💼 About This Role

You'll own talent acquisition end to end for our US operations, working directly with the CEO and CTOs to bring in engineers and scientists. This is a headhunting role where you'll personally run and close the most critical searches. As we grow, you'll mentor recruiters and lead the People function in North America.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Run and close candidates across hardware, optical, software, and research in the US.
• Partner with CEO, CTOs, and engineering leads to scope roles and calibrate on talent.
• Build a proactive sourcing engine across the US with close coordination with European and Israeli hubs.
• Define and continuously sharpen Arago's interview process and hiring bar.

📋 Requirements

• 5+ years of recruiting experience with strong headhunting track record in deep tech.
• Proven ability to close senior technical talent (staff/principal engineers, research scientists) end to end.
• Experience in fast-moving startups or scale-ups, ideally Series A through C.
• Deep network in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley semiconductor and AI ecosystem.

✨ Nice to Have

• Comfort across geographies and timezones (US, France, Israel).
• Experience designing processes from scratch.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 🏥 Healthcare coverage including family-friendly options
• 📈 Meaningful stock option plan at earliest stage
• 🏖️ 25 days PTO plus public holidays
• 📚 Professional development support
• 🌍 High-paced, multicultural engineering-led environment

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks · AI estimate

1. 1Recruiter Call· 30 min
2. 2Hiring Manager Interview· 60 min
3. 3Technical Interview· 60 min