Lead Technical Recruiter (Contract to Hire)

About the role

Exowatt is revolutionizing the energy landscape for the AI era with its P3 system that captures solar energy, stores it as heat, and generates electricity on demand. Founded in 2023 and backed by leading investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sam Altman, and Felicis, the company is committed to providing clean, modular, and scalable power for AI infrastructure. The Lead Technical Recruiter will own full-cycle hiring for critical engineering and technical roles, partnering with engineering and product leaders in Miami, building pipelines for hard-to-fill roles across hardware, mechanical, electrical, power systems, optical, controls, and firmware engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting: intake, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and close for technical roles spanning hardware, mechanical, software, electrical, power systems, optical, manufacturing, controls, and firmware engineering.
• Build and execute creative sourcing strategies to reach passive candidates from hardware, energy, aerospace, automotive, semiconductor, robotics, and adjacent deep-tech industries.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to define role requirements, calibrate on candidate profiles, and design structured, efficient interview processes.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership on market conditions, compensation benchmarks, talent availability, and hiring strategy.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience from first outreach through onboarding, representing Exowatt's mission and culture with credibility.
• Manage a high-priority requisition load while maintaining rigor on quality and data hygiene in Lever ATS.
• Track and report on pipeline health, funnel metrics, and time-to-fill; use data to identify bottlenecks and improve outcomes.
• Help establish and refine recruiting processes, tooling, employer brand, and interviewer training as the team scales.
• Travel periodically to the Austin facility to align and partner with other leadership and Exowatt team members.

Requirements

• 6+ years of technical recruiting experience with a demonstrated track record of sourcing, identifying, and closing top talent for hardware, mechanical, software, electrical, power systems, optical, controls, and firmware roles.
• Understanding of the Miami and Florida engineering talent market and local networks.
• Deep experience recruiting for hardware and engineering‑heavy organizations; ability to speak credibly with power electronics engineers and controls engineers.
• Proven ability to build pipelines for niche, senior, and hard‑to‑fill roles through direct sourcing, networking, referrals, and market mapping (not just inbound applications).
• Strong closing skills: experience navigating complex offers, competing opportunities, relocations, and equity conversations.
• Excellent judgment on candidate quality and confidence to push back on hiring managers when it improves outcomes.
• Highly organized and data‑driven, with fluency in Lever, LinkedIn Recruiter, and modern sourcing tools.
• Experience using AI tools, specifically Claude, to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑moving, early‑stage environment with shifting priorities and a high degree of ownership.
• Based in the Miami, FL metro area and able to work on‑site five days per week.
• Able to travel to Exowatt's Austin, TX facility as needed.

Benefits

• Travel and accommodation expenses covered for periodic trips to the Austin facility.
• Path to full‑time employment after successful 1099 contract period.

Schedule

40 hours per week, on‑site in the Miami headquarters, Monday through Friday.