Senior Hardware Recruiter

Normal Computing Corporation • Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

Normal Computing is an applied AI company working on foundational hardware and software for the semiconductor industry, AI infrastructure, and broader systems. The company operates across New York City, Silicon Valley (Mountain View), London, Copenhagen, and Seoul.

The Senior Hardware Recruiter will lead full-cycle recruiting for Normal's silicon organization, partnering with technical hiring managers to identify, engage, and close specialized candidates. The role focuses on senior hardware, ASIC, and silicon architecture positions, while adapting to searches in AI, silicon software, and other technical areas as priorities change. The recruiter will represent the company to specialized talent, maintain recruiting systems and processes, and support efficient, well-calibrated hiring.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
• Direct experience recruiting AI, ASIC, silicon, or semiconductor engineers, including roles in RTL, design verification, physical design, architecture, or adjacent fields.
• A track record of closing senior engineers who have competing offers, including communicating the value of equity, risk, and conviction.
• Technical literacy across AI silicon and custom ASIC development, sufficient to hold credible intake conversations with chip architects.
• Advanced fluency in Ashby or a comparable ATS for candidate tracking, reporting, and process automation.
• Operational excellence, low ego, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to move work forward at the pace of a scaling startup.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to AI/ML and software engineering recruiting in addition to hardware expertise.
• Experience recruiting for unconventional computing or physics-based hardware architectures.
• Previous experience at a high-growth venture-backed startup, semiconductor company, or research lab.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for senior hardware, ASIC, and silicon architecture roles, from intake through close, and flex to AI, silicon software, and other technical searches as priorities shift.
• Identify and engage specialized talent in silicon architecture, design verification, and systems architecture, including candidates who are not actively looking.
• Partner with engineering hiring managers to align on candidate qualifications, technical standards, and calibration as searches evolve.
• Use the WHO Method for talent calibration and maintain efficient interview processes, targeting a maximum of 4–5 rounds.
• Maintain accurate candidate data, pipeline flow, stages, statuses, and reporting in Ashby.
• Represent Normal Computing at industry events such as DAC and engage specialized candidates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed