Technical Recruiter, ASICs

Recruiting

The candidate pool is small, every strong architect and DV engineer is fielding multiple offers, and the people you're hunting can smell a recruiter who doesn't know what a tapeout is. As our Technical Recruiter, ASICs, you will own full-cycle recruiting for Normal's silicon organization: architects, RTL and DV engineers, physical design, bring-up, and the research-adjacent roles that sit beside them.

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for senior hardware, ASIC, and silicon architecture roles from intake through close, flexing to AI, software, and EDA searches as priorities shift.
• Identify and engage top-tier talent in unconventional silicon architecture, design verification, and systems architecture: people who are rarely on the market and need a reason to talk.
• Act as a strategic partner to engineering hiring managers, aligning on candidate qualifications, technical bars, and calibration as searches evolve.
• Run the WHO Method for talent calibration and maintain high-efficiency interview loops, targeting 4-5 rounds maximum so great candidates don't die in process.
• Maintain impeccable data hygiene and pipeline flow in Ashby: clean stages, honest statuses, reporting the team can trust.
• Represent Normal Computing at industry events like DAC, engaging specialized candidates in the rooms where they actually gather.

What You'll Own

Full-Cycle Recruiting: Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for senior hardware, ASIC, and silicon architecture roles from intake through close, flexing to AI, software, and EDA searches as priorities shift.

Strategic Sourcing

Identify and engage top-tier talent in unconventional silicon architecture, design verification, and systems architecture: people who are rarely on the market and need a reason to talk.

Engineering Partnership

Act as a strategic partner to engineering hiring managers, aligning on candidate qualifications, technical bars, and calibration as searches evolve.

Process Discipline

Run the WHO Method for talent calibration and maintain high-efficiency interview loops, targeting 4-5 rounds maximum so great candidates don't die in process.

ATS Ownership

Maintain impeccable data hygiene and pipeline flow in Ashby: clean stages, honest statuses, reporting the team can trust.

Brand Ambassadorship

Represent Normal Computing at industry events like DAC, engaging specialized candidates in the rooms where they actually gather.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 4+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, including direct experience recruiting ASIC, silicon, or semiconductor engineers: RTL, DV, physical design, architecture, or adjacent roles.
• A track record of closing senior engineers against competing offers: you know how to sell equity, risk, and conviction, not just a comp number.
• Technical literacy across the deep-tech landscape: EDA software, AI silicon, and custom ASIC development — you can hold a credible intake conversation with a chip architect.
• Advanced fluency in Ashby (or comparable ATS) for candidate tracking, reporting, and process automation.
• Operational excellence: low ego, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to move real work forward at the volume of a scaling startup.

Bonus Points

• Exposure to AI/ML and software engineering recruiting in addition to hardware expertise.
• Previous experience in a high-growth venture-backed startup, semiconductor company, or research lab.