Human Resources (HR) Internship

The Boring Company; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Boring Company in Bastrop, TX offers a paid HR internship focused on onboarding, employee relations, safety, and payroll. Priority is given to students who have completed at least their junior year of college. Interns will be responsible for housing, food, and transportation.

The internship involves processing HRIS transactions, I-9 verification, onboarding, safety audits, event planning, and creating HR guides and training materials. Apply for Fall 2026 with graduate students prioritized.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and enrolled in or recently graduated from a 4-year Bachelor's or Master's program at an accredited college or university.
• Strong attention to detail and multitasking skills.
• Ability to work independently with little direction.
• Ability to quickly prioritize tasks.
• Strong communication with internal/external customers and management.
• Analytical mindset that thrives on data and strategy.
• Highly organized with a strong sense of urgency.

Responsibilities

• Process HRIS transactions and complete I-9 verification for new employees.
• Facilitate the new-hire onboarding process.
• Complete daily safety walk audits and report issues to mitigate them.
• Plan and organize events for employees.
• Assist with HR initiatives and projects.
• Create help guides, training, and resource materials for employees.
• Review HR matters such as benefits, compensation, payroll, and employee relations.
• Audit time and attendance punches and approvals.

Skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Communication

Analytical mindset

Urgency

Education

High school diploma or GED; enrolled in or recent graduate from 4-year program

Job description

The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.

This paid internship will grant you the opportunity to explore many areas of HR, such as onboarding, employee relations, safety, and payroll. Priority is given to students who have completed at least their junior year of college. Interns will be responsible for their own housing, food, and transportation.

CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR FALL 2026. PRIORITY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS.

Responsibilities

• Process HRIS transactions and complete I-9 verification for new employees.
• Facilitate the new-hire onboarding process.
• Complete daily safety walk audits as well as report and work with the team to mitigate issues urgently.
• Plan and organize events for employees.
• Assist with HR initiatives and projects.
• Create help guides, training, and resource materials for employees.
• Review and respond to HR matters such as, but not limited to benefits, compensation, training, payroll, and employee relations.
• Audit time and attendance punches and approvals.

Basic Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a 4-year Bachelor's or Master's program at an accredited college or university

Preferred Skills And Experiences

• Understanding of relevant legal guidelines and compliance associated with employment.
• Acute attention to detail and strong multitasking skills.
• Ability to work independently and with little direction.
• Ability to quickly and reasonably prioritize tasks.
• Strong communications skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, management etc. in both formal and informal situations.
• An analytical mindset that thrives on formulating strategy and presenting data.
• Highly organized with a strong sense of urgency.

Culture

We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity.

Benefits

We offer employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid vacation, and a competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees.

The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.