Step into a career with ASM, where cutting edge technology meets collaborative culture.
For over 55 years ASM has been ahead of what’s next, at the forefront of innovation and what’s technologically possible. With more than 4,500 ASMers representing 70 nationalities, our people and our advanced semiconductor devices are playing a crucial role in trends such as 5G, cloud computing, AI, and autonomous driving. But we’re more than just a tech company. We value diversity, inclusion and sustainability as we strive to make a positive impact on the world. Our development programs help support your growth, shaping your future and pushing the boundaries of innovation to unleash potential.
We are looking for a high-potential, hands-on Regional University Relations & Early Careers Recruiter to help build ASM’s future talent pipeline across the United States.
This role will lead university recruiting and early careers hiring efforts across key U.S. markets, partnering with Talent Acquisition teams, hiring managers, universities, professors, research labs, career centers, and student organizations to connect emerging engineering and technology talent with career opportunities at ASM.
The position will own the execution of U.S. university recruiting and early careers programs, including internships, co-ops, new college graduate (NCG), master’s, PhD, and other graduate-level hiring. The role will also provide recruiting and program support to ASM’s European early careers efforts, working closely with the EU Early Careers Recruiter and regional TA teams as needed.
This role will partner closely with global Early Careers, Talent Acquisition, and Recruitment Marketing teams on annual program planning, university engagement, talent attraction, and execution.
Key Responsibilities
University & Academic Partnerships
- Build and execute ASM’s U.S. university recruiting plan, with clear focus on hiring outcomes and sustainable engineering talent pipelines.
- Develop strong relationships with universities, engineering schools, professors, research labs, career centers, and student organizations.
- Build targeted engagement strategies across key STEM disciplines, including Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, and Computer Science.
- Develop relationships with graduate programs, PhD advisors, researchers, postdoctoral communities, and university leadership to strengthen pipelines for specialized technical talent.
- Identify opportunities for strategic university collaboration, including guest lectures, technical talks, capstone projects, research partnerships, scholarships, competitions, and sponsorships.
- Maintain a consistent campus presence across ASM’s priority U.S. universities and identify emerging schools and programs that align with future hiring needs.
Early Careers Recruiting & Strategy
- Translate U.S. business hiring needs into a practical, data-informed early careers recruiting roadmap.
- Lead full-cycle recruiting for internships, co-ops, new college graduates, master’s, PhD, and other early career hiring.
- Partner with hiring managers to identify future capability needs and build sustainable pipelines ahead of demand.
- Develop and maintain student and graduate talent communities for critical and recurring technical roles.
- Drive intern and co-op conversion strategies to strengthen ASM’s pipeline of future full-time talent.
- Create engaging ways to connect students with ASM through campus events, technical talks, networking, employee stories, student organizations, and targeted recruiting campaigns.
- Track recruiting activity, pipeline health, university effectiveness, hiring outcomes, and conversion to continuously improve the university recruiting strategy.
Europe Early Careers Support
- Provide interim recruiting support for European early careers hiring in partnership with the EU Early Careers Recruiter and regional Talent Acquisition teams.
- Support sourcing, candidate engagement, university recruiting activities, interview coordination, and hiring execution as business needs require.
- Share university recruiting practices, programs, tools, and insights across the U.S. and European early careers teams to support greater global consistency.
- Partner across regions during peak recruiting periods and priority early careers initiatives.
Talent Attraction Activation
- Activate university-focused talent attraction plans across the U.S. in alignment with global TA Center of Excellence guidance and MarCom standards.
- Tailor campus messaging for engineering, technical, and STEM audiences using approved employer brand frameworks and content.
- Represent ASM at university career fairs, engineering conferences, technical symposiums, student organization events, networking events, and recruiting campaigns.
- Partner with Marketing, Communications, Talent Acquisition, and regional stakeholders to increase ASM’s visibility within target U.S. university and early career talent communities.
- Identify candidate-relevant stories, campus insights, and recruiting needs, then partner with MarCom and COE owners on messaging, creative assets, and broader employer brand campaigns.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Engineering, Communications, Psychology, or a related discipline.
- 3+ years of hands-on recruiting experience, including full-cycle recruiting for professional and/or early career talent.
- Experience with university recruiting, campus recruiting, internships, co-ops, new college graduate hiring, or graduate talent programs.
- Demonstrated experience recruiting across multiple roles or hiring programs in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to develop partnerships with universities, professors, career centers, student organizations, hiring managers, and internal stakeholders.
- Understanding of the U.S. university and early careers recruiting landscape, particularly STEM and engineering talent pipelines.
- Strong project management and execution skills with the ability to manage multiple universities, recruiting campaigns, events, and hiring priorities simultaneously.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions, business groups, and geographies.
- Data-driven mindset with the ability to use recruiting metrics and market insights to evaluate university partnerships and improve hiring outcomes.
- Adaptable, self-driven, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving global environment.
- Ability to travel to universities, recruiting events, and other ASM locations as needed.
- Semiconductor, engineering, advanced manufacturing, or technology industry recruiting experience preferred.
Apply today to be part of what’s next.
We make the tech that enables the chips in devices which improve lives around the world. We do this with an eye to the future, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible through cutting-edge innovation, and driving the next wave of technological breakthroughs that shape how we live, work, and connect.
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ASM is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identify or expression, marital status, pregnancy, political affiliation, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
