Talent Acquisition Specialist / Talent Acquisition Lead

About the Role

We are looking for a dynamic and results-driven Talent Acquisition professional to manage end-to-end hiring for Mettlesemi. The ideal candidate should be experienced in technical hiring, stakeholder management, sourcing strategy, and driving recruitment excellence across the organization. This role requires hands-on recruitment expertise along with the ability to partner closely with leadership teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Recruitment

• Handle full-cycle recruitment including sourcing, screening, evaluation, interviews, salary discussions.
• Manage hiring for technical roles in

  Semiconductor, VLSI, Embedded, Software, Hardware, Design & Validation, AI/ML, and Engineering domains

  .
• Drive niche hiring through market mapping, headhunting, and deep sourcing strategies.

2. Sourcing Strategy & Talent Pipeline

• Use job portals, LinkedIn, Boolean search, social platforms, and communities to attract top-tier talent.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of passive and active candidates.
• Execute talent intelligence, market research, and competitor analysis for niche skills.

4. Offer Management & Onboarding Support

• Manage salary fitment, negotiation, and offer rollout.
• Coordinate pre-onboarding and ensure smooth transition of selected candidates.

5. Recruitment Operations & Reporting

• Track hiring metrics (TAT, quality of hire, offer-to-join ratio, requisition ageing, etc.).
• Improve recruitment processes, strengthen candidate experience, and reduce vendor dependency.
• Work with ATS/CRM tools for candidate management and reporting.

6. Employer Branding

• Support branding initiatives through job marketing, social hiring, career events, recruitment campaigns, and community engagement.

7. Team Collaboration

• Collaborate within the TA team; mentor junior recruiters as needed.
• Support hiring drives, weekend drives, leadership hiring, and high-volume requirements.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Strong experience in

  technical hiring

  (Semiconductor, VLSI, Embedded, Software, Hardware).
• Hands-on with

  job portals, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and social hiring techniques

  .
• Experience using

  ATS tools

• Ability to manage multiple requisitions with high accuracy and speed.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Understanding of hiring metrics, dashboards, MIS, and recruitment analytics.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA/PGDM in Human Resources or related field.
• Certifications in Talent Acquisition/HR Analytics (preferred, not mandatory).
• Experience in hiring for high-growth technology or semiconductor companies.

Why Join Mettlesemi?

• Opportunity to work with a rapidly growing semiconductor organization.
• High visibility role with leadership interaction.
• Chance to build and scale talent strategies from scratch.
• Dynamic, fast-paced, and innovation-driven environment.