Associate Talent Acquisition Partner

Overview

Manage end-to-end hiring for niche engineering roles across the semiconductor, VLSI and EDA domains.

What you'll do

• Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle from requisition intake and sourcing through screening, interview coordination, offer negotiation and closure.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand technical requirements, define candidate profiles and develop effective hiring strategies.
• Source and engage active and passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, referrals, databases, Boolean/X-Ray search, talent mapping and other channels.
• Recruit across semiconductor skill areas such as RTL/ASIC/SoC Design, Design Verification, UVM/SystemVerilog, Physical Design/PnR, STA, DFT, Analog/Mixed-Signal, RF, FPGA, embedded/firmware, emulation, validation and related EDA/IP roles.
• Screen candidates for technical relevance, experience, communication, compensation, notice period and overall role fit before presenting profiles to hiring teams.
• Build talent maps and pipelines by skill, target company, location, experience level and technology specialization for hard-to-fill positions.
• Provide hiring managers with market intelligence on talent availability, competitive hiring activity and compensation trends.
• Drive interview scheduling, feedback follow-up, candidate engagement and offer closure while maintaining a strong candidate experience.
• Maintain accurate recruiting data in the ATS and track key hiring metrics, pipeline health and requisition progress.
• Support niche, senior and high-volume hiring requirements as business needs evolve.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree; an Engineering/Electronics background is preferred.
• 5+ years of recruitment experience, with significant hands-on experience in Semiconductor/VLSI/EDA hiring.
• Good understanding of semiconductor terminology, engineering functions, skill adjacencies and relevant talent pools.
• Demonstrated experience sourcing and closing niche technical positions.
• Hands-on experience with ATS platforms and sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter and Naukri.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, communication and candidate-engagement skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple requisitions and operate effectively in a fast-paced hiring environment.

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting for semiconductor product, EDA or IP organizations.
• Knowledge of major semiconductor talent markets and target companies in India.
• Experience with research-led sourcing, talent mapping and recruiting analytics.

Details

• Location: Bangalore.