Direct Hire Recruitment in the USA
Best talent, guaranteed. Permanent, onshore placements for Salesforce, SAP, AI & Data, Cloud, DevOps, Cybersecurity and industry-specialist roles — across all 11 industries AX3 serves, coast to coast.
Email a hiring briefTalk to AX3 about a direct hire~21 days
Brief to shortlist
Typical time from an agreed hiring brief to a calibrated shortlist or offer.
*Typical timeline; actual search length varies by role complexity and market.
90-day replacement guarantee
Written into every placement
If a placed candidate resigns or is terminated for cause within 90 days of their start date, AX3 sources a replacement at no additional placement fee.
Best talent, guaranteed fit
Screened before you see them
Every candidate is technically screened and role-matched by the relevant AX3 practice before reaching your shortlist.
What the guarantee covers: Covers voluntary resignation and termination for cause within 90 days of start date. AX3 provides a replacement search at no additional placement fee — not a refund.
The roles AX3 places permanently in the USA.
These are the same roles AX3 already delivers against as a technology partner, which is why our screening is technical rather than keyword-based. Core technology roles apply across every industry below.
Core technology roles — placed across all 11 industries
Semiconductor & Technology
- RTL Design Engineer
- Verification Engineer
- Physical Design Engineer
- DFT Engineer
- Analog / Mixed-Signal Engineer
- SoC Architect
- FPGA Design Engineer
- STA / CAD Engineer
Manufacturing
- CNC Programmer / Machinist
- Manufacturing / Process Engineer
- R&D / Product Design Engineer
- Quality Engineer
- Tool & Die Engineer
- Automation / Robotics Engineer
- SAP PP / QM / MM Consultant
Automotive
- Powertrain Engineer
- Embedded Systems Engineer
- ADAS Engineer
- SAP / PLM Engineer
- Quality Engineer
EV & Mobility
- Battery Cell / Pack Design Engineer
- BMS Engineer
- Gigafactory Process Engineer
- Powertrain Engineer
- Embedded Systems Engineer
Energy & Utilities
- SCADA / OT Engineer
- Asset Management Analyst
- Field Service Consultant
- Energy Trading & Settlement Analyst
Financial Services
- Core Banking Consultant
- Risk & Compliance Analyst
- Quantitative Analyst
- Financial Services Cloud Consultant
- Fraud Analytics Engineer
- Payments Integration Engineer
CPG & Retail
- Category Manager
- Demand Planning / S&OP Analyst
- Trade Promotion Management (TPM) Analyst
- Supply Chain Planner
- Retail Media & Digital Shelf Analyst
- SAP IBP Consultant
- Salesforce Commerce & Loyalty Specialist
Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Clinical Data Manager
- Regulatory Affairs Specialist
- Computer System Validation Engineer
- Health Data Engineer
- Salesforce Health Cloud Consultant
Logistics & Supply Chain
- WMS Consultant
- TMS / Transport Analyst
- Supply Chain Control Tower Analyst
- Logistics Integration Engineer
Travel, Transportation & Hospitality
- Revenue Management Analyst
- PMS / CRS Consultant
- Loyalty Program Analyst
- Guest Experience Platform Engineer
Telecommunications, Media & Technology
- OSS / BSS Consultant
- Network Engineer
- Subscriber Data Analyst
- Media & Content Platform Engineer
Where AX3's industry depth meets the US market.
Bay Area, San Jose, Santa Clara
California
Semiconductor & Technology · AI & Intelligence
AX3's deepest US bench sits where silicon and AI overlap. Bay Area searches are dominated by fabless design teams competing for the same verification and physical-design population, and by product companies moving AI prototypes into production. Offers here are lost on speed and on technical calibration, so AX3 screens at skill level — RTL, UVM, model-serving — before a profile reaches a hiring manager, and AX3 maintains a San Jose presence to run onsite loops.
- Verification Engineer
- Physical Design Engineer
- AI / ML Engineer
Austin, Dallas, Houston
Texas
Semiconductor · Energy & Utilities
Texas is where new fab and packaging capacity meets a grid and energy sector under continuous modernization. Austin hiring skews toward silicon process and test talent moving from existing fabs; Houston hiring skews toward operational technology, trading and settlement, and field service systems. AX3 runs both from its Austin presence, and knows which candidates will actually relocate within the state and which will not.
- DFT Engineer
- SCADA / OT Engineer
- Energy Trading & Settlement Analyst
New York City, Tri-State
New York
Financial Services
New York searches are regulated searches. Banks, insurers and wealth platforms want people who can carry a control conversation as fluently as a technical one, and compensation benchmarking is unforgiving. AX3 places into onboarding, servicing and risk platform teams — the same programme areas our Financial Services practice delivers — so shortlists arrive already filtered for regulatory context, not just platform keywords.
- Financial Services Cloud Consultant
- Risk & Compliance Analyst
- Payments Integration Engineer
Illinois and the Midwest
Chicago
CPG & Retail · Manufacturing · Financial Services
Chicago carries three AX3 industries at once: national consumer-goods headquarters, a dense manufacturing belt around them, and derivatives and payments firms in the Loop. That mix means commercial and supply-chain roles compete for the same analytical candidates as trading and risk teams. AX3 differentiates on category and planning depth — people who have actually run trade spend or S&OP, not adjacent analysts.
- Category Manager
- Demand Planning / S&OP Analyst
- Quality Engineer
Detroit and the automotive corridor
Michigan
Automotive · EV & Mobility
Detroit hiring is defined by the transition from combustion programmes to electrified ones. OEMs and suppliers need battery, BMS and ADAS engineers faster than the local market retrains them, and many of the strongest candidates are inside a competitor two exits away. AX3 approaches these searches directly and confidentially, and calibrates on programme phase — prototype, validation or launch — because that determines who succeeds.
- Battery Cell / Pack Design Engineer
- BMS Engineer
- ADAS Engineer
Massachusetts and the Route 128 corridor
Boston
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Boston is a validation-heavy market. Pharma, biotech and device companies hire for GxP judgement — people who can defend a system, a dataset or a submission to an auditor — and that filter removes most generalist technologists. AX3 places clinical data, validation and regulated-platform roles, and screens explicitly for the documentation discipline that these teams cannot compromise on.
- Clinical Data Manager
- Computer System Validation Engineer
- Health Data Engineer
Brief → Source → Shortlist → Hire.
Brief
A working session with the hiring manager to fix the scope, the must-have skills, the compensation band and the interview loop. This is where most searches are won or lost, so AX3 does it before sourcing, not after the first rejected profile.
Source
Direct, targeted outreach into the specific US market for the role — plus AX3's own practice networks in Salesforce, SAP, data, cloud and engineering. No job-board volume, no reformatted database profiles.
Shortlist
Every candidate is technically screened by someone who does the work, then presented with a written assessment against your brief. You typically see a calibrated shortlist rather than a queue.
Hire
AX3 runs scheduling, feedback, references, offer positioning and counter-offer risk through to start date — then the 90-day replacement guarantee applies.
Start with the roles US clients hire most.
Hire a Salesforce Architect in the USA
Permanent, onshore Salesforce architect recruitment across the USA. Technically screened shortlists in about 21 days, backed by AX3's 90-day replacement guarantee.
View roleHire an SAP Consultant in the USA
Permanent, onshore SAP consultant recruitment across the USA — S/4HANA, MM, PP, QM, SD and FI/CO. Calibrated shortlists in ~21 days with a 90-day replacement guarantee.
View roleHire a Data Engineer in the USA
Permanent, onshore data engineer recruitment across the USA — Databricks, Snowflake, dbt and streaming pipelines. Shortlists in ~21 days with a 90-day replacement guarantee.
View roleHire a DevOps Engineer in the USA
Permanent, onshore DevOps and SRE recruitment across the USA — Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps and CI/CD. Shortlists in ~21 days with a 90-day replacement guarantee.
View roleNeed offshore contract or remote-team capacity instead of a permanent onshore hire? See AX3 Talent Solutions or the Skills & Roles Directory.
Direct hire in the USA — frequently asked questions
What is direct hire and how is it different from contract staffing?
Direct hire means AX3 recruits a permanent employee who joins your payroll from day one, paid for with a one-time placement fee. Contract staffing keeps the specialist on AX3's payroll and bills a rate for as long as you need them. Direct hire suits roles you want to own long term; contract suits defined programmes and surge capacity.
What does the 90-day replacement guarantee cover?
Covers voluntary resignation and termination for cause within 90 days of start date. AX3 provides a replacement search at no additional placement fee — not a refund. The guarantee is written into the placement agreement before the search begins.
How fast is a typical direct hire search in the USA?
Around 21 days from an agreed hiring brief to a calibrated shortlist or offer for most roles. Typical timeline; actual search length varies by role complexity and market — scarce silicon, GxP and regulated financial roles run longer, and AX3 says so at brief stage rather than at week six.
Does AX3 place candidates who are already based in the USA?
Yes. Direct Hire USA places US-based, work-authorized candidates into permanent onshore roles, whether onsite, hybrid or US-remote. Relocation within the US is handled case by case as part of the search.
Which industries does AX3 direct-hire for in the USA?
All eleven industries AX3 serves: Semiconductor & Technology, Manufacturing, Automotive, EV & Mobility, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, CPG & Retail, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Logistics & Supply Chain, Travel/Transportation & Hospitality, and Telecommunications/Media & Technology — plus the Salesforce, SAP, AI & Data, Cloud, DevOps and Cybersecurity roles common to all of them.
How is this different from AX3's India-based contract and remote team offerings?
Direct Hire USA is onshore and permanent: a US-based employee joins your payroll under a one-time fee with a 90-day replacement guarantee. AX3's India pages cover offshore contract, contract-to-hire and dedicated remote teams, where AX3 remains the employer and bills monthly. Many clients use both — an onshore lead hired permanently, with offshore delivery capacity underneath.
Talk to AX3 about a direct hire
Send the role, the location and the compensation band. You will get a calibrated, technically screened shortlist — typically within about 21 days — with the 90-day replacement guarantee in writing.