Senior Technical Recruiter, Hardware

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Job description

Senior Technical Recruiter, Hardware

at Cruise

San Francisco, CA

We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We're building the world's most advanced, self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

Cruisers have the opportunity to grow and develop while learning from leaders at the forefront of their fields. With a culture of internal mobility, there's an opportunity to thrive in a variety of disciplines. This is a place for dreamers and doers to succeed.

If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, join us.

What you'll be doing:

• Work closely with engineering leads to understand their hiring needs and guide them on how to improve hiring output for their team
• Strategically plan and be responsible for a pipeline of exceptionally qualified candidates and maintain their interest throughout the entire process
• Continually source passive candidates for tough-to-fill positions and creatively source for specialized roles
• Work with other recruiters on the team and help one another reach team goals, mentor junior recruiters as needed
• Craft and distribute effective job descriptions to build a compelling pitch for qualified candidates
• Build and maintain relationships with top talent and engineering leaders
• Stay current with tech and autonomous vehicle industry news

What you must have:

• Experience recruiting within the AV and/or consumer hardware industry
• Proven experience as a full-cycle, in-house technical recruiter
• Consistent track record of sourcing and recruiting technical talent
• Experience and proficiency of technically knowledgeable to conduct initial phone screens and calibrate against job descriptions
• Strong network of potential hires
• Ability to understand and relate to the startup and engineering attitude
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Attention to detail, organization skills, outstanding email habits
• Ability to multitask and adapt to fast-paced work environment
• Passionate about self-driving cars and their impact on the world
• Analytic/data oriented approach to handling your recruiting funnel and working with your hiring partners
• An understanding of diversity recruiting fundamentals

Bonus Points!

• Experience with Greenhouse, GEM, and/or Workday
• Relationships with research departments at top engineering graduate schools
• Hardware engineering and/or technical background
• Fluency with Tableau/similar reporting tools
• Strong excel/spreadsheet skills
• Experience in delivering a hardware product from conception to launch

Why Cruise?

• Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
• Competitive salary and benefits
• 401(k) Cruise matching program
• Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
• One Medical membership
• Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
• Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility Benefits
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
• Flexible Spending Account
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
• We're Integrated
• Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.
• We're Funded
• GM, Honda, Microsoft, SoftBank, & T. Rowe Price, have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.
• We're Independent
• We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the edge of technology, but also define it.
• We're Vested
• You won't just own your work here, you'll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives.

We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email .

We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives.

Vaccine Mandate.

At Cruise, we're tasked with leading in the communities we serve - and doing our part to help keep our communities and our teams safe. Our #StaySafe culture transcends and informs all we do, and because of this, as of October 31, 2021 Cruise will be mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all US-based Cruisers who need or want to access any of our US Cruise facilities and engage in any business travel - including attending any in-person Company-sponsored event.

If you are unable to get a vaccine due to a medical condition, disability, or a strongly-held religious belief, Cruise will consider requests for an accommodation.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.