Senior Technical Recruiter - Hardware & AI R&D

TAR; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

TAR is hiring a Senior Technical Recruiter for our San Francisco office to lead full-cycle recruiting across robotics, hardware, and software. You will partner with R&D leaders and co-founders to attract exceptional talent, build outbound pipelines, and sharpen our interview process to move at startup speed.

You will own the candidate experience end-to-end, ensuring every candidate leaves TAR as a potential advocate, whether selected or not.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of recruiting experience and a relevant Bachelor's degree.
• 4+ years of closing experience, taking candidates from offer through signed.
• Full-cycle recruiting across technical and non-technical departments.
• Experience hiring mechanical, electrical, hardware, and software roles.
• Partner with hiring managers and leadership as a trusted advisor with market data.
• High ownership and urgency; run searches end to end at startup pace.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for San Francisco R&D team across robotics, hardware, and software.
• Build deep outbound pipelines of passive candidates; engineers are rarely on the market.
• Partner with department heads and co-founders as a trusted talent advisor.
• Run a structured, high-signal interview process in Ashby with fast loops.
• Drive offers to signed, collaborating on offer strategy and closing senior candidates.
• Own candidate experience end to end; advocate for TAR regardless of outcome.
• Represent TAR in the Bay Area talent market and build employer brand.
• Track metrics like time-to-hire, passthrough rates, and offer acceptance.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Stakeholder management

High ownership

Startup pace

Sourcing & outbound

Interview coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ashby

Job description

TAR is hiring a Senior Technical Recruiter for our San Francisco office to lead full-cycle recruiting across robotics, hardware, and software. You will partner with R&D leaders and co-founders to attract exceptional talent, build outbound pipelines, and sharpen our interview process to move at startup speed.

You will own the candidate experience end-to-end, ensuring every candidate leaves TAR as a potential advocate, whether selected or not.