HR Manager

Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND‑01 - our rapidly developed humanoid platform being deployed in real industrial environments - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.

About the Role

As HR Manager in our Boston location, you'll be hands on: part strategic partner, part operator. You'll set direction and roll up your sleeves to make it happen. You'll be a trusted advisor on everything from performance and employee relations to culture - helping the business move fast while staying rigorous and fair. People Operations

What You’ll Do

• People Operations and the Employee Lifecycle

  • Own the end-to-end employee lifecycle for US employees, including onboarding, employee changes, leave management and offboarding.

  • Administer US benefits, prepare payroll inputs, and handle day-to-day employee queries.

  • Maintain accurate employee data, documentation and workflows in our HRIS (HiBob) and other HR systems.

  • Coordinate lifecycle processes across HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, Legal and other internal teams.

  • Prepare and maintain employment documentation, and support HR reporting, data quality, audits and compliance requirements.

  Strategic HR Business Partnership

  • Serve as the primary HR partner for Engineering, Hardware and Software leaders.

  • Support technical leaders as the company grows, including adding new management layers, developing first-time managers, and adapting leadership styles as the team scales.

  • Partner with the Chief HR Officer on org design, workforce planning and people strategy for the technical organization.

  • Align with Talent Acquisition on technical hiring strategy, interview process health, candidate experience and hiring manager enablement.

  Manager Coaching and Performance Management

  • Coach managers on setting clear expectations and operating rhythms, including goals, execution cadence and feedback loops.

  • Enable consistent, high-quality 1:1s, feedback and career conversations.

  • Support performance differentiation (high, medium and low performance) and make sure issues are addressed early and fairly.

  • Run performance and review cycles, managing the detail and delivering consistently.

  Career Frameworks and Talent Development

  • Partner with leaders to build and evolve career frameworks and levels for technical roles, including software, robotics, embedded, firmware, electrical and mechanical engineering.

  • Clarify dual career tracks (individual contributor and management), promotion readiness and growth expectations.

  • Identify retention risks in critical technical roles and put targeted plans in place with managers.

  Employee Relations and Compliance

  • Support managers and leaders through complex and sensitive employee situations with empathy, directness and appropriate legal and compliance awareness.

  • Take ownership of operational issues and complex cases, and drive them through to resolution.

  • Apply practical knowledge of US and Canadian employment practices across employee relations, benefits, payroll coordination and leave administration.

  Process Improvement and Scalability

  • Continuously review existing People processes and find ways to simplify, standardize and automate them.

  • Build scalable people practices suited to a fast-moving deep-tech environment.

  • Partner with People Ops to keep core people processes running smoothly and the employee experience strong.

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of proven HRBP experience supporting technical teams (Engineering, Hardware, Software, AI/ML).

• Experience partnering directly with managers on performance management, employee relations and people decisions.

• Strong capability in org design, workforce planning, manager coaching, performance management and employee relations.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influence skills. You communicate clearly, practically and confidently with employees and leaders.

• Strong execution skills: able to run cycles, manage detail and deliver consistently.

Mindset

• High judgement and confidence handling sensitive matters, balancing empathy with high standards.

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving clarity where processes are still evolving.

• Able to own problems independently and drive them through to resolution.

• A process-improvement mindset and a natural tendency to simplify and automate.

Nice to Have

• Experience in deep-tech, robotics, embedded systems, or hardware and software organizations.

• Experience building or refining leveling frameworks and IC/manager career tracks.

• Familiarity with engineering operating models (on-call, incident management, postmortems).

What We Offer

• Comprehensive health coverage for US‑based employees, including fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, with virtual care and employee assistance resources.

• Meaningful time off to rest and recharge: 23 days of PTO (accrued), separate sick leave, and paid company holidays.

• 401(k) retirement plan with 4% employer match.

• Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale.

• Free daily catered lunch, snacks, and drinks in‑office.

• Collaboration with top‑tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics.