Senior Technical Recruiter – Advanced Manufacturing

Persona AI; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Persona AI is building rugged humanoid robots in Houston, TX, and is expanding its People Operations team. This Senior Technical Recruiter role focuses on sourcing for manufacturing and operations to scale production and fill critical roles.

You will own full-cycle recruiting, build candidate pipelines using LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search, partner with hiring managers, and deliver an exceptional candidate experience as the company grows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruiting experience.
• Experience filling manufacturing and operations roles at volume.
• Expert-level Boolean search skills and fluency with LinkedIn Recruiter and sourcing channels beyond traditional job boards.
• Comfortable building TA functions from scratch in ambiguous environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for outreach and updates.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle sourcing and recruiting for manufacturing and operations.
• Build and manage active candidate pipelines from scratch using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, trade schools and local networks.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements and calibrate candidate quality.
• Leverage Houston’s manufacturing and operations talent pool and contribute to local presence.
• Deliver a best-in-class candidate experience from first outreach through offer.
• Track pipeline health, time-to-fill and sourcing metrics; use data to improve approaches.
• Help build TA infrastructure, including interview processes and offer templates as the company scales.
• Support employer branding across job posts and candidate messaging.

Skills

Boolean search

LinkedIn Recruiter

Sourcing channels

Full-cycle recruiting

Candidate engagement

Multi-position management

Effective communication

Tools

Ashby

Rippling

Job description

Job Title: Senior Technical Recruiter – Advanced Manufacturing
Department: People Operations
Employment Type: Full Time
FLSA: Exempt
Location: Houston, TX – Onsite

Persona AI is developing and commercializing rugged, multi-purpose humanoid robots that perform real work. Persona AI founding team has a decades-long history in humanoid robotics, bionics, and product development delivering robust hardware that has touched the stars, worked miles below the surface of the ocean, and even roamed Disney Parks. Our mission is focused squarely on shipping beautiful, reliable products at massive scale, while building a customer-focused team to achieve these aims.

Why Join Persona?

• We offer competitive compensation, a performance-based bonus, 99% employer covered medical benefits, early-stage equity, competitive PTO, and a company-wide paid winter break between December 24th and January 2nd.


• You’ll shape technology that’s redefining the possibilities of robotics and human interaction.


• Work alongside passionate teammates who value creativity, and continuous learning.


• Enjoy full access to best-in-class sourcing tools, a strong employer brand, and the autonomy to build our recruiting function from the ground up.

About The Role

Houston is where we manufacture our humanoid robots, and we're scaling production fast. That takes people, a lot of them, and finding great ones is one of the most important things we do. That's where you come in.

What You Will Be Doing

• Own full-cycle sourcing and recruiting for manufacturing and operations.


• Build and manage active candidate pipelines from scratch using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, trade schools and technical/vocational programs, local manufacturing and industry networks, employee referrals, and any other effective channels.


• Partner directly with hiring managers to deeply understand role requirements, calibrate on candidate quality quickly, and iterate profiles in real time.


• Leverage Houston’s deep manufacturing and operations talent pool, including energy, industrial, and aerospace crossover talent, and help build the company's presence in the local manufacturing and operations community.


• Deliver a best-in-class candidate experience from first outreach through offer, recognizing the importance of your role as the first impression of Persona AI.


• Track and report on pipeline health, time-to-fill, and sourcing metrics; use data to continuously improve your approach.


• Help build and refine TA infrastructure, including interview processes, scorecards, ATS hygiene, and offer templates as the company scales.


• Support employer branding efforts (job post copy, LinkedIn presence, candidate messaging) to position Persona AI as a destination for top manufacturing, operations, and corporate talent.

What We Are Looking For

• 5 + years of recruiting experience.


• Demonstrated track record of filling manufacturing, and operations roles at volume under real time-to-fill pressure.


• Expert-level Boolean search skills and fluency across LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing channels beyond traditional job boards.


• Comfortable working with ambiguity and building from scratch; effective without a fully mature TA function and able to help create one.


• Strong candidate engagement skills, including getting responses from passive candidates and successfully closing them.


• Ability to manage multiple positions simultaneously without losing quality or velocity on any single search.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including compelling outreach copy, sharp intake conversations, and clear internal updates to hiring managers.

Bonus Skills

• Prior recruiting experience in manufacturing, robotics, industrial, automotive, aerospace, or other high-volume production environments.


• Existing relationships within the Houston manufacturing, industrial, or operations talent community.


• Familiarity with ATS platforms such as Ashby, Rippling, or similar.


• Experience recruiting for organizations with 100–300 employees in a high-growth environment.


• Comfort operating in a startup or high-growth manufacturing environment where processes are still being built and ambiguity is the norm.

Persona AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.