HR Business Partner

The role

You will shape company culture and people strategy by partnering with leadership and the HR team. You will implement HR initiatives and ensure compliance with labor and employment laws.

What you will do

• Work alongside Senior and Principal HR Business Partners to build the HR function.
• Be a strategic partner and resource for people managers and individual contributors.
• Partner on initiatives across the full employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding.
• Respond to employee questions and provide guidance on core HR functions.
• Identify and address potential employee relations matters.
• Manage and drive solutions to existing employee relations matters.
• Deploy HR policies, programs, and processes to meet contractual and law requirements.
• Drive internal initiatives for employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws across multiple states.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives like diversity and inclusion and workforce development.

Required qualifications

• 4+ years as an HR Business Partner or Generalist
• Hands-on experience working with relevant internal stakeholders
• Experience independently managing employee relations matters and internal investigations
• Ability to coach, guide, and influence people managers and individual contributors
• Direct experience with California labor and employment law
• Experience working with non-exempt workers, wage and hour matters, and employee entitlements
• Experience managing HR functions for non-exempt employees and understanding hourly workforce dynamics
• Ability to develop and implement compliant policies under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Ability to manage projects from concept to closure

Nice to have

• Professional HR certifications such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR
• Experience working in a California-based aerospace, engineering, technology, or hardware manufacturing technology startup
• Experience with people data analytics
• Knowledge of how to scale a fast-paced startup

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Many other perks

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown. They are a high-growth Series D-funded company mass-producing satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space.