We are seeking an experienced Contract Technical Recruiter to support hiring efforts for a leading semiconductor and electronic design automation company. In this role, you will partner closely with hiring managers and HR to identify, attract, and hire top-tier technical talent across a range of engineering and specialized domains.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage full-cycle recruiting for technical and technical sales roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer negotiation
- Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements, team needs, and hiring priorities. Work closely with hiring managers to filter and screen candidates
- Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines for hard-to-fill and niche technical positions
- Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process
- Manage the entire candidate offer process within Workday ATS
- Maintain compliance with hiring policies and employment regulations including immigration and compensation
- Understand Cadence business in order to position benefits of working at Cadence to attract high end candidates
Required Qualifications:
- Proven experience as a technical recruiter, preferably in semiconductor, capital equipment or hardware domains
- Relationships with representative candidate pool through past roles and industry knowledge
- Strong understanding of semiconductor industry and microelectronics design, including chip verification, analog/mixed signal design, physical design, and emulation. technical roles such as ASIC design, verification or related fields
- Expertise in sourcing strategies and tools (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS platforms)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-demand environment
- Experience recruiting for EDA, semiconductor design, and/or microelectronics design engineering roles
- Familiarity with recruiting metrics and data-driven hiring practices
Contract Details:
- Contract position (duration based on business needs)
- Competitive hourly rate based on experience
Skills Required
- Proven experience as a technical recruiter in semiconductor or hardware domains
- Strong understanding of microelectronics design and technical roles
- Expertise in sourcing strategies and tools
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Experience recruiting for EDA or semiconductor design roles
- Familiarity with recruiting metrics and data-driven practices
Cadence Design Systems Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cadence Design Systems and has not been reviewed or approved by Cadence Design Systems.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — A discounted ESPP with a lookback feature and equity included in total compensation make ownership broadly accessible and potentially meaningful. Structured compensation at an industry leader adds predictability to equity participation.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are described as solid, with mental‑health/EAP and fertility support enhancing the offering. The breadth across core care and family‑building needs strengthens the healthcare package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Global Recharge Days, volunteer time off, and companywide breaks indicate a comprehensive time‑off framework. In addition, many salaried roles are described as having flexible or generous PTO policies.
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What We Do
Cadence enables electronic systems and semiconductor companies to create the innovative end products that are transforming the way people live, work and play. Cadence® software, hardware and IP are used by customers to deliver products to market faster. The company's Intelligent System Design strategy helps customers develop differentiated products—from chips to boards to intelligent systems—in mobile, consumer, cloud, data center, automotive, aerospace, IoT, industrial and other market segments. Cadence is listed as one of Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For.
