Special Ops.

Fuse • San Leandro, CA

94d

About The Position

We are searching for a force multiplier for hiring—partner with the recruiting team to grow Fuse beyond headcount by building systems, pipelines, and relationships that compound. Your mission: find, engage, and land the rare minds who can blend radiation and metal into extreme hardware. You’ll run targeted talent operations—quickly, and with discipline—so our builders can build and our organization can scale.

Requirements

• 2+ years in technical sourcing/recruiting (startup or hard-tech preferred).
• Valid passport/ID and willingness to travel on short notice, including nights/weekends when the mission demands.
• Ability to build a market map in the morning and close a candidate in the afternoon.
• Technical curiosity: ability to read a resume beyond buzzwords and ask the right follow-ups.
• Instrument funnels, A/B outreach, and maintain impeccable data hygiene in an ATS.
• Concise writing, crisp calls, credible presence with executives, professors, and senior engineers alike.
• Strong ethics & judgment; candidates would recommend you to a friend—even when the answer is 'not this role.'

Nice To Haves

• University program ties (faculty, labs, SAE/rocketry clubs, IEEE/NSS/Nuclear engineering departments) and experience hosting on-campus activations.
• Built referral programs, ambassador networks, or on-site hiring events that produced repeatable hires.
• Fluency with outbound stacks (LinkedIn Recruiter, AmazingHiring, Gem, GSheets/Notion).

Responsibilities

• Plan & execute outreach ops—design campaign briefs, hit lists, and timelines; run multi-channel pushes (email, DM, phone, in-person) with tight feedback loops.
• Travel whenever/wherever the mission calls—labs, campuses, conferences, meetups, and test sites.
• Stand up durable ties with universities, clubs, student orgs, professional societies, career fairs, and events; build faculty/organizer relationships that compound.
• Source like an engineer: boolean/facet queries, GitHub/Stack/Google-fu, publications/patents, conference proceedings, defense/cleared corridors, and niche forums.
• Calibrate on bar and must-haves; surface signal fast; write tight candidate briefs leaders can trust.
• Manage expectations, salary bands, timelines; partner with founders/engineering leaders to run clean, decisive loops.
• Ensure every touch is crisp—Fuse’s pace and culture should be obvious in the experience.

What This Job Offers