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From the employer's careers site First seen 1 Nov 2026

Principal Recruiter

Cisco Remote US Remote senior full-time

Salary

$145,400 to $185,800 per year

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Description

Cisco's Engineering Talent Acquisition team is hiring a Principal Recruiter to build the teams behind the AI era. As a Principal Recruiter, you'll be the go-to talent expert for complex, high-impact hiring.

Responsibilities:

  • Full-cycle recruiting for business-critical roles across Hardware/ASIC and AI Software & Platform
  • Building pipelines ahead of upcoming initiatives and assessing talent availability
  • Engaging top engineers through in-depth conversations about technology
  • Analyzing funnel and pipeline data to inform business decisions
  • Advising senior business leaders on talent strategy
  • Mentoring recruiters and coaching hiring managers

Minimum qualifications:

  • 12+ years of technical recruiting experience
  • Prior experience hiring for Hardware or ASIC engineering in high tech
  • 2+ years of experience working in a regulated industry or government contractor

Preferred qualifications:

  • Recruiting across both Hardware/ASIC and AI software or platform engineering
  • Track record recruiting AI/ML talent
  • Understanding of EEO laws and immigration in a recruiting landscape
  • Influencing business leaders to adopt new talent acquisition practices
  • Using data to spot trends and roadblocks

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era. We've been innovating for 40 years to create solutions that power human-technology collaboration.

The starting salary range for this position is $145,400.00 to $185,800.00.

Benefits include:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short and long-term disability coverage
  • Basic life insurance
  • Paid time away, including holidays, vacation time, and sick time

Skills

Required

  • technical recruiting
  • Hardware/ASIC engineering
  • AI Software & Platform

Nice to have

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