Sourcing Recruiter

Thirdwaveautomation; Union City (CA); On-site; USD 89,544 - 117,096; Full time

Job summary

Third Wave Automation is seeking a Sourcing Recruiter to drive our candidate pipeline for highly skilled roles in Robotics, AI/ML, and Embedded Systems. You will partner with recruiters and hiring managers to identify and engage passive candidates in competitive talent pools, leveraging AI-enabled workflows to scale outreach.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years of technical sourcing experience, fluency across robotics and edge computing domains, and mastery of recruiting tools such as LinkedIn

Qualifications

• 3+ years of dedicated technical talent sourcing experience in a fast-growing tech startup, agency, or high-growth hardware/software company.
• Technical Domain Fluency: Proven success sourcing hard-to-fill technical roles across Robotics, C++, SLAM, Sensor Processing, AI/ML, Embedded Systems, or Edge Computing.
• Advanced Sourcing Toolkit: Mastery of LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Boolean search syntax, X-ray searches, and niche tech communities.
• AI Tool Proficiency: Experience utilizing modern AI productivity and sourcing tools (e.g., Gemini, ChatGPT, automated outbound tools) to accelerate workflow and improve outreach effectiveness.
• Relationship Focus: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with an authentic, consultative outreach style.
• Adaptability: Ability to pivot quickly as hiring priorities change in a rapid-growth startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Pipeline Generation: Proactively source, engage, and nurture passive candidate pipelines for highly skilled roles across Engineering, Product and Customer Success.
• Talent Mapping: Conduct deep-dive talent research and market mapping across robotics startups, autonomous vehicle companies, deep-tech research hubs, and tier-one engineering orgs.
• AI-Enhanced Workflows: Integrate AI sourcing tools, automation platforms, and LLMs into daily sourcing stack to personalize outreach at scale.
• Hiring Manager Partnership: Collaborate with engineering and cross-functional leads to calibrate target profiles, refine job requirements, and deliver actionable talent market insights.
• Compelling Candidate Engagement: Craft hyper-personalized outreach strategies that articulate TWA’s tech stack, culture, and value proposition to stand out in candidates' inboxes.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Champion equitable sourcing practices to build diverse candidate slates across all business areas.
• Analytics & Sourcing Metrics: Track conversion rates, outreach velocity, and channel efficiency to refine your sourcing strategy and inform leadership.

Skills

Talent sourcing

Technical domain fluency

Relationship building

Adaptability

Sourcing strategy

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

GitHub

Boolean search syntax

X-ray searches

Niche tech communities

AI productivity tools

Job description

Company Description

Third Wave Automation is a rapidly growing startup that has demonstrated its core technology components, proven its market fit, and just closed its Series C funding. If you are excited about cutting edge machine learning, robotics that affects the real world, and want to join a company where your skills can have a huge impact, you’ll fit right in.

Third Wave Automation is applying modern machine learning to materials handling—delivering site-specific forklift navigation and infrastructure-free pallet handling that continuously adapts to changing floor configuration and warehouse demand.

Job Description

As a Sourcing Recruiter at TWA, you will be the primary engine driving our candidate pipeline. You will partner closely with Recruiters and Hiring Managers, to identify, engage, and activate top-tier passive candidates in highly competitive talent pools (including Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, AI/ML, and Embedded Systems).

If you thrive in an agile startup environment, love deep candidate research, are an expert with recruiting tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse) and personalized outreach to turn hard-to-reach engineering talent into excited TWA candidates, this role is for you.

How You Can Make an Impact

• Pipeline Generation: Proactively source, engage, and nurture passive candidate pipelines for highly skilled roles across Engineering, Product and Customer Success organizations.


• Talent Mapping: Conduct deep-dive talent research and market mapping across robotics startups, autonomous vehicle companies, deep-tech research hubs, and tier-one engineering orgs.


• AI-Enhanced Workflows: Embrace TWA's AI-first philosophy by integrating AI sourcing tools, automation platforms, and LLMs into your daily sourcing stack to personalize outreach at scale.


• Hiring Manager Partnership: Collaborate directly with engineering and cross-functional leads to calibrate target profiles, refine job requirements, and deliver actionable talent market insights.


• Compelling Candidate Engagement: Craft hyper-personalized outreach strategies that articulate TWA’s tech stack, culture, and value proposition to stand out in candidates' inboxes.


• Diversity & Inclusion: Champion equitable sourcing practices to build diverse candidate slates across all business areas.


• Analytics & Sourcing Metrics: Track conversion rates, outreach velocity, and channel efficiency to continuously refine your sourcing strategy and inform talent acquisition leadership.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of dedicated technical talent sourcing experience in a fast-growing tech startup, agency, or high-growth hardware/software company.


• Technical Domain Fluency: Proven success sourcing hard-to-fill technical roles across Robotics, C++, SLAM, Sensor Processing, AI/ML, Embedded Systems, or Edge Computing.


• Advanced Sourcing Toolkit: Mastery of LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Boolean search syntax, X-ray searches, and niche tech communities.


• AI Tool Proficiency: Experience utilizing modern AI productivity and sourcing tools (e.g., Gemini, ChatGPT, automated outbound tools) to accelerate workflow and improve outreach effectiveness.


• Relationship Focus: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with an authentic, consultative outreach style.


• Adaptability: Ability to pivot quickly as hiring priorities change in a rapid-growth startup environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles (AV), Industrial Automation, or Hardware-Software integration.


• Familiarity with modern recruiting technology stacks (Greenhouse ATS, candidate sourcing CRMs, data analytics dashboards).


• Experience sourcing across both technical (Engineering/Product) and non-technical (Operations, Customer Success, Field Operations) domains.

More About Working Here

Our Core Values:

• Safety. We consider safety in everything we do.


• People. We care about our teammates as people.


• Encouragement. We encourage teaching, asking questions, and sharing opinions.


• Transparency. We are transparent and sincere in our actions.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We value each person's expertise and experiences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring current or future employer visa sponsorship for this contract role.

The pay range for this position is $65 to $85 per/hour, pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.