About Standard Bots

Standard Bots builds AI-native industrial robot arms deployed at manufacturing facilities across the U.S. In June 2026 we closed a $200M Series C at a $1B valuation, led by RoboStrategy with continued backing from General Catalyst and new participation from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Samsung Next.

This Senior Recruiter role is quite literally building the team that’s building the robots!

Note: This role is hybrid, with 3x/week required in our Glen Cove, NY manufacturing facility

We are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Recruiter who is scrappy, sourcing-obsessed, and built for startup chaos. You don't wait for candidates to apply. You find them, write copy that actually gets responses, run multi-stage outreach sequences, test subject lines, tweak messaging when response rates drop, and close people who have other offers on the table.

You'll work super closely with manufacturing leadership and own hiring across our entire factory floor, from entry-level assembly technicians to plant managers, manufacturing engineers, quality leads, and everyone in between. You can run a high-volume hourly hiring process and a hard-to-fill-outbound-heavy technical search in parallel without dropping the ball on either.

This is a full-cycle role! We believe sourcing and customer service philosophy is what separates good recruiters from great ones here, so you're constantly experimenting: new sequences, new channels, new angles on a message that wasn't landing. You notice when AI-generated copy sounds like AI-generated copy, and you fix it before it goes out. The ideal candidate has been keeping track of how many em dashes are in this JD and feels some sort of way about it.

You'll report directly to the Head of Recruiting.

What You'll Do

Sourcing & Pipeline Building

Build and own outbound pipelines for every role in the manufacturing org
Run multi-stage outreach sequences across email, LinkedIn, and other channels; track response rates, run experiments, and continuously iterate on messaging and copy
Source candidates who don't apply through traditional channels: trade schools, vocational programs, community networks, referrals, and wherever else the right people actually are
Stay three steps ahead of the floor's hiring needs so you're never starting from zero. You read the room, figure out what's broken, and fix it.

Full-Cycle Ownership

Own the full search from first outreach to signed offer
Partner with floor-level hiring managers and plant leadership to define what great looks like, build scorecards, and run tight, consistent interview processes
Lead offer conversations and close candidates in a competitive skilled labor market

Process & Experimentation

Bring structure to ambiguity
Maintain clean, timely ATS data in Ashby
Be a thought partner to manufacturing leadership on job titles, leveling, comp benchmarks, and interview design
Deliver a candidate experience that feels organized and human at every level — from a first-time assembly tech to a seasoned plant manager. Conversational > transactional!

What We're Looking For

5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally with a meaningful portion focused on manufacturing, industrial, or hardware environments
Sourcing-first mindset! You love the hunt. You're most comfortable when you're building pipelines, not waiting on inbound
Demonstrated experience running and optimizing multi-stage outreach sequences. You track open rates, response rates, and conversion, and you actually do something when the numbers aren't good
A sharp eye for copy
Direct experience hiring across a range of manufacturing roles — hourly production workers, skilled trades, manufacturing engineers, and operations leadership
Startup or high-growth experience where you operated without a playbook, without hand-holding, and figured it out anyway
Strong enough to manage the whole funnel independently and self-aware enough to know when to escalate

Nice to Have

Experience hiring in robotics, automation, or advanced manufacturing environments
Familiarity with skilled trades recruiting — CNC machinists, welders, electricians, maintenance technicians
Experience building recruiting infrastructure and processes from scratch
Proficiency with AI sourcing tools and automation platforms — and the judgment to know when the output is sloppy

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this role is $170,000 to $200,000, depending on experience. We are open to a variety of seniority levels for this role and will build compensation packages that are commensurate with seniority and skill level. Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at Standard Bots. All Full-Time Employees are eligible for Employee Stock Options. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.

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