Lead Technical Recruiter (Contract to Hire)

What You'll Do

- Own full-cycle recruiting to include intake, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and close for technical roles spanning hardware, mechanical, software, electrical, power systems, optical, manufacturing, controls, and firmware engineering.

- Build and execute creative sourcing strategies to reach passive candidates from hardware, energy, aerospace, automotive, semiconductor, robotics, and adjacent deep-tech industries.

- Partner closely with hiring managers to define role requirements, calibrate on candidate profiles, and design structured, efficient interview processes.

- Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership on market conditions, compensation benchmarks, talent availability, and hiring strategy.

- Deliver an exceptional candidate experience from first outreach through onboarding, representing Exowatt's mission and culture with credibility.

- Manage a high-priority requisition load while maintaining rigor on quality and data hygiene in our ATS. We use Lever.

- Track and report on pipeline health, funnel metrics, and time-to-fill; use data to identify bottlenecks and improve outcomes.

- Help establish and refine recruiting processes, tooling, employer brand, and interviewer training as the Austin team scales.

- Travel periodically to our Austin facility to align and partner with other leadership and Exowatt team members.

What You Bring

- 6+ years of technical recruiting experience, with a demonstrated track record of sourcing, identifying, and closing top talent for hardware, mechanical, software, electrical, power systems, optical, controls, and firmware roles.

- Understanding of the Miami, and Florida engineering talent market and local networks.

- Deep experience recruiting for hardware and engineering-heavy organizations. You understand the difference between a power electronics engineer and a controls engineer, and you can speak credibly with both.

- Proven ability to build pipelines for niche, senior, and hard-to-fill roles through direct sourcing, networking, referrals, and market mapping, not just inbound applications.

- Strong closing skills: experience navigating complex offers, competing opportunities, relocations, and equity conversations.

- Excellent judgment on candidate quality and the confidence to push back on hiring managers when it improves the outcome.

- Highly organized and data-driven, with fluency in Lever, LinkedIn Recruiter, and modern sourcing tools.

- Experience using AI tools, Claude specifically, to enhance productivity and efficiency.

- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, early-stage environment with shifting priorities and a high degree of ownership.

- Based in the Miami, FL metro area and able to work on-site five days per week. Only local Miami and surrounding area candidates will be considered.

- Able to travel to Exowatt's Austin, TX facility as needed.

Nice to Have

- Experience recruiting for climate tech, energy, solar, energy storage, or industrial hardware companies.

- Experience hiring for manufacturing, test, and field engineering roles in addition to design engineering.

- Experience as a first or early recruiting hire, building processes and infrastructure from scratch.

- Familiarity with the Austin engineering talent market and local networks.

Engagement Details

- Structure : 1099 independent contractor, contract to hire. Successful contractors will be considered for conversion to full-time employment.

- Schedule : 40 hours per week, on-site in our Miami headquarters, Monday through Friday.

- Travel : Periodic travel to our Austin, TX facility; travel and accommodation expenses are covered by Exowatt.

- Compensation : Competitive contract rate commensurate with experience; details discussed during the interview process.