Positron
Senior Recruiter, Hardware
$140K–$225K
Austin, TX +3 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Seattle, WA
Remote (United States)
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 5+ years
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. No new visa sponsorship; H-1B transfers may be facilitated for eligible candidates.
About the job
Own full-cycle recruiting for semiconductor and hardware engineering roles, partnering with engineering leaders to source, assess, and close candidates while using AI agents for recruiting process work.
What you'll do
- Recruit across hardware disciplines, from role definition and sourcing through interviews, offers, and accepted offers.
- Advise engineering leaders on hiring priorities, candidate profiles, and interview criteria; manage candidate engagement and closing.
- Use pipeline data and AI agents to improve recruiting operations, forecasts, and workflows.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, including substantial experience recruiting semiconductor or silicon engineering talent.
- Demonstrated success hiring across multiple hardware disciplines and independently sourcing and closing experienced engineers.
- Working knowledge of the semiconductor development lifecycle and engineering specialties; confidence advising engineering leaders.
- Hands-on proficiency with applicant tracking systems, sourcing tools, and recruiting metrics; experience using LLMs and agentic AI tools in recruiting workflows.
Nice to have
- Experience recruiting for AI accelerators, GPUs, CPUs, advanced computing systems, or related semiconductor companies.
- Established silicon and hardware engineering network; experience hiring senior technical leaders or building recruiting processes at a startup.
Pay
USD 140,000 – USD 225,000 base salary
Tools
ASIC, RTL, DFT, LLMs, agentic AI tools, applicant tracking systems
AI focus
Use AI agents for recruiting process work such as research, outreach preparation, scheduling, and reporting, while focusing human effort on relationships, hiring advice, and closing. Requires experience using LLMs and agentic AI tools in recruiting workflows.
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