintain strong knowledge of the semiconductor talent landscape, skill availability, competitor talent pools and emerging skill requirements
• Provide hiring teams with talent-market insights to help shape sourcing strategy and realistic candidate profiles
• Deliver a high-quality candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle
• Continuously improve sourcing methodologies, search strings, talent mapping and recruiting effectiveness for semiconductor hiring