Sr Technical Recruiter (Contract)

TAE Power Solutions; California (MO); On-site; USD 83,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

TAE Power Solutions is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle recruiting across Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Commercial, and other priority functions. You will independently lead complex searches, build targeted technical pipelines, and partner with leaders to drive hiring strategy.

The role requires sourcing hard-to-find technical talent, managing multiple high-priority searches, and delivering from intake through offer, with a compensation range noted in the posting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience recruiting in a highly technical environment.
• Demonstrated outbound sourcing capability using LinkedIn Recruiter and comparable tools.
• Proven ability to carry a high req load and manage multiple senior stakeholders concurrently.
• Hands-on experience with ATS platforms and sourcing tools.
• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and process discipline.
• Excellent communication skills and a proactive, solutions-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment processes from intake through offer, across multiple roles and functions.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements, team dynamics, and hiring priorities.
• Drive structured interview processes, ensuring alignment, consistency, and timely feedback.
• Develop a search strategy for each priority role, including target companies and channels.
• Identify pipeline gaps and hiring risks early, and proactively adjust sourcing strategy.
• Proactively source and engage candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter and other channels.
• Generate the majority of pipeline through outbound passive sourcing.
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Utilize creative sourcing strategies to identify hard-to-find talent.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates throughout the process.
• Maintain a responsive, professional, high-touch experience at every stage.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Outbound sourcing

Stakeholder management

ATS proficiency

Communication

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS platforms

Sourcing tools

Job description

About Us

TAE Power Solutions (TPS) is the electrification spin-off from TAE Technologies, a leader in nuclear fusion technology. The company is leveraging unique power management technology originally developed for nuclear fusion and applying it in adjacent industries including Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and DC Fast Charging for electric vehicles.

About The Role

The Talent function at TAE Power Solutions partners with the business to translate growth priorities into the talent and capabilities required to deliver them. As we scale, we are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Recruiter who can independently lead complex searches, build targeted technical pipelines, and serve as a trusted recruiting partner to our leaders.

The Senior Technical Recruiter will own full-cycle recruiting across Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Commercial, and other priority functions. This role requires a highly proactive recruiter who is comfortable managing multiple high-priority searches, directly sourcing hard-to-find technical talent, and driving searches from intake through offer.

Qualifications, Functional Experience & Skills

Recruiting Execution/ Ownership

• Own end-to-end recruitment processes from intake through offer, across multiple roles and functions.


• Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements, team dynamics, and hiring priorities.


• Drive structured interview processes, ensuring alignment, consistency, and timely feedback.

Sourcing & Pipeline Development

• Develop a search strategy for each priority role, including target companies, talent pools, sourcing channels, outreach approach, and anticipated market challenges.


• Identify pipeline gaps and hiring risks early, and proactively adjust sourcing strategy rather than waiting for hiring manager direction.


• Proactively source and engage candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter and other channels.


• Generate the majority of pipeline through outbound passive sourcing


• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.


• Utilize creative sourcing strategies to identify hard-to-find and niche talent.

Candidate Experience

• Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates throughout the process.


• Maintain a responsive, professional, high-touch experience at every stage.


• Communicate role expectations, technical scope, culture, and the company's technology story credibly to the TPS audiences.

Process & Systems Management

• Used to maintaining accurate, current candidate data in ATS and other systems


• Uphold process discipline across feedback collection, status tracking, and pipeline hygiene.


• Manage job postings and requisition approvals.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Deliver regular pipeline updates to hiring managers, including funnel metrics, market feedback, and risks to timeline.


• Coach hiring teams on interviewing best practice and structured evaluation.


• Partner with the Director of Talent and wider People team to keep hiring efforts aligned.

Required

• 7+ years’ experience recruiting in a highly technical environment, one or more of: energy, energy storage, semiconductor, EV or automotive powertrain industrial automation, Oil & Gas, AI Data Centers, or power electronics.


• Demonstrated outbound sourcing capability using LinkedIn Recruiter and comparable tools.


• Proven ability to carry a high req load and manage multiple senior stakeholders concurrently.


• Hands-on experience with ATS platforms and sourcing tools.


• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and process discipline.


• Excellent communication skills and a proactive, solutions-oriented approach.


• Comfortable engaging candidates and stakeholders at every level, including technical leadership.

Preferred

• Direct experience recruiting in-house for companies operating within energy storage, power electronics, data centre, AI


• Strong Excel or reporting skills


• Experience in high-growth, startup, or scaling manufacturing environments.

The compensation range for this role is between $60-$85/hour, depending on experience.

About Us:

Imagination, skill, and will

At TAE Power Solutions, we design power systems that use less but do more. Systems that charge faster, run stronger, go farther, and last longer. We inspire better ways to move, work, play, and live. The future is electric, because it’s powered by TAE.

Confident, collaborative, and creative

We are unwavering in our expertise and knowledge, separating fact from fiction and proof from hypothesis.

You will be a successful member of TAE Power Solutions if you have these traits:

• You are confident in your skills, based on your credentials, technical accomplishments, and positive impact on your teams/organizations.


• You are collaborative and work well within and with teams to approach challenges with respect, transparency, optimism, and confidence to succeed together.


• You are creative, with determination to learn continuously, break new ground, and push the cutting edge.

TAE Power Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

We ensure all individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Note to Agencies

TAE prefers to hire directly and maintains an existing preferred supplier list. We do not accept speculative CVs or referrals from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable.