Principal Talent Partner

Amperesand • Reno, NV

6h • Onsite

About The Position

Amperesand is reinventing how the world powers its most critical systems.
We are facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity for infrastructure disruption. Electricity demand is skyrocketing, driven by AI factories, electric vehicles, and modern industrial growth. Energy supply is shifting to incorporate a more diverse mix of resources – including solar, gas, and batteries – at a massive scale.
And yet the power infrastructure behind our latest mega-projects hasn’t meaningfully changed in nearly 100 years. Supply chains for today’s infrastructure equipment can’t match the pace and sophistication of critical energy projects. Ampersand is building hardware and software that rewrites this broken power infrastructure playbook to support a new era of energy abundance.
We’ve built a new class of intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products leveraging a decade of advanced medium voltage Solid State Transformer research that’s now ready for commercial deployment.
Our products and solutions go far beyond the capabilities of traditional electrical equipment. We make power systems that are faster to deploy, dramatically smaller and more efficient, and capable of supporting modern, dynamic energy needs for tomorrow’s most demanding energy consumers.
Scalable in-house advanced manufacturing capability is our foundation for meeting timeline and quality expectation to serve infrastructure customers around the world.
Amperesand is led by breakthrough energy hardware development veterans and funded by top tier investors who share our vision of building a category-defining energy technology company.
With hubs in San Francisco, Reno, and Singapore, our global team is laser focused on building foundational technology to solve the most pressing problems in power infrastructure at scale.
Join us in building the power foundation of the future!
We’re hiring a Principal Talent Partner to lead hiring for our most senior and business-critical roles, including executive leadership, VP-level leaders, and principal-level individual contributor engineers.
This role is designed for a recruiter who thrives in high-stakes, high-touch environments- someone who can build deep trust with candidates, partner closely with C-Suite, and personally close complex offers. We do not use external recruiting agencies; this role replaces them.

Requirements

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, including senior-level or executive hiring
• Experience in deep tech, hardware, infrastructure, or highly technical environments
• Proven ability to close senior candidates in competitive markets without agency support
• Exceptional judgment, emotional intelligence, and executive presence
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity in an early-stage environment
• High attention to detail, confidentiality, and candidate care
• Clear communicator who can translate complex technical and business contexts to candidates

Nice To Haves

• In-house experience at Series A-C startups
• Experience recruiting in niche or emerging technical domains
• Comfort influencing leveling, scope, and compensation strategy

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruiting for:
• Executive and VP-level leadership roles
• Principal-level and staff-level IC engineers in highly technical domains
• Partner directly with the CEO, founders, and senior leaders on search strategy, role definition, and candidate calibration
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience rom first conversation through offer acceptance
• Act as the primary closer for high-impact hires, managing:
• Competing offers
• Equity-heavy compensation discussions
• Relocation, timing, and family considerations
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with senior technical and leadership talent, including passive candidates
• Design interview processes that are rigorous but efficient
• Translate complex technical, organizational, and business context into compelling narratives for candidates
• Provide real-time market insight and honest feedback to leadership throughout the hiring process
• Uphold discretion, professionalism, and strong judgment in all candidate interactions

Benefits

• Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays so they can rest, recharge, and take care of their health and personal needs.
• Commuter Benefits
• 6-12 weeks 100% paid parental leave
• Singapore-based employees receive benefits in accordance with local government provisions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed