Technical Recruiter

The role

The Technical Recruiter will identify, engage, and hire talent across engineering, process, and technical operations teams. You will partner with founders to scale the team during the commissioning of the first plant.

What you will do

• Partner with founders and hiring managers to define roles, candidate profiles and interview criteria.
• Source and engage candidates across engineering, chemistry, metallurgy and plant operations.
• Own searches from initial outreach through screening, interviews, offer negotiation and close.
• Build pipelines for current openings and future hiring needs.
• Keep candidates informed and ensure timely feedback and decisions.
• Own Ashby workflows and reporting.
• Use hiring results and market insights to improve sourcing, compensation decisions and offer acceptance.

Required qualifications

• Technical recruiting experience in a startup, in-house manufacturing environment or recruiting agency (focused on technical recruiting).
• Proven success hiring for technical roles (e.g., process engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, metallurgy, operators, and technicians).
• Strong ability to partner with and influence founders, engineering leaders, and technical stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of technical roles, skill sets, and hiring landscapes in hard tech or advanced manufacturing.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to assess technical talent and calibrate effectively with hiring teams.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple searches in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.
• Data-driven mindset with a focus on delivering results.

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting in rare earths, metallurgy, recycling, battery materials, or semiconductor industries.
• Experience recruiting hourly/non-exempt operators and technicians in addition to engineering roles.
• Experience building recruiting and TA processes at an early stage company.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Company-provided lunch daily.

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship available if needed.

About the company

Solcoa is building the next generation of American metalmaking, starting with rare earths. They have developed a new chemistry that converts rare earth oxides into high-purity metals.