Technical Recruiter
Periodic Labs
Technical Recruiter
Periodic Labs
AI-driven materials discovery and design
We’re looking for a senior, versatile recruiter to join our lean team. You’ll partner closely with hiring managers and company leadership to own searches from kickoff through close. This is a hands-on role for someone who is independent, proactive, and enjoys operating with a high degree of ownership in a fast-moving environment.
What You'll Do
Partner with hiring managers and executives to define hiring strategies and run searches end-to-end.
Source, assess, and close candidates across technical and non-technical roles.
Build strong relationships with candidates and guide them through a high-quality hiring experience.
Continuously improve our recruiting processes and jump in wherever needed.
You Will Thrive in This Role If You Have
Significant experience owning full-cycle recruiting with minimal oversight.
A track record of closing candidates against strong competing offers.
Strong judgment, clear communication, and the ability to build trust with candidates, hiring managers, and executives.
A proactive mindset - you identify what needs to be done and take initiative without being asked.
Experience recruiting in the semiconductor industry is a plus.
Minimum experience: 5 years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or similar experience
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Compensation: $175,000-$275,000 base + equity
AI-driven materials discovery and design
Periodic Labs uses artificial intelligence to model, predict, analyze, and design new materials. Its platform learns from large scientific datasets to suggest viable material compositions, structures, and processing methods that meet performance targets. The team combines AI expertise from OpenAI and DeepMind, applying it specifically to materials science to offer data-driven material design for energy, electronics, and manufacturing. The company aims to accelerate materials discovery, enabling clean energy, better semiconductors, and stronger supply chains by reducing the time and cost of traditional research.
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