Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering, manufacturing, technical operations, and sales roles. Partner with hiring managers, build scalable recruiting processes and interview frameworks, optimize the ATS (workflows, reporting, integrations), deliver a high-quality candidate experience, and provide recruiting metrics, market insights, and hiring recommendations.
Position Overview:
We're looking for a driven, high-energy Technical Recruiter who thrives on the hunt. If you love uncovering hard-to-find talent, building relationships from scratch, and closing exceptional candidates in competitive markets, this role is for you.
As a hands-on individual contributor, you'll own the full recruiting lifecycle across engineering, manufacturing, technical operations, and sales. You'll partner closely with hiring managers, influence hiring strategy, and help build the teams that fuel our growth. This is an opportunity for someone who is proactive, resourceful, data-driven, and energized by finding great people where others aren't looking.
This is a permanent, full-time role based in Fremont, CA, with an expectation of working from the office three days per week.
Job Responsibilities:
- Own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing through offer acceptance for engineering, manufacturing, technical operations, and sales roles.
- Proactively source and engage passive candidates using creative outreach strategies, not relying solely on inbound applicants.
- Build strong partnerships with hiring managers to understand business needs, calibrate talent, and move quickly on top candidates.
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies that consistently deliver high-quality talent in competitive markets.
- Create exceptional candidate experiences through transparent communication and a fast, thoughtful hiring process.
- Build and improve scalable recruiting processes, interview frameworks, and best practices.
- Work alongside our People Team to optimize our Applicant Tracking System (Lever).
- Use recruiting metrics and market intelligence to influence hiring decisions and continuously improve recruiting performance.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally with a mix of in-house and agency experience.
- A true sourcing mindset with a proven track record of identifying, engaging, and closing passive talent.
- Experience hiring technical, manufacturing, and sales professionals.
- Strong expertise with ATS platforms, recruiting technology, and recruiting analytics.
- Self-starter who thrives with autonomy and takes ownership from kickoff through close.
- Experience recruiting in a startup or high-growth environment with multiple concurrent openings.
- Excellent communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
- Comfortable moving quickly, adapting to change, and relentlessly driving searches to successful hires.
About the Company:
Velo, Velo3D, Sapphire and Intelligent Fusion are registered trademarks of Velo3D, Inc. Without Compromise, Flow, Flow Developer, and Assure are trademarks of Velo3D, Inc.
With the only SupportFree laser powder bed fusion capability, we enable on-demand manufacturing of production quality Titanium, Inconel, and Aluminum parts with an unprecedented degree of design freedom and quality control. The VELO3D award-winning solution includes an integrated offering of hardware and software: Sapphire® metal AM production printer, Flow™ print preparation software, Assure™ quality assurance and control system, and an integrated manufacturing process that runs throughout the printing operation.
Our team enjoys excellent benefits including healthcare coverage and 401(K) employer contributions. We believe in transparency and recognizing exceptional efforts through our monthly all-hands meetings and team member appreciation awards.
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The starting base salary for this full-time position is between $115,000 and $140,000. This salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for this position in the U.S. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience, job-related skills, related education, work location, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. In addition to a competitive base salary and a comprehensive benefits package, this position may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and equity program, as applicable.
Velo3D provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to, and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on, race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Velo3D Fremont, California, USA Office
Fremont, CA, United States
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