About
Onyx Automation was built for companies that need hybrid talent the generalist desk cannot reach — and for the engineers and leaders who prefer a recruiter who can talk about the work. People over process. Recruiters who still pick up the phone.
The practice
Onyx Staffing spent years placing technology, product, HR, finance, and operations talent for start-ups and established companies. The craft stays. The focus is now physical AI — robotics software, perception, autonomy, controls, and the applied scientists sitting next to them.
We still run custom, end-to-end recruiting. We still mix classic sourcing with modern tools. We refuse to treat a Staff robotics engineer and a generic backend hire as the same product. We work wherever robots are being built — warehouse automation, medtech, humanoids, industrial, and defense-adjacent programs.
Leadership
Nearly 25 years of agency and corporate recruiting. Jeff has led teams domestically and internationally — Hong Kong, London, Sydney, and the United States — and has sat on both sides of the requisition.
When he is not recruiting, he is playing golf, training, traveling, or watching the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
Robotics and physical AI, only
Twenty minutes is enough to know if the chemistry and the mandate fit.