Principal Recruiter, Engineering

Locations:
Remote US

Cisco's Engineering Talent Acquisition team is hiring a Principal Recruiter to build the teams behind the AI era, from the custom silicon that moves the world's data to the AI software and platforms built on top of it!

AI doesn't run on hype. It runs on silicon, systems, and software working together, and our team sits right at that intersection. We partner with leaders in Cisco's Hardware & ASIC engineering and AI Software & Platform organizations to hire the engineers and product leaders shaping what comes next. One week the search is for silicon design and verification talent; the next, it's a machine learning engineer or distributed systems engineer.

Every hire directly shapes products that power AI infrastructure for some of the world's largest networks!

We are a passionate team of Talent Advisors. We believe in constant self-betterment, force-multiplication across our organization, using data to make decisions and advise our businesses, and delivering a world-class experience for every candidate. As a Principal Recruiter, you’ll be the go-to talent expert for some of our most complex, high-impact hiring.

Responsibilities include:

• Full-cycle recruiting for business-critical roles across Hardware/ASIC and AI Software & Platform, shifting between specialties with minimal ramp time.
• Building pipelines ahead of upcoming initiatives and pressure-testing the market on talent availability, location strategy, and alternate skill sets.
• Engaging top engineers through credible, in-depth conversations about the technology, from silicon design to AI infrastructure.
• Turning funnel and pipeline data into clear insights for audiences from recruiters to VP and SLT leaders, including weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews.
• Advising senior business leaders on talent strategy through staff meetings, workforce and site planning, and roadmap discussions.
• Mentoring recruiters, coaching hiring managers through tough searches, and championing new tools and process improvements across regional and global TA.

• 12+ years of technical recruiting experience (full-cycle preferred).
• Prior experience hiring for Hardware or ASIC engineering in high tech
• 2+ years of experience working in a regulated industry or government contractor.

• Recruiting across both Hardware/ASIC and AI software or platform engineering.
• Track record recruiting AI/ML talent, such as machine learning engineers, AI researchers, and AI infrastructure and platform engineers, in a highly competitive market.
• Thorough understanding of EEO laws and immigration in a recruiting landscape.
• Influencing business leaders to adopt new or alternative talent acquisition practices.
• Using data to spot trends and roadblocks, and presenting insights to VP- and SLT-level audiences.
• Mentoring recruiters or leading TA projects and initiatives.
• Staying current on trends in the AI field.
• Hands-on use of Phenom and Workday.

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our…