Sr. Technical Recruiter
About The Position
SK hynix America is seeking a strategic Senior Technical Recruiter to lead talent acquisition for several new Tech/AI organizations being built from the ground up. The recruiter will own end-to-end sourcing and hiring strategy for specialized semiconductor and technology roles, partner closely with new technical teams, build innovative talent pipelines, secure senior-level leaders, and help attract top technology talent to stabilize and scale the organizations. SK hynix America is a global leader in HBM, DRAM, and NAND flash technologies, developing memory solutions for applications ranging from mobile technology to AI data centers. The company describes itself as committed to sustainable operations and is expanding its U.S. investments and advanced technology portfolio. This position follows an onsite work model.
Requirements
- Authorization to work in the United States.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- At least 8 years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, including significant experience hiring senior technical talent.
- A proven record of recruiting specialized technical roles in AI/ML, semiconductor, hardware, systems engineering, or other deep-tech/high-tech environments.
- Experience partnering with senior hiring managers, executives, and technical leaders to define hiring strategies and close high-impact candidates.
- Advanced sourcing skills, including Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, social sourcing, market mapping, referral generation, and engaging passive candidates.
- Strong working knowledge of technical domains such as AI/ML, software engineering, hardware engineering, semiconductor design, or related technical areas.
- Experience managing complex recruiting pipelines in an ATS such as Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, or similar.
Nice To Haves
- Experience hiring executive-level technical leaders, engineering managers, Principal- or Staff-level engineers, AI researchers, or semiconductor specialists.
- Experience in a rapid-growth startup, scale-up, or global technology organization.
- Familiarity with compensation benchmarking, leveling frameworks, offer negotiation, and competitive market intelligence.
- Proficiency with Greenhouse and LinkedIn Recruiter.
Responsibilities
- Design and execute targeted sourcing strategies for technical roles at multiple levels, including executive leaders, engineering managers, and senior individual contributors.
- Identify and engage passive candidates through direct sourcing, market mapping, referrals, technical communities, conferences, publications, open-source networks, and competitor research.
- Provide market intelligence on talent availability, compensation trends, competitor hiring activity, location strategy, and candidate expectations to support headcount planning and organization design.
- Build and maintain long-term talent pipelines for AI, ML, semiconductor, hardware, and systems engineering roles.
- Maintain accurate candidate, pipeline, interview, and hiring data in Greenhouse or a similar ATS.
- Report on pipeline health, sourcing effectiveness, time-to-fill, candidate experience, diversity outreach, and progress against hiring goals.
- Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable employment laws, compensation regulations, and internal hiring policies.
- Improve recruiting processes, interview quality, candidate experience, and hiring manager enablement.
Benefits
- Top-tier health insurance at no employee cost.
- Paid time off, company holidays, parental leave, and Happy Fridays.
- 401(k) matching.
- Flexible Spending Account for health care and dependent care.
- Educational reimbursement up to $10,000 per year.
- Donation matching and volunteering opportunities.
- Corporate discount programs.
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided free to employees.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
