Senior Technical Recruiter: Robotics & Hardware

TAR; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TAR in San Francisco seeks a Senior Technical Recruiter to lead hiring for robotics, hardware, and software within the R&D team. You will sit with the R&D group and hire exceptional people, partnering with department heads and the co-founders to elevate TAR''s interview process.

You will own the full recruiting cycle, build outbound pipelines, and act as a trusted talent advisor to sharpen each search. You will help build TAR''s employer brand in the Bay Area as we scale.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of recruiting experience
• 4+ years of closing experience, taking candidates from offer through signed.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for our San Francisco R&D team across robotics, hardware, and software roles, from intake and sourcing through offer and close.
• Build deep outbound pipelines of passive candidates; the engineers we want are rarely on the market, so you go find them.
• Partner with department heads and the co-founders as a trusted talent advisor, defining ideal profiles, challenging assumptions, and bringing market data that sharpens each search.
• Run a structured, high-signal interview process in Ashby, keeping loops fast, feedback crisp, and interviewers calibrated.
• Drive offers to signed, partnering with leadership on offer strategy and closing senior candidates against competitive alternatives.
• Own the candidate experience end to end, so every candidate leaves as an advocate for TAR whether or not they get an offer.
• Represent TAR in the Bay Area talent market and build our employer brand across robotics, hardware, and software communities.
• Track recruiting metrics such as time-to-hire, passthrough rates, and offer acceptance, and use them to improve the funnel and the interview process as TAR scales.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

TAR in San Francisco seeks a Senior Technical Recruiter to lead hiring for robotics, hardware, and software within the R&D team. You will sit with the R&D group and hire exceptional people, partnering with department heads and the co-founders to elevate TAR''s interview process.

You will own the full recruiting cycle, build outbound pipelines, and act as a trusted talent advisor to sharpen each search. You will help build TAR''s employer brand in the Bay Area as we scale.