Recruiting Lead

Overview

MatX is on a mission to make the world’s best AI models run as efficiently as possible—accelerating global progress in AI quality and accessibility. We are building cutting-edge AI infrastructure at the intersection of hardware and software, and our team is growing quickly. We are seeking a Recruiting Lead with deep experience in technical recruiting and a strong understanding of the hardware and/or AI landscape.

This role will own key stages of the hiring process, deliver an exceptional candidate experience, and drive performance through reporting key metrics for talent acquisition to senior leadership and hiring teams. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment, partners effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, and brings both rigor and empathy to recruiting.

You will have a direct impact on company growth and will help shape recruiting processes as MatX continues to scale.

• Lead the talent function as hands-on manager of full-cycle recruiting activities, including designing roles, from sourcing to offer negotiation
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies (market mapping, direct outreach) to identify, source, and hire top technical talent, with a focus on system hardware, silicon, and software roles, including hard-to-fill technical roles
• Hire for roles that span the product development cycle from architecture to various functional engineering roles, including design, validation, testability, silicon physical design, system hardware design, infrastructure-as-code, customer support, and product deployment
• Offer guidance to technical recruiters while helping prioritize work to meet business needs and team capacity
• Partner closely with leadership and hiring managers to understand hiring needs, required skills, and role-specific qualifications
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines through proactive sourcing and long-term candidate relationship building
• Adapt quickly to shifting hiring priorities in a dynamic, high-growth startup environment
• Design and implement scalable recruiting frameworks, ATS, interview scorecards, and SLAs (e.g., "5 Days or Less" for hires)
• Provide regular, data-driven updates to leadership on pipeline metrics and candidate progress to continuously improve hiring velocity and outcomes
• Have a proven track record of scaling and building diverse and high-performing teams
• Ensure timely, clear, and thoughtful communication with candidates throughout the early hiring stages
• Ensure a world-class, professional, and highly responsive journey for every candidate

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualifications in relevant Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Communications, Marketing, Human Resources/Organizational Behavior, or a related field, with equivalent practical experience
• 8 - 10+ years of experience in full-cycle technical recruiting, ideally supporting hardware, systems, or AI-focused teams in a highly competitive market
• Strong preference for someone with experience in early-stage companies (Seed-Series B) - understands this stage involves building, refining and moving quickly
• A high level of comfort reviewing candidate qualifications and understanding what the person actually built – knowledge of silicon design flows, RTL, verification methodologies, physical design, sign-off, compilers, GPU kernels, software simulators
• Prior experience with high-volume recruiting (e.g., filling 25 roles per quarter), recruiting in startups or high-growth environments
• Partner with founders and senior leadership to build the company's talent narrative and brand to attract top candidates
• Proven track record of hiring high-impact technical talent
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong negotiation and interpersonal skills to build trust with hiring managers and candidates
• Thrive in ambiguity by being highly organized and process-oriented with strong attention to detail
• Strong working knowledge of Greenhouse or similar applicant tracking systems
• This is a hybrid role that will require you to work from our Mountain View, CA office 3 days a week on Tuesday through Thursday

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