Senior Recruiter

About the Company

Merge Labs is a frontier research lab with the mission of bridging biological and artificial intelligence to maximize human ability, agency and experience. We’re pursuing this goal by developing fundamentally new approaches to brain-computer interfaces that interact with the brain at high bandwidth, integrate with advanced AI, and are ultimately safe and accessible for anyone to use.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for research and scientific roles across bioengineering, neuro, ML, engineering, and adjacent technical areas
• Partner with hiring managers to define role scope, criteria, interview plans, and evaluation rubrics
• Build targeted sourcing strategies for passive candidates across companies, labs, universities, and research networks
• Create and maintain talent maps for priority domains
• Screen candidates for motivation, trajectory, technical relevance, and mission fit
• Drive a structured and high-signal hiring process, including coordination and closing strategies
• Represent Merge’s mission to candidates considering academia, large labs, or startups
• Use data to diagnose bottlenecks and improve hiring velocity
• Help build recruiting infrastructure including templates, processes, and reporting

Requirements

• Experience owning multiple challenging pipelines end-to-end for technical, scientific, or research roles
• Track record of sourcing and closing passive candidates in competitive markets
• Strong hiring manager partnership and ability to clarify ambiguous needs
• Expertise in at least one relevant scientific or technical domain
• Excellent communication skills for engaging senior and highly sought-after candidates
• Strong process discipline and data-informed prioritization
• High integrity and sound judgment