University Recruiting Program Manager

About Celestial AI

As Generative AI continues to advance, the performance drivers for data center infrastructure are shifting from systems-on-chip (SOCs) to systems of chips. In the era of Accelerated Computing, data center bottlenecks are no longer limited to compute performance, but rather the system’s interconnect bandwidth, memory bandwidth, and memory capacity. Celestial AI’s Photonic Fabric™ is the next-generation interconnect technology that delivers a tenfold increase in performance and energy efficiency compared to competing solutions.

The Photonic Fabric™ is available to our customers in multiple technology offerings, including optical interface chiplets, optical interposers, and Optical Multi-chip Interconnect Bridges (OMIB). This allows customers to easily incorporate high bandwidth, low power, and low latency optical interfaces into their AI accelerators and GPUs. The technology is fully compatible with both protocol and physical layers, including standard 2.5D packaging processes. This seamless integration enables XPUs to utilize optical interconnects for both compute-to-compute and compute-to-memory fabrics, achieving bandwidths in the tens of terabits per second with nanosecond latencies.

This innovation empowers hyperscalers to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of AI processing by optimizing the XPUs required for training and inference, while significantly reducing the TCO2 impact. To bolster customer collaborations, Celestial AI is developing a Photonic Fabric ecosystem consisting of tier-1 partnerships that include custom silicon/ASIC design, system integrators, HBM memory, assembly, and packaging suppliers.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a passionate, self-driven University Recruiting Program Manager to build and manage our early careers program. Reporting to the Global Head of Talent, you will be responsible for building strategic university partnerships, differentiated student and candidate experiences, and a well-structured and scalable internship program. The role is on site, and you will be expected to travel to universities and for recruitment events as required. If you have a background in University/Campus Recruiting, experience in the high-tech industry, and are passionate about building pipelines of talent, we want to hear from you!

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Intern Program Ownership
• Full Cycle Early Career Recruiting including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding for university candidates.
• Working with the Global Head of Talent and Hiring Managers to align on hiring goals for the year.
• Developing and executing university recruiting strategies that align with business priorities.
• Building relationships with key universities and managing Campus Engagement & Events
• Plan, organize, and execute on campus events, career fairs, workshops, info sessions, and any virtual presence. Manage logistics, materials, staffing, and follow up to maximize engagement and ROI.
• Drive a cohesive candidate journey from first point of contact through internship / early‐career engagement. Ensure clear communication, strong feedback loops, high touch support, consistency across touchpoints.
• Act as primary contact for interns during the program: onboard them, monitor and support their performance, coordinate feedback and mentoring, help convert high performing interns to full‐time when possible.
• Additional responsibilities include broader support of the Talent team including candidate scheduling/coordination and program management.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree ideally in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or related field.
• Experience: 5-7 years of recruiting experience, with a strong track record in early career / university recruiting.
• Domain Knowledge: Proven experience recruiting in tech, hardware, or semiconductor industries. Understanding of roles in hardware engineering (validation, test, design, firmware, etc.) is preferred.
• Full Lifecycle Recruiting Skills: Sourcing (active & passive), screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, onboarding; strong ability to assess early career talent.
• Stakeholder Management: Experience partnering with managers and business leaders; ability to influence hiring decisions, align expectations.
• Program & Event Management: Strong program management skills and experience. Comfortable managing multiple events, logistics, outreach, and representing the company externally.
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication; strong presentation skills (for info sessions, panels).
• Organization & Data Orientation: Ability to manage many concurrent roles and programs; track metrics (time to fill, conversion rates, intern → full time conversion, candidate experience).

LOCATION: Santa Clara, CA

For California Location:

As an early stage start up, we offer an extremely attractive total compensation package inclusive of competitive base salary, bonus and a generous grant of our valuable early-stage equity. The target base salary for this role is approximately $155,000.00 - $185,000.00. The base salary offered may be slightly higher or lower than the target base salary, based on the final scope as determined by the depth of the experience and skills demonstrated by candidate in the interviews.

We offer great benefits (health, vision, dental and life insurance), collaborative and continuous learning work environment, where you will get a chance to work with smart and dedicated people engaged in developing the next generation architecture for high performance computing.

Celestial AI Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

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