Staff Technical Recruiter, Manufacturing

Form Energy

Staff Technical Recruiter at Form Energy responsible for talent acquisition in manufacturing. Leading recruitment efforts for innovative battery technology production facility.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeWeirton • Virginia, West Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage multiple, complex searches for manufacturing engineering roles, overseeing the entire lifecycle from initial research and market mapping to complex offer negotiations and closing.
Meet regularly with hiring managers and leadership to deeply understand technical requirements, team dynamics, and the critical success factors while keeping partners up to date through the hiring process.
Design and execute advanced, data-driven sourcing strategies to engage both active and passive candidates through customized outreach, specialized networking, and engineering-centric community engagement.
Collaborate across all levels of the organization to drive a structured, disciplined, and measured hiring process that maintains a high bar for talent and ensures an exceptional candidate experience.
Act as a subject matter expert on the manufacturing talent market, using industry benchmarks and recruiting data to influence hiring decisions and align stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with at least 3+ years explicitly within Advanced Manufacturing, Manufacturing, or Operations Engineering.
A comprehensive understanding of the manufacturing lifecycle, including automation, controls, equipment engineering, scaling operations, and sustaining engineering.
Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders through the use of recruiting metrics, data integrity, and a partnership-first mindset.
A strong track record of recruiting for Manufacturing, Mechanical, Controls, and Equipment roles within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Expert familiarity with modern recruiting tools (like Ashby and LinkedIn Recruiter) and an understanding of how to responsibly leverage AI to optimize your workflow.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to articulate Form Energy’s mission to high-level technical talent while managing complex stakeholder relationships across multiple searches.

Benefits

Comp & perks

When it comes to you and your family’s health, we cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees - and 80% of healthcare premiums for dependents. This starts from day one.
We also offer at least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents), and generous vacation policies to give employees time to recharge when needed.
Relocation assistance is available.
Competitive salaries
Stock options

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-cycle recruitingdata-driven sourcing strategiesrecruiting metricsdata integritymanufacturing lifecycleautomationcontrols engineeringequipment engineeringsustaining engineeringstakeholder influence

Soft Skills

organizational skillscommunicationcollaborationinfluencing stakeholderspartnership mindsetcandidate experienceteam dynamicsnegotiationproblem-solvingadaptability