HR Manager

Humanoid; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

23 days PTO

401(k) match

Stock options

Free daily lunch

Job summary

Humanoid, a Boston-based robotics company, is seeking an HR Manager to lead People Operations for US employees. You will partner with Engineering, Hardware, and Software leaders to design and implement HR strategies, manage performance, and guide growth as the team scales.

You will own the employee lifecycle, administer benefits, coordinate payroll inputs, and maintain accurate HR data across systems. The role emphasizes analytics, compliance, and a proactive approach to evolving leadership

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end employee lifecycle for US employees including onboarding and offboarding.
• Administer US benefits, payroll inputs, and respond to employee queries.
• Maintain data in HRIS (HiBob) and ensure data quality and compliance.
• Partner with Engineering, Hardware, and Software leaders as HRBP.
• Coach managers on goals, cadence, and feedback loops.
• Develop career frameworks and promotion readiness for technical roles.
• Support complex employee relations and ensure fair resolution.

Skills

HRBP experience

Performance management

Employee relations

Org design

Stakeholder management

Tools

HiBob

HR systems

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 - 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.