Technical Recruiter

Hyliion•Austin, TX

12d

About The Position

Hyliion is committed to creating innovative solutions for clean, flexible, and affordable electricity production. Its primary focus is developing distributed power generators that can operate on various fuel sources. The Technical Recruiter executes a structured, compliant, and data-driven full-cycle recruitment process to attract, assess, and hire engineering, technical, manufacturing, and office/corporate talent. The role partners with HR leadership and engineering, operations, and manufacturing hiring managers to understand workforce needs, create sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill roles, and provide a positive candidate experience from initial contact through start date. The recruiter also helps position Hyliion as an employer of choice for engineers and technical professionals and improves hiring outcomes in support of developing and scaling the KARNO technology. This is a salaried, exempt-level position that typically works in an office environment and may also involve exposure to operations, warehouse, and production environments. Travel may be required. Hyliion is not accepting candidates who require sponsorship for this role at this time.

Requirements

At least five years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
Proven track record of filling engineering and technical roles, including senior-level and hard-to-fill positions.
Working knowledge of engineering disciplines and technical terminology sufficient to screen candidates and partner with hiring managers.
Ability to use AI-enabled recruiting tools to improve recruiting activities, validate outputs, and ensure use is fair, unbiased, transparent, and compliant with applicable laws and company policies.
Advanced sourcing skills, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean/X-ray search, and passive talent engagement.
Hands-on experience with applicant tracking systems and recruitment software.
Excellent interviewing and candidate assessment skills, including experience designing and running structured technical interview processes.
Working knowledge of HR practices and applicable labor and employment laws.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for engaging technical candidates and stakeholders.
Strong organization and prioritization skills and ability to manage a high-volume requisition load in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to travel as needed by plane, automobile, or other means.
Candidates requiring sponsorship are not being accepted for this role.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree preferred; a degree in Human Resources, Business, or a technical field is a plus.
Experience in an in-house corporate environment supporting engineering, manufacturing, or hardware technology organizations.
Experience recruiting in startup, high-growth, energy, clean technology, automotive, or industrial manufacturing environments.
Experience with Greenhouse ATS.
Familiarity with export control (ITAR/EAR) considerations.

Responsibilities

Partner with engineering, operations, and manufacturing hiring managers to understand technical requirements, team structure, and business needs, and translate them into hiring plans and job descriptions.
Own full-cycle technical recruiting across mechanical, electrical, systems and controls, software/firmware, test, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain disciplines, managing multiple priority searches.
Develop an understanding of company technology, products, and engineering disciplines to engage candidates credibly and assess fit accurately.
Source active and passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse, Boolean and X-ray search, technical communities, professional associations, referrals, and other outreach strategies.
Build and maintain talent pipelines for critical and recurring technical and manufacturing roles, including niche and hard-to-fill skill sets.
Conduct phone, video, and in-person interviews to evaluate technical background, hands-on experience, culture add, and role fit.
Design and coordinate structured technical interviews, panel interviews, and skills assessments, and calibrate interviewers on evaluation criteria.
Serve as the primary candidate contact throughout recruitment and provide clear, timely, and professional communication.
Collaborate with HR on offers, compensation benchmarking, and hiring approvals, and help close candidates.
Maintain accurate, OFCCP-compliant records in the applicant tracking system.
Track, analyze, and report recruiting metrics, including time to hire, time to fill, source of hire, offer acceptance rate, and pipeline health; identify opportunities to improve.
Ensure recruitment activities comply with employment laws, internal policies, OFCCP requirements, and applicable ITAR/EAR export-control screening requirements.
Promote the employer brand with technical audiences across platforms such as LinkedIn and Glassdoor and through job postings.
Build relationships with universities, engineering programs and societies, trade and technical schools, and external recruitment partners; organize and participate in career fairs, campus recruiting, and intern programs.
Adapt to changing priorities and take on additional responsibilities as the company grows.
Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned, needed, or required for the business.