People Partner

The role

The People Partner acts as a trusted advisor to leaders to align people strategies with business goals. This role supports a diverse workforce of engineers, skilled trades, and operational leaders through performance management, employee relations, and organizational design.

What you will do

• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders to align people strategies with business goals.
• Manage and resolve employee relations issues with high judgment and discretion.
• Support implementation of performance management cycles and employee development frameworks.
• Equip managers with tools and training to lead teams across all levels.
• Champion initiatives for employee engagement, high trust, and belonging.
• Support org-level transitions such as reorgs, leadership changes, and policy rollouts.
• Interpret and apply people policies across sites, shifts, and job types.
• Partner with People Ops and Recruiting to drive scalable people programs.
• Serve as strategic advisor and coach to EPD leadership.
• Partner with the legal team on ER cases and investigations.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant HR business partner industry experience.
• Experience supporting both exempt and non-exempt populations.
• Experience in environments with manufacturing, engineering, or high-compliance requirements.
• Ability to flex between tactical support and long-term strategic thinking.
• Understanding of business drivers and how people programs impact operations.
• Discipline in processes, follow-through, and documentation in compliance-driven environments.
• Ability to navigate sensitive conversations with empathy, clarity, and maturity.
• Ability to convey information to both desk-based employees and hourly shop floor team members.
• Ability to handle complex, gray-area people issues with sound judgment.
• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business.
• Experience in organizational design and change management.
• Experience in workforce planning and talent strategy with recruiting.

Nice to have

• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Superb organizational skills with experience triaging many requests in a high-volume environment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations
• Flexible vacation policy
• Equity

Before you apply

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the

About the company

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America by combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing. They help aerospace and defense companies build mission-critical systems.