Senior Technical Sourcer (Electrical, Mechanical, Software)

About The Role:

What You’ll Do:

• Build and execute targeted sourcing strategies for highly technical roles across software, hardware, robotics, and manufacturing engineering.
• Own top-of-funnel pipeline development using LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, Metaview, and other internal specialized tools.
• Write personalized, research-driven outreach, achieving 25%+ response rates on passive candidates.
• Conduct qualification screens to assess technical fit, motivation, and comp alignment before passing to full-cycle recruiters.
• Develop and maintain search strings, target company lists, and talent maps by role family.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers on intake, calibration, and iterative search refinement.
• Track sourcing metrics (outreach volume, response rates, pipeline conversion) and report weekly on pipeline health.
• Use AI tools to accelerate research, draft outreach variations, and identify non-obvious candidate pools.

What You’ll Need:

• 5+ years of technical sourcing or recruiting experience, ideally at a startup tech company and/or staffing agency
• Deep fluency with LinkedIn Recruiter and at least one additional sourcing platform (Juicebox, Metaview, Gem, Findem, or similar).
• Demonstrated ability to build sourcing pipelines for niche, hard-to-fill both hardware and software technical roles — you can find people who aren't looking
• Strong working knowledge of AI tools as a sourcing accelerator. (ChatGPT, Claude, or similar)
• Strong written communication skills with a track record of outreach messages that get replies.
• Ability to read a technical job description, ask the right intake questions, and independently construct a sourcing strategy without hand-holding.
• Experience with ATS platforms (Greenhouse preferred) for pipeline management, tagging, and reporting.
• Comfort with ambiguity and willingness to iterate on sourcing strategies.
• A first-principles approach to candidate evaluation quality.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Willingness to work onsite in Emeryville or Santa Clara, 2-3 days a week.