At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead complex technical hiring in deep-tech, focusing on niche roles and building a scalable hiring engine.
- Company: Join a high-growth deep-tech business with a mission-driven culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team committed to inclusion and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a specialised field while developing your recruitment expertise.
- Qualifications: 6+ years in deep-tech recruitment with strong stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Location: Hybrid (UK)
Engagement: Embedded, full-time
Experience: 6+ years in deep-tech / semiconductor / hardware recruitment (in-house, embedded/RPO, or agency)
The opportunity:
You will embed into a high-growth deep-tech business as their dedicated recruiter, operating day-to-day as an extension of the internal People function. This is an execution-heavy, high-judgement role: you will own complex technical hiring end-to-end, move at pace, and help build a repeatable hiring engine that scales. This is not generalist tech hiring. You will be working in highly specialised markets where credibility, precision, and persistence matter.
The role:
As an Embedded Recruiter (Senior Talent Partner), you will run full lifecycle hiring across deep-tech engineering and selected commercial leadership roles depending on priority and region. You will embed with hiring managers, align on success profiles, build targeted sourcing strategies, and deliver high-quality shortlists for niche roles. You will be expected to recruit for highly specialised positions including:
- Senior Digital IC Design Engineers
- Senior Analog / Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineers
- Memory design specialists and adjacent R&D engineering talent
- Additional deep-tech engineering roles across IC, hardware, and systems, as required
- Select head-office roles where needed (e.g., Business Development, Product, Partnerships)
What you’ll do:
- Own delivery (end-to-end)
- Lead structured intake sessions (success profile, scorecard, interview plan, compensation context)
- Build and execute sourcing strategies for scarce deep-tech talent across the US and Europe
- Run full recruitment lifecycle: outreach, screening, shortlist quality, interview orchestration, offer strategy, close
- Deliver a high-touch candidate experience that reflects a mission-led, technical environment
- Recruit with technical fluency
- Learn and communicate a complex technology story clearly and confidently
- Hold structured conversations with IC design and deep-tech candidates (without needing to be an engineer)
- Translate technical requirements into practical sourcing signals and screening criteria
- Build a scalable hiring engine
- Operate an ATS as the source of truth with clean workflows, stages, and reporting
- Implement structured interview scorecards and repeatable hiring playbooks
- Create weekly operating cadence: pipeline reviews, hiring manager updates, decision discipline
- Support the foundations of employer brand in outreach and messaging consistency (where relevant)
What “great” looks like:
- Consistent progress against priority roles with clear funnel health and fast feedback loops
- High quality, curated shortlists for niche deep-tech positions (quality over volume)
- Strong stakeholder trust built through crisp communication, ownership, and pace
- A hiring process that improves every month because you systemise it, not because the business slows down
What we’re looking for:
- ~6+ years recruiting in deep tech (semiconductors, IC design, hardware, advanced materials, compute infrastructure, or similarly technical domains)
- ~ Track record hiring across Digital IC, Analog/Mixed-Signal, and/or specialised engineering disciplines
- ~ Strong stakeholder management: able to align, challenge, and drive decisions without politics
- ~ High output and high judgement: speed with a high bar
- ~ Data and process mindset: you naturally run structured pipelines, metrics, and cadence
- ~ Comfort operating across geographies and time zones with clear written communication
Why this is different:
This is an embedded role in a deep-tech environment at an inflection point. You will be trusted to operate like an internal owner, with real accountability for outcomes, quality, and pace.
Inclusion:
We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace. If you need adjustments at any stage of the process, we will support you.
