Senior Robotics & AI Talent Recruiter

Eka; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Eka Robotics is seeking a Sr. Recruiter to help us build the team behind Eka’s next growth phase. You will personally source top technical talent across robotics, ML/RL, computer vision, simulation, and software, working directly with company leadership.

This hands-on role focuses on proactive outreach, talent mapping, and running candidate conversations. The ideal candidate has hands-on sourcing experience in robotics and a track record of hiring in fast-moving startups.

Qualifications

• Significant experience recruiting highly technical talent, including direct experience recruiting in robotics, embodied AI, physical AI, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated success personally sourcing difficult-to-find engineering and research candidates.
• Strong knowledge of the robotics talent ecosystem and experience sourcing beyond LinkedIn, including through technical communities, research publications, conferences, university labs, and targeted market mapping.
• Enough technical fluency to understand specialized candidate backgrounds and engage credibly with researchers and engineers.
• Strong candidate-facing communication skills and the ability to build excitement and trust throughout a recruiting process.
• Experience in a fast-growing startup or similarly high-ownership environment.
• Experience or demonstrated interest in broader People topics beyond recruiting.

Responsibilities

• Personally source and recruit highly specialized research and engineering talent, with an initial focus on robotics, ML/RL, computer vision, simulation, and software.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies and talent maps across robotics companies, research organizations, university labs, and technical communities.
• Build relationships with passive candidates and serve as a compelling early ambassador for Eka.
• Own candidate conversations and partner with leadership on interview strategy, offers, closing, and follow-up.
• Continuously improve our recruiting workflows, processes, and systems.
• Work with our existing talent team and recruiting partners to ensure our highest-priority searches move quickly.
• Partner with leadership on broader People initiatives such as headcount planning, compensation, performance management, manager development, and strategy for company expansion.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Robotics recruiting

Sourcing strategy

Stakeholder management

Startup experience

Tools

ATS

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Eka Robotics is seeking a Sr. Recruiter to help us build the team behind Eka’s next growth phase. You will personally source top technical talent across robotics, ML/RL, computer vision, simulation, and software, working directly with company leadership.

This hands-on role focuses on proactive outreach, talent mapping, and running candidate conversations. The ideal candidate has hands-on sourcing experience in robotics and a track record of hiring in fast-moving startups.