Technical Sourcer

The posting, as UniversalAGI wrote it

📍 San Francisco | 🏢 5 Days Onsite

Location: Onsite in San Francisco

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Equity

WHO WE ARE

UniversalAGI is building OpenAI for Physics. AI startup based in San Francisco and backed by Elad Gil (#1 Solo VC), Eric Schmidt (former Google CEO), Ion Stoica (Databricks Founder), Jared Kushner (former Senior Advisor to the President), David Patterson (Turing Award Winner), and Luis Videgaray (former Foreign and Finance Minister of Mexico). We're building foundation AI models for physics that enable end-to-end industrial automation from initial design through optimization, validation, and production.

We're building a high-velocity team of relentless researchers and engineers that will define the next generation of AI for industrial engineering. If you're passionate about AI, physics, or the future of industrial innovation, we want to hear from you.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a founding Technical Sourcer, you'll be in the arena from day one, building the talent engine that will power UniversalAGI's hypergrowth. This is your chance to take everything you've learned about technical recruiting and use it to build a world-class team that will transform industrial engineering.

You'll work directly with the founding team to identify, engage, and close the most specialized technical talent in the world: AI researchers, CFD engineers, physicists, applied mathematicians, and deep tech builders who are currently defining the cutting edge at places like OpenAI, NVIDIA, ANSYS, Siemens, Tesla, SpaceX, and top research labs.

This isn't passive recruiting. This is strategic talent acquisition at the highest level—finding needles in haystacks, building relationships with people who aren't looking, and strategically helping closing candidates who have multiple competing offers.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Source, engage, and close high volumes of specialized technical talent spreading across AI/ML researchers, physics simulation engineers, and deep tech engineers at unprecedented speed
• Build and execute creative sourcing strategies to identify talent in highly specialized niches: AI researchers working on physics-informed neural networks, CFD engineers from automotive/aerospace/maritime, computational physicists, applied mathematicians, and systems engineers
• Own the entire candidate pipeline from initial identification through offer acceptance, managing 50+ active candidates simultaneously while maintaining exceptional candidate experience
• Develop deep technical fluency in our domains (AI, CFD, physics simulation, numerical methods) to have credible conversations with senior technical talent and assess fit
• Partner directly with the CEO & Hiring Manager to understand role requirements, ideal candidate profiles, and competitive landscape—then execute with relentless urgency
• Build and maintain a robust talent pipeline that stays weeks ahead of hiring needs, ensuring we never slow down due to lack of qualified candida

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ity—you win when the team wins

WHAT WE OFFER

• In-person first culture - 5 days a week in office with a team that values face-to-face collaboration. Opportunity to build the talent engine for a rapidly growing foundational AI company from the ground up.
• Work on cutting-edge talent acquisition challenges finding the world's most specialized technical talent.
• Direct collaboration with the founder & CEO and ability to influence company strategy and culture.
• Competitive compensation with significant equity upside.
• Access to world-class investors and advisors in the AI space who can open doors to top-tier talent networks.

BENEFITS

We provide great benefits, including

• Competitive compensation and equity.
• Competitive health, dental, vision benefits paid by the company.
• 401(k) plan offering.
• Flexible vacation.
• Team Building & Fun Activities.
• Great scope, ownership and impact.
• AI tools stipend.
• Monthly commute stipend.
• Monthly wellness/fitness stipend.
• Daily office lunch & dinner covered by the company.
• Immigration support.

HOW WE'RE DIFFERENT

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again... who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly." - Teddy Roosevelt

At our core, we believe in being "in the arena." We are builders, problem solvers, and risk-takers who show up every day ready to put in the work: to sweat, to struggle, and to push past our limits. We know that real progress comes with missteps, iteration, and resilience. We embrace that journey fully knowing that daring greatly is the only way to create something truly meaningful.

If you're ready to join the future of physics simulation, build a world-class team from scratch, and deliver impact, UniversalAGI is the place for you.