Senior Technical Recruiter
About The Position
Synchron is developing minimally invasive brain-computer interfaces to restore communication, mobility, and independence for people with paralysis. Its Stentrode™ platform is an endovascular BCI designed to translate thought into digital action without open-brain surgery. The company is building a next-generation platform at its San Diego engineering and manufacturing hub, where engineering, manufacturing, preclinical, and test teams collaborate on neural recording, wireless implant telemetry, and precision medical device assembly. The Senior Technical Recruiter is a senior individual contributor who owns full-cycle hiring for challenging positions across R&D, clinical, quality and regulatory, manufacturing, and business operations. The recruiter will help grow the San Diego team, conduct both senior leadership searches and repeatable technical and technician hiring, and build recruiting systems to support the company's progression from clinical study toward commercialization. This role is in-office five days per week in San Diego.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including at least 3 years in medical device, life sciences, or deep tech.
- Record of filling senior technical, clinical, or regulatory roles in competitive markets.
- Experience recruiting both senior and director-level specialists and candidates for multi-level technical and technician roles.
- Strong sourcing skills, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and building networks beyond job boards.
- Established professional network across medical device, semiconductor, and advanced hardware talent communities, including senior technical, quality, and regulatory leaders.
- Experience serving as a consultative partner to hiring managers and senior leaders.
- Experience negotiating complex offers that include equity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and sound judgment with confidential information.
- Comfort working in a fast-moving startup with little structure; organized and able to act with urgency.
Nice To Haves
- SHRM-CP/SCP or AIRS certification.
- Experience recruiting for implantable, neurotech, or Class III device companies.
- Experience hiring for a new-platform or next-generation hardware build.
- Familiarity with semiconductor, ASIC, microfabrication/cleanroom, or advanced consumer-hardware talent markets.
- Record of closing candidates against top-tier tech and semiconductor employers.
- Experience hiring through the transition from clinical stage to commercial stage, including field clinical, sales, and market access roles.
- Experience with ADP and LinkedIn Recruiter.
- Experience building employer brand or diversity sourcing programs.
- Previous startup company experience.
Responsibilities
- Run full-cycle recruiting across next-generation electronics, microfabrication and advanced manufacturing, mechanical engineering, software and firmware, clinical research, quality, regulatory affairs, and business operations.
- Conduct both high-touch leadership searches and repeatable, multi-level technician and engineer hiring.
- Build quality and regulatory teams equipped for design controls, new product development, and manufacturing scale-up of a Class III implantable device.
- Shape headcount plans with R&D, operations, and quality leadership to align hiring with development and manufacturing milestones.
- Partner with hiring managers to define roles, design interview loops, and support sound hiring decisions.
- Proactively source passive candidates in competitive semiconductor, ASIC, MEMS/microfabrication, implantable electronics, medical device, and advanced consumer hardware markets.
- Present a clear and credible case to senior passive candidates for the opportunity to work on Synchron's hardware problem in medtech.
- Build long-term pipelines for critical roles through university, conference, and industry networks.
- Manage offers from start to finish, use market compensation data to build competitive packages, and negotiate and close candidates.
- Provide candidates with a respectful, well-organized experience that reflects Synchron's mission.
- Define and report recruiting metrics, including time-to-fill, pipeline health, offer-acceptance rate, and source of hire, and use them to improve hiring.
- Engage agency partners selectively while managing cost and quality.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
