University & Early Talent Recruiter

Foundry Robotics•Emeryville, CA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native robotics manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for leading robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware. The role of the University & Early Talent Recruiter is to build and manage the company's early talent programs, including internships, new-grad hiring, and apprenticeships. This is a foundational role aimed at discovering and attracting emerging talent, particularly in engineering fields, to support the company's mission of rebuilding American manufacturing through AI-first, assembly-focused, dual-use contract manufacturing. The position requires a strategic approach to sourcing, program design, mentorship, and conversion, with the goal of making Foundry's internship program the best in the country.

Requirements

3+ years in university or early-talent recruiting, ideally engineering-heavy.
Experience running a program, not just working career fairs.
Ability to describe a program loop designed and the conversion rate it produced.
Knowledge of the collegiate engineering competition ecosystem, and why a strong FSAE member is often a better signal than a strong GPA.
Ability to build durable relationships with faculty, club leads, and career services that survive job changes.
Experience designing an intern project that produced both real work and real assessment signal.
Demonstrated success in hiring from lesser-known schools.

Nice To Haves

Apprenticeship or non-degree pathway program design.
Early-career hiring into ITAR-controlled programs, including the eligibility constraints.
Experience in Robotics, aerospace, defense, or another hardware-rich industry.
Experience using Ashby.

Responsibilities

Own the intern, new-grad, and apprenticeship programs end to end: school strategy, sourcing, the loop, project design, mentorship, conversion, and alumni relationships.
Build a school strategy wider than the obvious top-ten ME, EE, CS, etc. programs — state schools, community college mechatronics and technical programs, and the competition teams (Formula SAE, Baja, FIRST, RoboMaster, rocketry) where people self-select into hard hands-on work.
Design intern projects that produce genuine signal on a specific competency and work we actually needed done.
Build the shop-floor apprenticeship pathway with the Volume Recruiter and manufacturing leads — a credible way in for people without a four-year degree.
Reverse engineer where great people have come from, be the data master of the undiscovered gold mines of talent and potential.