Senior Technical Recruiter

Digitailor; Palo Alto (CA); Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Normal Computing in Palo Alto is seeking a Technical Recruiter to own the end-to-end hiring process for AI/ML, software, and silicon engineering roles. You will partner with hiring managers, source actively, and drive negotiations to close senior engineers in a fast-paced startup environment.

You will maintain rigorous process discipline, run efficient interview loops (4–5 rounds max), and ensure accurate data in Ashby for leadership reporting.

Formación

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, including direct experience recruiting AI/ML, software, or semiconductor engineers like researchers, RTL, DV, physical design, architecture, or adjacent roles.
• Track record of closing senior engineers against competing offers, with equity, risk, and conviction as negotiation levers.
• Technical literacy across AI/ML, AI silicon, and custom ASIC development for credible intake discussions.

Responsabilidades

• Own the end-to-end recruitment process across AI/ML, software, and silicon roles, from intake to close.
• Strategically source top-tier talent across unconventional silicon architecture and related domains.
• Partner with hiring managers to align on candidate qualifications and calibration as searches evolve.
• Maintain efficient interview loops with 4–5 rounds max to keep strong candidates engaged.
• Ensure data hygiene and pipeline integrity in Ashby for trusted reporting.

Conocimientos

Full-cycle recruiting

Strategic sourcing

Hiring manager partnership

Process discipline

ATS familiarity (Ashby)

Herramientas

Ashby

Descripción del empleo

Normal Computing | Build with Us Normal is an applied AI company solving the hardest problems in AI and silicon. We build foundational hardware and software for the semiconductor industry, critical AI infrastructure, and the broader systems that power our world, in partnership with the world's most advanced institutions. We work as one team across New York City, Silicon Valley (Mountain View), London, Copenhagen, and Seoul.

The Role

Recruiting for Normal is a specialist's craft several times over. AI/ML researchers, silicon hardware engineers, and sdk engineering. Each small candidate pools where every strong person is fielding multiple offers — and the people you're hunting can smell a recruiter who doesn't speak their language. As a Technical Recruiter, you will own full-cycle recruiting across a broad range of Normal's roles: AI/ML research, software engineering, silicon hardware (architects, RTL and DV engineers, physical design, bring-up), and the G&A roles that keep a scaling company running. You will partner directly with hiring managers who are themselves deep in their craft, source candidates who aren't looking, and close people who have every option. This is a seat on a small talent team where your searches directly determine whether a chip tapes out and a deployment ships on schedule.

What You'Ll Own

Full-Cycle Recruiting: Manage the end-to-end recruitment process across AI/ML, silicon and ASIC, and software engineering roles from intake through close, flexing to G&A searches as priorities shift. Strategic Sourcing: Identify and engage top-tier talent across AI research, unconventional silicon architecture, design verification, and forward-deployed engineering: people who are rarely on the market and need a reason to talk. Hiring Manager Partnership: Act as a strategic partner to hiring managers across engineering, research, and business functions, aligning on candidate qualifications, technical bars, and calibration as searches evolve. Process Discipline: Run the WHO Method for talent calibration and maintain high-efficiency interview loops, targeting 4-5 rounds maximum so great candidates don't die in process. ATS Ownership: Maintain impeccable data hygiene and pipeline flow in Ashby: clean stages, honest statuses, reporting the team can trust. Brand Ambassadorship: Represent Normal Computing at industry events like DAC, engaging specialized candidates in the rooms where they actually gather. What Makes You a Great Fit 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, including direct experience recruiting AI/ML, software, or semiconductor engineers: research, RTL, DV, physical design, architecture, or adjacent roles A track record of closing senior engineers against competing offers: you know how to sell equity, risk, and conviction, not just a comp number Technical literacy across the deep-tech landscape: AI/ML, AI silicon, and custom ASIC development — you can hold a credible intake conversation with a chip architect or an AI researcher Fluency in Ashby (or comparable ATS) for candidate tracking, reporting, and process automation Operational excellence: low ego, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to move real work forward at the volume of a scaling startup Bonus Points Experience recruiting for unconventional computing or physics-based hardware