Head of Recruiting

We are scaling a global engineering-led company operating at the intersection of AI, vision systems, and manufacturing. We are looking for a Head of Recruiting to build and run a recruiting engine that can scale headcount rapidly while maintaining a high bar for quality and culture.

This is a hands-on, operator role. You will both lead and execute — building recruiting infrastructure, managing a small team, partnering with agencies, and personally closing key hires when needed. You will personally own specific requirements and source some candidates yourself in the first 6–12 months.

• Own end-to-end recruiting across all roles and geographies

• Build and manage a small internal recruiting team

• Individually own recruiting expansions in new geographies or for senior roles

• Manage multiple external recruiting agencies globally and decide on how to work with agencies effectively longer term

• Design scalable recruiting processes, tools, and reporting

• Partner closely with the CEO and key leadership (COO, CTO, Sales lead, APAC lead) on hiring strategy

• Drive hiring plans tied to headcount goals and budgets

• Maintain hiring quality and cultural alignment as the company scales

• Travel quarterly to the US/TW (depending on location) and ad-hoc travel to China (~20% travel) to stay closely aligned with leadership and hiring managers

• Experience scaling headcount rapidly (e.g., 1→10, 10→100, or similar)

• Proven ability to lead a small recruiting team and external partners

• Hands-on sourcing experience, including closing senior or critical hires

• Strong operational and execution mindset

• Ability to design structure and process without over-bureaucratizing

• Comfort working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

• Strong international sourcing experience, especially in China, Taiwan, or similar regions

• Experience recruiting in technical domains (engineering, hardware, AI, manufacturing, automation)

• Experience recruiting across multiple countries

• Exposure to building recruiting infrastructure from scratch

• Join a company on a rocketship trajectory with potential to own recruiting, people, and more

• High-impact role with direct leadership partnership - this is not a typical HR role, recruiting is one of our most critical bottlenecks to enable growth

• Opportunity to shape how the company scales globally

• Ownership over systems, team, and outcomes

• Work alongside world-class engineering and product leaders