Staff Recruiter

Join Form Energy, a pioneering company in the energy industry, as a contract Staff Technical Recruiter. In this high-impact role, you will be responsible for managing multiple complex searches for niche engineering roles, collaborating with leadership to understand technical requirements and team dynamics, and designing advanced sourcing strategies to engage top-tier mechanical and hardware talent. You will also act as a subject matter expert on the hardware talent market and implement non-traditional ways to build talent pools. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of Form Energy's mission to transform America's electric grid.

• Strategic Full-Cycle Ownership: Manage multiple, complex searches for niche engineering roles, overseeing the entire lifecycle from initial research and market mapping to complex offer negotiations and closing.
• Executive Partnership: Meet regularly with hiring managers and leadership to deeply understand technical requirements, team dynamics, and the critical success factors for our hardware mission.
• Innovative Sourcing & Pipeline Building: Design and execute advanced, data-driven sourcing strategies to engage both active and passive candidates, ensuring a robust pipeline of top-tier mechanical and hardware talent.

• Strategic Influence: Demonstrated ability to influence executive stakeholders through the use of recruiting metrics, data integrity, and a partnership-first mindset
• Natural Collaborator: "Operate as a deeply integrated partner within a cohesive, high-trust team that believes the best hiring outcomes stem from active listening and mutual support; we win together by remaining agile and adapting our strategies
• Flexibility: Operate within a lean, high-leverage team where you will seamlessly pivot between high-level talent strategy and hands-on execution across diverse technical work streams
• Proven Expertise: 8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with a minimum of 3+ years specifically dedicated to Mechanical or Hardware Engineering
• Exceptional Communication: Superior organizational skills and the ability to articulate Form Energy’s mission to high-level technical talent while managing complex stakeholder relationships across multiple searches
• Advanced Tech Stack Mastery: You are a power-user of modern recruiting tools (we use LinkedIn Recruiter and Ashby)
• Technical Versatility: A strong track record of recruiting for Mechanical, Electrical, or Physical Science roles within a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Hardware Fluency: A deep understanding of the lifecycle of physical products—from initial R&D and rapid prototyping to Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and complex supply chain integration