Foundry Robotics

People & Talent Operations Lead

Emeryville, CA. Posted a month ago

The role

You will own the people infrastructure including onboarding, HRIS, payroll, benefits, and multi-state compliance. You will use Rippling and AI tools to automate workflows and manage people data for salaried and hourly staff.

What you will do

  • Own infrastructure for onboarding, HRIS, payroll, benefits, leave, immigration, and multi-state compliance
  • Run Rippling as the system of record for workflows, approvals, onboarding, offboarding, and reporting
  • Automate recurring manual processes using AI tooling
  • Own people data including headcount, attrition, retention, span of control, and flight risk
  • Quantify the cost of a bad hire

Required qualifications

  • Hands-on Rippling experience configuring workflows, permissions, reporting, and integrations
  • 5+ years in People Operations
  • Experience supporting an hourly or shift-based workforce
  • Extremely organized
  • Data-driven
  • AI-efficient
  • High discretion regarding compensation and performance data
  • Understanding of multi-state employment, wage and hour, and production environment compliance
  • American Citizen Required

Nice to have

  • Built a performance cycle from nothing
  • ITAR, export control, or cleared-program people infrastructure
  • Safety and OSHA-adjacent compliance in a production environment
  • Experience using Ashby

Benefits

  • Base salary
  • Equity
  • Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
  • Generous PTO

Before you apply

  • American Citizen Required

About the company

Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native robotics manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability. Their mission is to rebuild the American manufacturing industry as an AI-first, assembly-focused, dual-use contract manufacturer.