Katy Cottingham

Recruiter

Austin, Texas, United States19 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

15 years of experience in technical recruiting.
Expert in scaling engineering teams for top tech companies.
Passionate mentor focused on effective recruiting initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned technical recruiter specializing in engineering talent acquisition for high-tech industries.

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Well-rounded technical recruiting mind with 15 years of experience scaling engineering teams for Apple, Google, Qualcomm and Start-Ups in both the US and Europe. Hands on mentor and coach with a passion for building highly effective recruiting initiatives designed to deliver niche and representative technical talent.

Experience

Tenstorrent

2 roles

Sr Manager, Recruiting

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Hybrid

Manage the day-to-day of the full recruiting team across all hiring verticals, including Hardware, Software, and Operations. Responsible for hiring strategy, recruiter allocation, and execution oversight across functions. Partner closely with leadership stakeholders to ensure alignment between recruiting priorities and business needs.

Head of Hardware Recruiting

Apr 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Hybrid

Led recruiting efforts for all hardware functions, including CPU Architecture, RISC-V Cores, Physical Design, Packaging, Systems/PCB Engineering, and Validation. Built and managed the hardware recruiting team and scaled hiring to support Tenstorrent’s core silicon development roadmap.

Google

Technical Recruiting Lead/Manager @ Google

Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

Technical Recruiting Lead for a confidential R&D project within Google’s Devices & Services org
Manager of technical recruiters and sourcers, overseeing individual and team performance expectations

Apple

Technical Recruiting Lead/Manager @ Apple Europe

Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs · London, United Kingdom · On-site

Technical Recruiting Lead mapped to a UK-based ground-up GPU silicon team
Managed Silicon recruiters in UK and Munich
Partnered with co-lead on developing recruiting strategy and driving hiring velocity
Spearheaded the division's inaugural University Program creation and rollout

Canary (canary.is)

Recruiting Manager

Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 · 3 yrs · New York, New York · On-site

Recruiting Lead/Head of Recruiting for a series C Consumer Electronics Startup based in NYC
Player-Coach role where I oversaw small team of recruiters as well as the full technical hiring function, including VP and C-suite searches