Technical Recruiter

• Own full-cycle recruiting activities, including outbound sourcing, resume review, and initial phone screens
• Assess candidates’ technical skills, experience, and alignment
• Collaborate on recruiting strategies to identify, source, and hire top technical talent
• Focus recruiting on system hardware, silicon, and software roles
• Hire specialized hardware engineering talent supporting AI silicon, including RTL and microarchitecture design, verification, physical design, and SoC/power architecture
• Partner with leadership and hiring managers to understand hiring needs, required skills, and role-specific qualifications
• Build and maintain talent pipelines through proactive sourcing and long-term candidate relationship building
• Adapt to shifting hiring priorities in a dynamic, high-growth startup environment
• Provide data-driven updates to leadership on pipeline metrics and candidate progress
• Scale and build diverse, high-performing teams
• Ensure timely, clear, thoughtful, professional, and responsive communication throughout early hiring stages
• Help shape recruiting processes as MatX scales

• 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
• 3-5 years of experience in full-cycle technical recruiting
• Experience ideally supporting hardware, systems, or AI-focused teams in highly competitive markets at early-stage companies (Seed-Series B)
• Comfortable hiring for specialized hardware and architecture roles supporting AI silicon, including SoC/power architects, RTL/microarchitecture engineers, and verification specialists
• Prior experience recruiting in startup or high-growth environments
• Prior experience with high-volume recruiting, such as filling 25 roles per quarter
• Proven track record of hiring high-impact technical talent
• Strong working knowledge of Ashby or similar applicant tracking systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Must work from the Mountain View, CA office three days per week, Tuesday through Thursday
• Previous engineering experience or technical training is a bonus
• Experience partnering with engineers and hiring talent working on LLMs is a bonus
• Experience recruiting within hardware, AI, or deep tech is a bonus
• Strong interest in AI technologies and trends is a bonus
• All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States
• Must be able to perform job functions in compliance with U.S. export control laws without obtaining a license

Demonstrates expertise in full-cycle technical recruiting, particularly for specialized hardware and architecture roles in AI silicon. Proven ability to build talent pipelines and collaborate with leadership in a high-growth startup environment.

• Full-Cycle Technical Recruiting
• Hardware Engineering Talent Acquisition
• Experience With Applicant Tracking Systems
• High-Volume Recruiting
• Collaboration With Engineering Teams

• Technical Recruiting
• Candidate Assessment
• Sourcing Strategies
• Data-Driven Reporting
• Recruiting Metrics Analysis

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Highly Organized
• Attention to Detail

• AI Silicon
• SoC Architecture
• RTL Design
• Microarchitecture
• Verification Specialists
• High-Growth Startup

• Ashby Applicant Tracking System