Senior Hardware Recruiter — AI/ASIC (Remote)

Positron AI; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Unlimited PTO

13 holidays

Remote-first culture

Company laptop

401(k) with match

Job summary

Positron AI in the United States is seeking a Senior Hardware Technical Recruiter to help build the engineering teams behind our silicon and systems. You will partner with engineering leaders, owning recruiting from role definition through accepted offer, and drive sourcing, interview coordination, and closing strategies using AI-assisted workflows.

The role emphasizes attracting top semiconductor talent across ASIC/RTL, verification, and physical design.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in semiconductor or silicon engineering.
• Experience hiring across multiple hardware disciplines, such as ASIC/RTL design, design verification, physical design, DFT, or silicon validation.
• Proven track record of independently sourcing and closing experienced engineers in competitive talent markets.
• Strong written communication, relationship-building, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Hands-on proficiency with applicant tracking systems, sourcing tools, and recruiting metrics.
• Experience using LLMs and agentic AI tools in recruiting workflows with human review when needed.
• Ability to independently manage multiple specialized searches as priorities evolve.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for hardware engineering roles, including ASIC architecture and RTL design, design verification, physical design, design-for-test, emulation, and silicon validation.
• Partner with engineering leaders to define hiring priorities, candidate profiles, seniority, and interview criteria.
• Build pipelines of passive candidates through market mapping, personalized outreach, referrals, and relationships within semiconductor communities.
• Conduct initial conversations that establish relevant experience, career motivations, and alignment with the role.
• Coordinate effective interview processes, facilitate candidate debriefs, and keep feedback and decisions moving.
• Develop offer and closing strategies with hiring managers and the People team, communicating the technical opportunity and helping candidates make informed decisions.
• Use pipeline data and market feedback to identify bottlenecks, improve recruiting effectiveness, and provide realistic hiring forecasts.
• Deliver a thoughtful candidate experience and improve recruiting tools, workflows, and practices as Positron grows.
• Take an agent-first approach to recruiting: put AI agents in charge of research, outreach drafting, scheduling, and reporting, freeing time for relationship-building and closing great hires.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Semiconductor talent

Hardware disciplines

Sourcing candidates

ATS tools

AI in recruiting

Closing candidates

Relationship building

Communication

Multi-search management

Tools

Applicant Tracking Systems

Sourcing tools

LLMs in recruiting

CRM tools

Job description

Positron AI in the United States is seeking a Senior Hardware Technical Recruiter to help build the engineering teams behind our silicon and systems. You will partner with engineering leaders, owning recruiting from role definition through accepted offer, and drive sourcing, interview coordination, and closing strategies using AI-assisted workflows.

The role emphasizes attracting top semiconductor talent across ASIC/RTL, verification, and physical design.