Engineering Recruitment - Technical Sourcer

Founding Technical Recruiter

Competitive Salary + Equity

UniversalAGI is building the next generation of AI for industrial engineering. We're backed by top investors and building foundation AI models for physics that enable end-to-end industrial automation from initial design through optimization, validation, and production.

We're building a high-velocity team of relentless researchers and engineers that will define the next generation of AI for industrial engineering. If you're passionate about AI, physics, or the future of industrial innovation, we want to hear from you.

As our founding Technical Recruiter, you'll be in the arena from day one, building the talent engine that will power UniversalAGI's hypergrowth. This is your chance to take everything you've learned about technical recruiting and use it to build a world-class team that will transform industrial engineering.

AI researchers, CFD engineers, physicists, applied mathematicians, and deep tech builders who are currently defining the cutting edge at places like OpenAI, NVIDIA, ANSYS, Siemens, Tesla, SpaceX, and top research labs.

This isn't passive recruiting. This is strategic talent acquisition at the highest level—finding needles in haystacks, building relationships with people who aren't looking, and closing candidates who have multiple competing offers.

Identify, engage, and close specialized technical talent spreading across AI/ML researchers, physics simulation engineers, CFD/FEA experts, and deep tech engineers at unprecedented speed

Design and optimize recruiting workflows, tools, and processes that scale with our hypergrowth while maintaining quality—you'll build the playbook that future recruiters will follow

Build and execute creative sourcing strategies to identify talent in highly specialized niches: AI researchers working on physics-informed neural networks, CFD engineers from automotive/aerospace/maritime, computational physicists, applied mathematicians, and systems engineers

Own the entire candidate pipeline from initial identification through offer acceptance, managing 50+ active candidates simultaneously while maintaining exceptional candidate experience

Build and maintain a robust talent pipeline that stays weeks ahead of hiring needs, ensuring we never slow down due to lack of qualified candidates

Track, analyze, and optimize key recruiting metrics: pipeline conversion rates, time-to-hire, source effectiveness, offer acceptance rates, and candidate quality scores

Represent UniversalAGI at conferences, meetups, and technical communities, building our employer brand and talent network in AI and deep tech circles

Mentor and help grow our talent team and expand our recruiting footprint

5+ years of high-volume technical recruiting experience with proven track record of closing specialized talent quickly. You've personally closed dozens of highly sought after technical hires and can demonstrate rapid pipeline-to-offer conversion.

Expert in sourcing strategies and tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, JuiceBox, GitHub, Boolean search, X-ray searches, AI sourcing tools, research paper databases, conference attendee lists, etc.).

Demonstrated success recruiting for technical roles: Outstanding execution velocity and delivery—you move fast, manage multiple pipelines simultaneously, and consistently hit aggressive hiring targets.

Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills capable of engaging passive candidates and building long-term talent networks.

Data-driven mindset with strong analytical skills to optimize recruiting funnels and improve conversion rates.

Comfortable working in high-intensity, fast-paced startup environments with evolving priorities, ambitious hiring goals, and tight deadlines.

Work on cutting-edge talent acquisition challenges finding the world's most specialized technical talent.

Competitive compensation with significant equity upside.

In-person first culture - 5 days a week in office with a team that values face-to-face collaboration.

Access to world-class investors and advisors in the AI space who can open doors to top-tier talent networks.

Competitive compensation and equity.

Competitive health, dental, vision benefits paid by the company.

Flexible vacation.

Team Building & Fun Activities.

Daily office lunch & dinner covered by the company.

Immigration support.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; We are builders, problem solvers, and risk-takers who show up every day ready to put in the work: to sweat, to struggle, and to push past our limits.