Founding People Partner for AI Hardware

Normal Computing Corporation; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Normal Computing is building foundational AI hardware and software and seeks a founding People Partner to shape talent and organizational performance as we grow. You will partner with leaders across research, engineering, hardware, and business teams to strengthen performance and development.

You’ll establish the People Partner function at Normal, balance performance with people risks, and own initiatives informed by insights from leaders and staff. This role drives how teams operate and develop.

Qualifications

• Experience advising leaders as a People Partner or HRBP in tech or hardware.
• Experience across early-stage startups and larger companies.
• Experience coaching managers through feedback, performance and development.

Responsibilities

• Partner strategically with leaders to advise on talent, organizational change.
• Coach and develop managers with clear expectations and feedback.
• Guide performance reviews and translate feedback into development plans.
• Identify team health risks using employee conversations and pulse data.
• Advise on employee relations and change management with leadership and counsel.

Skills

People Partner experience

HRBP experience

Startup experience

Leadership coaching

Employee relations

Data-driven decisions

Tools

Rippling

Ashby

Lattice

Deel

Notion

Slack

Job description

Normal Computing is building foundational AI hardware and software and seeks a founding People Partner to shape talent and organizational performance as we grow. You will partner with leaders across research, engineering, hardware, and business teams to strengthen performance and development.

You’ll establish the People Partner function at Normal, balance performance with people risks, and own initiatives informed by insights from leaders and staff. This role drives how teams operate and develop.