Eka Robotics
Senior Recruiter
Boston Area +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- Boston Area
Remote - Experience
- Significant experience recruiting highly technical talent; no number of years specified.
About the job
A hands-on senior recruiter who sources and closes specialized robotics and related technical talent while supporting broader People initiatives.
What you'll do
- Personally source, map, engage, and recruit research and engineering candidates across robotics, ML/RL, computer vision, simulation, and software.
- Partner with leadership on candidate conversations, interview strategy, offers, and closing; improve recruiting workflows and systems.
- Support People initiatives including headcount planning, compensation, performance management, manager development, and expansion strategy.
What they ask for
- Significant experience recruiting highly technical talent, including in robotics, embodied AI, physical AI, or a closely related field.
- Demonstrated success personally sourcing hard-to-find engineering and research candidates, including through channels beyond LinkedIn.
- Technical fluency to engage credibly with researchers and engineers, plus strong candidate-facing communication skills.
- Experience in a fast-growing startup or similarly high-ownership environment; experience or demonstrated interest in broader People topics.
Nice to have
- Experience recruiting through communities and conferences such as CoRL, ICRA, IROS, OpenReview, or arXiv.
- Experience with compensation, organizational planning, performance management, or supporting rapid growth or expansion into new markets.
Tools
robotics, reinforcement learning, computer vision, simulation, software, ML/RL
AI focus
Recruit talent in robotics, embodied AI, physical AI, machine learning, reinforcement learning, and computer vision.
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