Lead Technical Recruiter

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Date posted 17/02/2026 Location San Diego, California Category HR

We are hiring for a Lead Technical Recruiter! You will handle the entire recruitment process as an individual contributor and act as a lead partner for the groups supported. From sourcing and engaging candidates to conducting interviews and facilitating offers, you will play a critical role in building our team. You'll work closely with the hiring managers to understand their needs and ensure a seamless candidate experience.

This is a 12 month contractor role directly with Arm.

• Strategic Talent Partner:
  Work closely with the business and hiring managers to assess and define candidate requirements, recruit top talent, guide creative hiring strategy, align on diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, and build solutions for exponential growth.
• Sourcing and Attracting Candidates:
  Use various channels (job boards, social media, events) to identify potential candidates.
• Screening and Interviewing:
  Conduct initial phone screening to evaluate candidates’ qualifications and skills.
• Candidate Experience and Engagement:
  Ensure a positive candidate experience, proactively engage passive candidates, apply sourcing techniques to build a relevant candidate pool, and provide timely feedback communicating regularly with candidates.
• Offer Management:
  Collaborate with hiring managers and people partners to build competitive offers, using tools, benefits, and compensation, and apply functional knowledge and candidate motivations to skillfully navigate offers.
• Data Management and Reporting:
  Lead pipeline activity, maintain data integrity, and share data‑centric updates with hiring teams on positions and requisitions.
• Employer Branding:
  Contribute to employer branding initiatives, participate in job fairs, career events, and other networking opportunities, and partner with the recruitment marketing team on strategy.

• Demonstrated ability and solid understanding of the full recruitment cycle with 8+ years of relevant experience in end‑to‑end Tech Recruitment.
• Demonstrated success in using innovative sourcing strategies to attract passive candidates.
• Proven track record in engaging and handling senior partners as a "Talent Advisor" and ability to advise, influence, and handle a range of partners.
• Proficiency with ATS and other recruitment tools (iCIMS preferred).
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast‑paced environment.

• Knowledge around Arm based CPUs and SoCs.
• Experience recruiting with semiconductor talent segments such as Power, RTL, DFT, Verification, Design, Implementation Engineers and Architects.

• Partner and customer focus
• Teamwork and communication
• Creativity and innovation
• Team and personal development
• Impact and influence
• Deliver on promises

$130,000 to $178,500.

$64,480 - $112,320 per year.

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email

Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs.

Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.