Senior Technical Recruiter, Product Engineering

Giga Energy; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Giga Energy is expanding its Product Engineering team and seeks a Senior Technical Recruiter to own hiring for engineers designing switchboards, transformers, and power distribution equipment.

You will map the industry, build relationships with engineers before roles open, and close candidates who are happy where they are. Based in SF/LA/Houston with onsite expectations, we may consider exceptional remote talent.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical recruiting experience, with focus on engineers in electrical equipment/power systems.
• Track record of filling niche, hard-to-source engineering roles.
• Strong research and sourcing skills beyond LinkedIn (Boolean, market mapping).
• Ability to influence hiring managers with data and fast-paced delivery.
• Start-up DNA and ability to adapt to shifting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for Product Engineering: electrical, transformer, power systems, mechanical/enclosure, and design engineers.
• Learn technical domain to have credible conversations with engineers and hiring managers.
• Build talent maps across electrical equipment industry and know top players.
• Source passive candidates through deep research, associations, conferences, referrals, and relationships.
• Write sharp, credible job descriptions and outreach for experienced engineers.
• Run fast, high-touch candidate experience and close candidates weighing offers.
• Share Giga's story and culture with candidates and maintain pipelines in Ashby.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Sourcing research

Stakeholder management

Data-driven recruiting

Start-up DNA

Networking in engineering field

Tools

Ashby

Job description

What you’ll do

Giga is scaling fast, and our Product Engineering team is at the center of it. They design the switchboards, transformers, and power distribution equipment that run AI data centers. We need a Senior Technical Recruiter to own hiring for this team. The engineers we’re looking for are few and hard to find, and most of them aren’t looking for a new job.

You’ll partner directly with Product Engineering leadership to learn the work in depth, from transformer design to switchgear standards. Then you’ll find people who can’t be found on a job board. That means mapping the industry, building relationships with engineers before you have a role for them, and closing candidates who are happy where they are.

We work in a high-growth, constantly changing environment. Priorities shift, new roles open, and pipelines move fast. If you like building, solving problems in real time, and going after talent other recruiters give up on, this is your kind of place.

Where you’ll work

This role is ideally based in our San Francisco, Long Beach, or Houston offices, with full-time onsite expectations outside of bi-weekly WFH Fridays.

That said, we will make exceptions for truly exceptional talent if you live outside one of our hubs. If you're the right person for this role, we'll have a conversation about what works.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for Product Engineering: electrical, transformer, power systems, mechanical/enclosure, and design engineers working on switchboards, transformers, and related equipment.
• Learn the technical domain well enough to hold credible conversations with engineers and calibrate quickly with hiring managers on what great looks like.
• Build talent maps of the electrical equipment industry. Know which OEMs, utilities, and manufacturers have the talent we need, and who the strongest people there are.
• Source passive candidates through deep research, industry associations (IEEE, NEMA), conferences, referrals, and long-term relationship building.
• Write sharp, technically credible job descriptions and outreach that resonate with experienced engineers.
• Run a fast, high-touch candidate experience and close candidates who are often weighing offers or deciding whether to leave a stable role.
• Share the Giga story, culture, and mission, and represent us well to every candidate you meet.
• Keep pipelines and metrics accurate in Ashby, and use data to improve speed and quality.
• Identify process gaps and fix them as the team scales.

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical recruiting experience, with at least 2 years hiring engineers in electrical equipment, power systems, energy, or advanced hardware manufacturing.
• A track record of filling niche, hard-to-source engineering roles where the candidate pool is small and mostly passive.
• Comfort learning technical concepts quickly and talking credibly with engineers about their work.
• Strong research and sourcing skills that go beyond LinkedIn: Boolean, market mapping, and reaching people through their networks and communities.
• The ability to influence hiring managers, push back with data, and keep the bar high while moving with urgency.
• Comfort with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Proficiency with Ashby (preferred) and modern sourcing tools.
• Start-up DNA.

Bonus points

• Experience recruiting from electrical equipment companies like Vertiv, IEM, and EPEC
• Familiarity with the industry’s standards and vocabulary (UL 891, IEEE C57, ANSI/NEMA, LV, MV, PDU, RPP, etc.)
• An existing network in the power, utility, or data center infrastructure space.