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[Remote] Senior Recruiter, Engineering

🌍 Remote · United States 💼 Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is hiring a senior recruiter to lead complex, high-impact recruiting for Hardware/ASIC and AI Software & Platform roles. The role builds talent pipelines, advises business leaders using market and funnel insights, and mentors recruiters while improving talent acquisition tools and processes.

Responsibilities

  • Full-cycle recruiting for business-critical roles across Hardware/ASIC and AI Software & Platform, shifting between specialties with minimal ramp time
  • Building pipelines ahead of upcoming initiatives and pressure-testing the market on talent availability, location strategy, and alternate skill sets
  • Engaging top engineers through credible, in-depth conversations about the technology, from silicon design to AI infrastructure
  • Turning funnel and pipeline data into clear insights for audiences from recruiters to VP and SLT leaders, including weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews
  • Advising senior business leaders on talent strategy through staff meetings, workforce and site planning, and roadmap discussions
  • Mentoring recruiters, coaching hiring managers through tough searches, and championing new tools and process improvements across regional and global TA

Skills

  • 12+ years of technical recruiting experience (full-cycle preferred)
  • Prior experience hiring for Hardware or ASIC engineering in high tech
  • 2+ years of experience working in a regulated industry or government contractor
  • Full-cycle
  • Recruiting across both Hardware/ASIC and AI software or platform engineering
  • Track record recruiting AI/ML talent, such as machine learning engineers, AI researchers, and AI infrastructure and platform engineers, in a highly competitive market
  • Thorough understanding of EEO laws and immigration in a recruiting landscape
  • Influencing business leaders to adopt new or alternative talent acquisition practices
  • Using data to spot trends and roadblocks, and presenting insights to VP- and SLT-level audiences
  • Mentoring recruiters or leading TA projects and initiatives
  • Staying current on trends in the AI field
  • Hands-on use of Phenom and Workday

Benefits

  • U.S. employees are offered medical, dental and vision insurance, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules.
  • A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage.
  • Basic life insurance.
  • Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
  • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.
  • 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
  • 1 paid day off for the employee’s birthday.
  • Paid year-end holiday shutdown.
  • 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco.
  • Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees.
  • Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, subject to availability and some business limitations.
  • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next.
  • Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members.
  • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.
  • For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.
  • Remote US work arrangement.

Company Overview

  • Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products. It was founded in 1984, and is headquartered in San Jose, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.cisco.com.
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  • Cisco has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1189 in 2026, 1238 in 2025, 1231 in 2024, 1273 in 2023, 2127 in 2022, 1991 in 2021, 1173 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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