HR Business Partner

Thehumanoid; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

30+ days paid time off

Private healthcare

Pension 8% employer

In-office meals

Direct access to founding leadership

Job summary

Humanoid is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to partner day-to-day with leaders across Engineering, Hardware, and Software to strengthen manager capability, improve org effectiveness, and build scalable people practices for a deep-tech environment.

You will work closely with our Chief HR, shaping and delivering the people strategy for the technical organisation. This hands-on role combines strategic partnership with operational execution across performance, culture, and retention.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of proven HRBP experience supporting technical teams (Engineering, Hardware, Software, AI/ML).
• Strong capability in org design and workforce planning.
• Experience coaching managers and managing performance and employee relations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary HR partner for Engineering, Hardware, and Software leaders.
• Navigate scale moments with new layers, new managers and evolving leadership expectations.
• Coach technical managers on goals, execution cadence, and feedback loops.
• Support performance differentiation and ensure fair handling of issues.
• Enable high-quality 1:1s and career conversations.
• Evolve career frameworks/levels for technical roles (SWE, robotics, embedded, firmware, electrical, mechanical).
• Clarify dual IC/manager tracks, promotion readiness, and growth expectations.
• Spot retention risks in technical roles and design targeted plans.

Skills

HRBP experience

Technical teams

Org design

Manager coaching

Performance mgmt

Employee relations

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Job description

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 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.

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 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.

About the Role:

As the HR Business Partner, you will partner day-to-day with leaders across Engineering, Hardware, and Software to strengthen manager capability, improve org effectiveness, and build scalable people practices for a deep-tech environment. You’ll be a trusted advisor on everything from performance to employee relations and culture balancing speed, rigor, and fairness.

You will be closely working with our Chief HR, operating as a key partner in shaping and delivering the people strategy for the technical organisation.

This is a hands-on role: equal parts strategic partner and operator.

What You’ll Do:

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

• Help technical leaders navigate scale moments (new layers, new managers, evolving leadership expectations).

• Coach technical managers on setting expectations and operating rhythms (goals, execution cadence, feedback loops).

• Support performance differentiation (high/medium/low performance) and ensure managers address issues early and fairly.

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

• Partner with leaders to evolve career frameworks/levels for technical roles (e.g., SWE, robotics, embedded, firmware, electrical, mechanical).

• Clarify dual tracks (IC vs management), promotion readiness, and growth expectations.

• Spot retention risks in critical technical roles and implement targeted plans.

• Support leaders through difficult moments with empathy, directness, and legal/compliance awareness.

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

• Partner with People Ops to ensure smooth execution of core people processes and a strong employee experience.

We’re Looking For:

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

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

• Comfort operating in ambiguity and driving clarity in fast-moving environments.

• High judgment with an ability to balance empathy with high standards.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influence skills.

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

Nice To Have:

• Experience in deep-tech, robotics, embedded systems, or hardware + software organisations.

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

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

What We Offer

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

• 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas–New Year shutdown).

• Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care.

• Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings.

• Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office.

• Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world‑class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics.

• Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.