Early Career & University Relations Recruiter

The role

The Early Career & University Relations Recruiter will own the strategy and execution of early talent programs. This person will build pipelines of emerging engineering and technical talent through university partnerships and structured internship programs.

What you will do

• Develop a focused strategy for target universities and technical programs.
• Build long-term relationships with professors, research labs, faculty, career centers, and student organizations.
• Develop campus engagement strategies including career fairs, technical talks, and research partnerships.
• Own end-to-end recruiting for interns, co-ops, and early career hires.
• Build talent communities and pipelines ahead of hiring needs.
• Partner with hiring managers to develop evaluation processes.
• Build and manage a structured internship and co-op program.
• Own the intern and co-op conversion strategy.
• Build Path's presence within the university, robotics, AI, and engineering communities.
• Measure the effectiveness of events, partnerships, and university investments.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in university recruiting, early careers, university relations, or technical talent programs.
• Experience building or significantly scaling an early careers or university recruiting program.
• Demonstrated success developing relationships with universities, faculty, research labs, career centers, and student organizations.
• Experience recruiting technical talent.
• Strong program management skills.
• Experience using recruiting data and market insights.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable operating in a high-growth environment.
• Willingness to travel to universities, conferences, and recruiting events as needed

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting technical talent, ideally across robotics, AI/ML, software, hardware, or engineering.

Benefits

• Daily free lunch
• Flexible PTO
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 6 weeks fully paid parental leave, plus an additional 6–8 weeks for birthing parents (12–14 weeks total)
• 401(k) retirement plan through Empower
• Generous employee referral bonuses

About the company

Path Robotics is building the future of embodied intelligence through AI-driven systems. The team works to solve big, hard problems by combining perception, reasoning, and control.