Senior Technical Recruiter — Robotics & Hardware (SF On-site)

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

Job summary

TAR, San Francisco-based, seeks a Senior Technical Recruiter to lead talent acquisition for the R&D team across robotics, hardware, and software. You will partner with co-founders and department heads to bring exceptional talent into TAR and continually elevate our teams.

You will own full-cycle recruiting end to end, move pipelines at startup speed, and sharpen our interview process. This on-site role requires 6+ years of recruiting and 4+ years closing experience, with a relevant

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 experience across technical and non-technical departments.
• Experience hiring mechanical, electrical, hardware, and software engineering roles.
• Evidence of partnering with hiring managers and leadership as a trusted talent advisor, challenging assumptions and bringing market data that elevates hiring strategy.
• High ownership and urgency: you run searches end to end and keep pipelines moving at startup pace.

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 the 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.

Skills

6+ years of recruiting experience

4+ years closing experience

Full-cycle recruiting

Experience hiring mechanical, hardware

Experience hiring software engineering

Partnering with leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

TAR, San Francisco-based, seeks a Senior Technical Recruiter to lead talent acquisition for the R&D team across robotics, hardware, and software. You will partner with co-founders and department heads to bring exceptional talent into TAR and continually elevate our teams.

You will own full-cycle recruiting end to end, move pipelines at startup speed, and sharpen our interview process. This on-site role requires 6+ years of recruiting and 4+ years closing experience, with a relevant