Technical Recruiter, ASICs

Location: Silicon Valley (Palo Alto) · Hybrid

About Normal Computing

Normal Computing builds silicon that turns thermal noise from an obstacle into a computational resource. Conventional chips spend most of their energy forcing determinism onto physics; ours compute with it. Stochastic, in-memory, asynchronous: the result is 10-100× more AI inference per dollar, per watt.

We co-design the full stack: AI-native EDA systems in production with the world's largest semiconductor companies, and the advanced ASICs they make possible. Backed by $85M+ from the world's leading deep-tech investors and built by scientists, engineers, and operators from the labs that built modern computing.

Normal works as one team across New York, Silicon Valley, London, Copenhagen, and Seoul. We hire people who want the hardest version of their craft, across every discipline, at every seniority.

The Role

Recruiting silicon talent is a specialist's craft: the candidate pool is small, every strong architect and DV engineer is fielding multiple offers, and the people you're hunting can smell a recruiter who doesn't know what a tapeout is.

As our Technical Recruiter, ASICs, you will own full-cycle recruiting for Normal's silicon organization: architects, RTL and DV engineers, physical design, bring-up, and the research-adjacent roles that sit beside them.

You will partner directly with hiring managers who are themselves deep technologists, source candidates who aren't looking, and close people who have every option. This is a seat on a small talent team where your searches directly determine whether a chip tapes out on schedule.

What You'll Own

• Full-Cycle Recruiting: Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for senior hardware, ASIC, and silicon architecture roles from intake through close, flexing to AI, software, and EDA searches as priorities shift.

• Strategic Sourcing: Identify and engage top-tier talent in unconventional silicon architecture, design verification, and systems architecture: people who are rarely on the market and need a reason to talk.

• Engineering Partnership: Act as a strategic partner to engineering hiring managers, aligning on candidate qualifications, technical bars, and calibration as searches evolve.

• Process Discipline: Run the WHO Method for talent calibration and maintain high-efficiency interview loops, targeting 4-5 rounds maximum so great candidates don't die in process.

• ATS Ownership: Maintain impeccable data hygiene and pipeline flow in Ashby: clean stages, honest statuses, reporting the team can trust.

• Brand Ambassadorship: Represent Normal Computing at industry events like DAC, engaging specialized candidates in the rooms where they actually gather.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 4+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, including direct experience recruiting ASIC, silicon, or semiconductor engineers: RTL, DV, physical design, architecture, or adjacent roles

• A track record of closing senior engineers against competing offers: you know how to sell equity, risk, and conviction, not just a comp number

• Technical literacy across the deep-tech landscape: EDA software, AI silicon, and custom ASIC development — you can hold a credible intake conversation with a chip architect

• Advanced fluency in Ashby (or comparable ATS) for candidate tracking, reporting, and process automation

• Operational excellence: low ego, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to move real work forward at the volume of a scaling startup

Bonus Points

• Exposure to AI/ML and software engineering recruiting in addition to hardware expertise

• Experience recruiting for unconventional computing or physics-based hardware architectures

• Previous experience in a high-growth venture-backed startup, semiconductor company, or research lab

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Normal Computing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

Accessibility Accommodations

Normal Computing is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations@normalcomputing.com.

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