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Senior Technical Recruiter
sonatus· Talent Acquisition
About this role
At Sonatus, we’re driving the transformation to AI-enabled software-defined vehicles. Traditional automotive software methods can’t keep pace with consumer expectations shaped by the mobile industry—where features evolve rapidly, update seamlessly, and improve continuously. That’s why leading OEMs trust Sonatus to accelerate this shift. Our technology is already in production across more than 9 million vehicles on the road today and rapidly expanding.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, with 250+ employees worldwide, Sonatus combines the agility of a fast-growing company with the scale and impact of an established partner. Backed by strong funding and proven by global deployment, we’re solving some of the most interesting and complex challenges in the industry. Join us and help redefine what’s possible as we shape the future of mobility.
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Recruiter to join our team. You will serve as a trusted talent advisor to engineering leaders, using market insights, recruiting data, and technical talent expertise to shape hiring strategies, calibrate profiles, identify risks, and drive hiring outcomes. You will own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing through offer negotiation while building strong relationships with candidates and hiring managers globally. This is a hybrid role working from our Sunnyvale headquarters three days a week.
Responsibilities:
- Full-Cycle Recruitment: Drive the recruitment lifecycle for technical roles across AI/ML, software, embedded, systems, cloud, and related areas globally, ensuring an efficient, rigorous, and high-quality hiring process.
- Recruiting Calibration & Strategy: Lead intake and calibration sessions, translating business and technical requirements into clear candidate profiles, sourcing strategies, assessment criteria, and recruiting plans.
- Hiring Manager Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor, proactively identifying risks, challenging assumptions, and influencing hiring strategies through market insights, pipeline data, and candidate feedback.
- Strategic Sourcing & Pipeline Development: Develop and execute creative, multi-channel sourcing strategies to engage high-caliber technical talent, continuously evaluating effectiveness and adjusting as needed.
- Screening & Assessment: Assess candidates against defined success criteria, including technical experience, scope, complexity, ownership, impact, communication, and motivation, while driving consistent, evidence-based evaluation.
- AI & Recruiting Innovation: Apply AI to improve recruiting processes, productivity, research, sourcing, analysis, and decision-making, while identifying opportunities to improve how the team operates.
- Data & Pipeline Management: Maintain accurate Greenhouse data and leverage recruiting metrics to identify risks, forecast outcomes, diagnose bottlenecks, and adjust strategy while ensuring compliance.
- Talent Intelligence & Market Research: Understand relevant talent markets, competitor activity, compensation trends, talent availability, and emerging technologies, translating insights into actionable recommendations.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in fast-paced startup or high-growth technology environments, with ownership of complex, competitive engineering searches.
- Proven ability to advise engineering leaders, influence hiring decisions, challenge assumptions, and provide data- and market-driven recommendations.
- Demonstrated success developing multi-channel sourcing strategies and recruiting passive talent across competitive technical domains such as software, embedded systems, cloud, or AI/ML.
- Strong technical curiosity and AI fluency, with the ability to quickly understand complex technical domains, engage credibly with candidates and engineering stakeholders, and thoughtfully leverage AI to improve recruiting processes, productivity, research, sourcing, analysis, and decision-making.
- Experience using recruiting metrics and funnel data to assess pipeline health, identify bottlenecks, forecast outcomes, and adjust strategy.
- Ability to manage multiple complex searches while maintaining a strong candidate experience and effective stakeholder communication.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills, with a track record of building strong candidate and hiring manager relationships.
- Ability to work onsite at our Sunnyvale headquarters three days per week.
Sunnyvale HQ Benefits & Perks Offered:
- Health care plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Flexible and Dependent Care Expense program
- Retirement plan (401k)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Unlimited paid time off per year, 14+ paid holidays
- Hybrid office work arrangement
- Complimentary lunches, snacks, and beverages during on-site working days
- Wellness benefit allowance
- Phone & Internet reimbursement
- Computer Accessory Allowance
The posted salary range is a general guideline and represents a good faith estimate of what Sonatus ("Company") could reasonably expect to pay for a base salary for this position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs. The Company reserves the right to modify this range in the future, as needed, as market conditions change.
Base Salary Pay Range
$128,000—$174,000 USD
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the salary for the Senior Technical Recruiter role at sonatus?
The listed salary for this Senior Technical Recruiter position at sonatus is USD 128K–174K. This is an full-time role.
Where is the Senior Technical Recruiter position at sonatus located?
This Senior Technical Recruiter role at sonatus is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Which team or department does the Senior Technical Recruiter at sonatus belong to?
This Senior Technical Recruiter position is part of the Talent Acquisition department at sonatus. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
How do I apply for the Senior Technical Recruiter position at sonatus?
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When was the Senior Technical Recruiter job at sonatus posted?
This Senior Technical Recruiter position at sonatus was posted on Sep 16, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Senior Technical Recruiter
sonatus · 💰 USD 128K–174K
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