People Operations Generalist

The role

The People Operations Generalist will own the end-to-end employee lifecycle and build scalable systems. This role involves managing immigration, HRIS workflows, compliance, and cross-functional initiatives.

What you will do

• Own the employee lifecycle including pre-hire, onboarding, orientation, and offboarding
• Manage immigration processes with outside counsel
• Own Rippling HRIS, building workflows and reports
• Build and improve People systems and processes
• Handle core People Ops work including employee questions, leaves, compliance, and offboarding
• Develop, implement, and maintain HR compliance programs, policies, and handbooks
• Analyze headcount, hiring, and engagement data for leadership recommendations
• Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, and Recruiting on cross-functional initiatives
• Support employee recognition and team-building efforts
• Manage vendor relationships including insurance, benefit brokers, legal counsel, and EORs

Required qualifications

• 3 - 6 years of experience in People Operations, HR, or a generalist role
• Hands-on experience administering Rippling or a similar HRIS
• Managed employment-based immigration cases (H-1B, O-1, green cards) alongside outside counsel
• Proficiency with modern workplace tools such as Jira, Slack, Ironclad, and GSuite
• Comfortable with data and turning exports into clear reports in spreadsheets
• Working knowledge of California and federal employment law, leaves, and benefits administration
• Handle confidential information with sound judgment and discretion
• Thrive in ambiguity and enjoy building systems from scratch

Nice to have

• People Operations at a hardware, semiconductor, or AI-native company
• Supporting a team through rapid scaling, such as 500 to 1000+
• Experience with employee relations, including investigations and case management
• Global experience (APAC and/or EMEA) supporting people ops or entity
• Recruiting or ATS administration (Ashby or similar)
• Scripting, or no-code automation tools for People data and workflows
• Proficiency in leveraging AI tools such as Claude and Harvey.ai
• Equity administration (Carta or similar)

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision packages, with generous premium coverage
• Housing subsidy of $2,500/month for those living within walking distance of the office
• Daily catered lunch and dinner in our office
• Relocation support for those moving to West San Jose

About the company

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence by co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing. The company is a fully in-person team in West San Jose.