Senior Technical Recruiter, Quantum Computing

About the role

As a Senior Technical Recruiter, you will own and drive full-cycle recruitment for some of the most complex and niche roles in deep tech. You will help build the team behind scalable quantum computing, finding and winning over the physicists, engineers, and computer scientists who make it real. You’ll partner closely with executives, technical leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to build world-class teams in quantum hardware, software, algorithms, and supporting disciplines.

This role requires a technically fluent, highly consultative recruiting professional who can navigate ambiguity, influence strategically, and attract top talent in one of the world’s most competitive domains.

 Please submit your resume and a cover letter in one file. In your cover letter, tell us about a hard-to-fill technical role you closed, how you approached it, and why you’d be a great fit at Photonic. 

Technical Talent Acquisition

• Lead full-cycle hiring for high-specialization roles across a variety of business areas.
• Develop sourcing strategies tailored to rare talent markets, leveraging industry networks, research communities, academic labs, conferences, and talent ecosystems.
• Evaluate deeply technical candidates, effectively assessing for technical capability, competencies, and culture fit.
• Build proactive pipelines of highly specialized talent, anticipating future growth areas in hardware, algorithms, architecture, and engineering.
• Manage offers and closing for senior and international candidates, including competing offers and relocation.

Strategic Partnership & Workforce Planning

• Serve as a strategic advisor to hiring managers and technical leads on talent availability, benchmarking, and compensation insights.
• Collaborate with people leaders and the People team on headcount planning, role design, leveling, and organizational scaling.
• Educate and influence hiring managers and leaders on hiring best practices, candidate experience, and interview rigor.
• Support hiring managers in understanding and complying with Photonic’s People and Recruitment processes.

Process Excellence & Employer Brand

• Build, document, and continuously improve our recruitment processes, and ensure they are followed for consistency, employer brand, and candidate experience.
• Track and report on hiring metrics (such as time-to-fill, pipeline conversion, and offer acceptance) to spot bottlenecks and improve results.
• Maintain a high bar for candidate experience, ensuring transparency, empathy, and speed across the pipeline.

• 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, including at least 3 years recruiting for engineering and scientific roles across hardware and software. Experience in quantum, photonics, semiconductors, or another deep tech field is a strong asset.
• A track record of sourcing and closing PhD-level and niche talent globally, with familiarity with cross-border hiring and relocation.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and technical leadership in a rapidly scaling environment.
• Strong technical fluency and the ability to hold credible conversations with scientists and engineers.
• Experience influencing hiring strategy, workforce planning, and interview design.
• Exceptional communication, organization, and candidate-experience skills.
• Experience driving and contributing to recruitment program and process development.
• Hands-on experience with an applicant tracking system and using data to improve hiring.

Source: Photonic Inc.'s careers page via Pinpoint. Read by TQI on 1 Nov 2026.