HR Business Partner

Humanoid; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stock options

30+ paid days off

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Free daily meals

Job summary

Humanoid is seeking an HR Business Partner to partner with leaders across Engineering, Hardware and Software, strengthening manager capability and scalable people practices in a deep‑tech environment. You’ll be a trusted advisor on performance, employee relations, and culture balancing speed, rigor, and fairness.

This hands‑on role blends strategic partnership with operational delivery, shaping the people strategy for the technical organisation and partnering with the Chief HR to ensure

Qualifications

• 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 empathy balanced by high standards.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influence skills.
• Strong execution skills: run cycles, manage detail, and deliver consistently.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

HRBP experience

Org design

Workforce planning

Manager coaching

Performance management

Employee relations

Stakeholder management

Communication

Influence

Execution

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.

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.