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The Top Tech Recruiting Agency Serving Austin: Finding Hardware, Semiconductor, and Consumer Tech Talent.
Edison & Black is a technical staffing and recruiting firm serving Austin companies nationwide. Focused on hardware, semiconductor, and consumer tech staffing, we source and place top talent for Austin teams and beyond.
Tech Recruiting for the Austin Market
Austin's tech economy has grown well beyond its startup reputation into a genuine hardware and semiconductor hub, anchored by major chip design and manufacturing investment alongside a steady stream of companies relocating from more expensive coastal markets. That combination has made Austin one of the most competitive markets in the country for both embedded systems talent and general software engineers.
Edison & Black works with Austin companies to compete for that talent. We focus on hardware, semiconductor, and consumer tech staffing, sourcing and placing candidates who can move between low-level hardware work and modern software stacks.
Why Austin Companies Need a Specialized Tech Recruiter
Hiring for a chip design or embedded systems role requires a fundamentally different search process than hiring a web developer. Companies need recruiters who understand the difference between RTL design, firmware, and embedded software roles, and who know how to evaluate candidates against real hardware engineering criteria, not just software resumes.
Our recruiters bring that context to every Austin search, whether it's a firmware engineer for a semiconductor company or a full-stack engineer for a consumer tech startup relocating to the city.
Hiring for Hardware, Semiconductor, and Consumer Tech
Austin's tech economy runs on categories that require specialized technical depth. Semiconductor and chip design companies need RTL, verification, and embedded systems engineers who understand hardware constraints most software recruiters never encounter. Consumer tech and hardware startups need engineers comfortable working across the firmware-to-cloud stack. The growing wave of companies relocating to Austin also need software engineers who can hit the ground running without a lengthy ramp-up.
We recruit across all of these categories: software engineering, data engineering, and the embedded systems and semiconductor roles that set Austin's hiring needs apart from purely software-driven markets.
A Local Presence in The Domain
Edison & Black is headquartered in New York City, with a co-working presence in The Domain giving us a real, local footprint in the Austin market. Our recruiters work directly with Austin hiring managers, understand the local hardware and semiconductor ecosystem, and source candidates who are already embedded in the Austin technical community.
Whether you're a semiconductor company scaling your embedded systems team or a relocating startup building out your Austin office, we work as an extension of your hiring process, from initial sourcing through offer negotiation.
What Makes Us Different
We have over 10 years of experience placing highly qualified technical professionals, and we bring that same rigor to every Austin search. That means real technical screening, not just resume matching, and a recruiting process built around understanding your team's culture and technical stack before we ever send a candidate your way.
If you're hiring for tech roles in Austin and want a recruiting partner who understands the market, reach out to our team, and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.