Steve Navarro

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Technical and Non-Technical Hiring Expert - Message me today if interested to connect!

San Jose, California, United States

About

Are you hiring for senior level recruiting or talent acquisition leadership roles in the SF Bay Area or remotely? I would love to hear about it. Please ping me to connect or email me at sgnavarro AT gmail.com. Technical Recruiting Leader w/ 18+ years of experience in talent acquisition, human resource, and sales support. I have hired for Fortune 1, cloud computing/SAAS, networking, IT, solar & green technology, semiconductor & defense spaces. Client list includes: Walmart, Intel, ASML, AMD, Applied Materials, ITT Corp. (a top-ten defense company), SunPower, Force10 Networks, SVTC, Solyndra, Huawei Enterprise, 8x8, Inc., Orbotech. Specialties: • Innovative recruiting techniques including leveraging AI based tools like ChatGPT, Co-Pilot, and Gemini to curate robust outreach strategies, build boolean strongs for search, and forced ranking and scoring of candidate skills/experience against need, web-based sourcing & networking tools, word-of-mouth, & social/professional networking • CRM / Productivity Tools: LinkedIn Recruiter; Avature, Phenom CRM, Oracle, Google Drive; Adobe Acrobat • Applicant Tracking Systems: Workday, Brassring, ADP Eease, Virtual Edge, Taleo, Kenexa Webhire, TMS (Monster) • In-house payroll processing, benefits administration, & general HR support • MS Office 365 Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook; MS Teams, OneDrive

Experience

  • Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (Senior Techncial Recruiter) at Walmart Global Tech
    Aug 2018 - Jun 2026 · 7 yrs 11 mos

    Lead recruiter for experienced product management and software engineers for Walmart Global Tech., hiring exceptional technical talent, recruiting to break the mold for retail and drive the future for Walmart's business. We leverage the latest technology to enhance the lives of our customers and associates (employees), ensuring they get the most out of our varied platforms. For customers, we find the lowest prices possible for goods and content that we sell. For associates, we build the best retail business in the world, bringing the best of that to our customers. In my time with Walmart, I have recruited for: - CTS&TS (Customer Technology Services and Tech Strategy) (our internal team to support our Associates) (including Associate Product Experience, FinTech, and SAP FICO, and others) - Walmart Connect (Walmart's advertising and adtech business) - Supply Chain - End 2 End (driving the future of retail, including Omnichannel Strategy, Retail Intelligence) - Retail Technology - Walmart International and many others.

  • Senior Technical Recruiter at Photon Dynamics, an Orbotech Company
    Sep 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr

    Photon Dynamics (a division of Orbotech) is the global leader in yield management solutions for the FPD , PCB and other semiconductor related technology industries. Orbotech hires for exceptional talent to join its team in South San Jose, CA. Technical roles: - Sr Applications Engineer - Software Engineers with C/C++/Unix/Linux Expertise - Mechatronics Engineers - Electro-Mechanical Engineers - System Engineers - Project Managers (technical / non-technical) - Product Managers - Technical Account Managers Competencies related to Flat Panel Display: - Motion Control - Image Processing - Pattern Generation - Camera Control - Discrete Optics - Sensors - Design for Automation - Working with Capital Equipment - Hi Mix / Low Volume manufacturing - Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma - Continuous Improvement About Photon Dynamics: We are the leading provider of yield management solutions to the flat panel display, or FPD, industry. We also offer yield management solutions to the printed circuit board, or PCB, assembly and advanced semiconductor packaging industries. Our test, repair and inspection systems are used by manufacturers to collect data, analyze product quality and identify and repair product defects at critical steps in the manufacturing process. About Orbotech: Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using Orbotech systems. For over 30 years, Orbotech has been a market leader in developing cutting edge inspection, test, repair and production solutions for the manufacture of the world’s most sophisticated consumer and industrial electronics. Orbotech has over 2,500 employees in 50 offices around the globe: North America, Europe, Japan, and Asia Pacific. The company’s headquarters are located in Israel as well as R&D and production of many of its product lines.

  • ASML (8 mos)
    • Sr. Technical Recruiter
      Sep 2016 - Apr 2017 · 8 mos

      Recruited for ASML's acquisition of Brion based in San Jose, CA. Core competencies included software engineering, product marketing, project management, and others. Sought experienced professionals from 3+ years of post-degree experience and a graduate level of education to higher. Successful candidates offer experience in the semiconductor field or related disciplines. Roles included: =========================== - Principal Data Scientist - Senior Product Engineer - Product Engineering Manager - Senior Product Marketing Manager - System Engineer for Application Product Development - Senior / Staff Algorithm Engineers - Senior Software Engineers - Project Managers - Senior Engineer - HPC/EDA (Integration) - Architect 2 - Sr. HPC Admin. (DevOps Engineer) - SQA Engineers - Faciltiies Management About ASML - Brion: ====================== The move to the 10-nm node and beyond presents significant challenges to the semiconductor industry. Complex patterning technologies require an integrated approach to IC design, mask creation, lithography, etch and deposition, and metrology. The ability to co-optimize all these aspects of the patterning process is a corner stone of ASML’s Holistic Lithography vision. ASML Brion is a world leader in computational lithography with a comprehensive suite of solutions in the process-window enhancement and in the process-window control space, addressing the key patterning challenges that face the industry today, whether related to overlay or to imaging, and covering both state-of-the-art multi-patterning and EUV applications.

    • Senior Recruiter
      Sep 2016 - Apr 2017 · 8 mos

      Lead full life-cycle recruiter hiring for Brion Technologies. Hiring software engineers, technical leads, data scientists, systems engineers, architects, product engineers, product marketing managers, account executives, Field Application Engineers. Core competencies include: photolithography, Optical Proximity Correction, Pattern Fidelity Control and Management, Resolution Enhancement Technique, Metrology (Defect Inspection), Source Mask Optimization, Design for Control Overlay.(D4C), Big Data, Machine Learning. · Conducting focused, targeted research, outreach and capture of scarce, hard-to find diverse technical talent through LinkedIn, database and web scraping and mining, and cold-calling · Advocacy of candidate profiles to hiring teams for review and consideration · Facilitated 44 offers (35 hires) within six months

  • Sr. Technical Recruiter, ProActive Talent Solutions at Intel Corporation
    Apr 2015 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Focused on finding strong, diverse technical engineering talent. Led efforts to hire the most qualified and experienced candidates we can find to join our technical hiring teams in areas such as Hardware, Software, Firmware design and pre- and post- silicate Test Engineering. Typical roles include: - Software Engineers - Developers - Process Engineers - Design Engineers - QA Engineers - Test Automation - Verification Engineers (pre-silicate) - Validation Engineers (pre- and post-silicate) - Architects - Technical Leads Technical competencies include (but are not limited to): - Cloud computing, FPGA and SOC (process, design and verification), wired and wireless connectivity engineering, Java (JQuery, JUnit, Javascript, J2EE, JSON, etc.), Linux, Perl, C++, C#, Mobile Apps, Selenium, White Box Testing, Black Box Testing, BIOS, programming for Wearable technology, etc. (this list is evolving as we build it) The team looks for professionals with 4-10 years of field experience (post-degree), and typical candidates have at least completed a Bachelor's Degree or higher. Target Locations include (but not limited to): - Hillsborough, OR - Folsom, CA - Santa Clara, CA - Phoenix, AZ - Austin, TX - Fort Collins, CO - Albuquerque, NM - Hudson, MA - San Diego, CA - Allentown, PA Hiring tactics involve proactive sourcing methods, including prospecting fo passive talent through LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing methods from web-scraping, hiring event facilitation, socialization / outreach through job fairs and trade events like conferences, and employee referrals.

  • Most Holy Trinity Employment Center (San Jose, CA)
    • Executive Director
      Oct 2006 - Feb 2016 · 9 yrs 5 mos

      • Managed caseload for prospective job candidates: 1. Mentored, advised, coached applicants on job search techniques: building a career profile, sourcing job leads, interviewing, providing follow-up, networking, negotiating 2. Performed web-based searches for job leads & resources for prospective candidates 3. Maintained & organized candidate files, correspondence, and office materials 4. Proactively networked with vendors to source job leads & networking opportunities • Provided oversight & direction for Employment Center 1. Developed, administered, & managed goals & objectives for Center 2. Planned, administered, & managed Employment Center budget & fund-raising efforts 3. Trained, managed, supervised job development specialists, office assistants, other volunteers 4. Served as public spokesperson & liaison to Most Holy Trinity Church parish community 5. Developed & implemented job-search & community outreach strategies for the center

    • Job Development Specialist
      Jun 2006 - Oct 2006 · 5 mos

      - Development of candidate profile, including resume, career objectives, and career plan and steps - Responsible for sourcing of potential positions - Placement of candidates, including pre-interview preparation, coaching - Follow-up as to best-practices and lessons learned for future candidates - Scheduling of candidate interviews, sourcing for center resources