AI-first, assembly-focused robotics that rebuilds American manufacturing—faster, more flexible, and ready for what’s next. Backed by Khosla Ventures.
About the role
Recruiting is a leaky bucket if the thing we hire people into does not hold them. Filling the top of the funnel is wasted motion when onboarding is an admin spreadsheet, and the people systems are just a checking box exercise and not seen as what they are: a Data goldmine for high performance. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Hands-on Rippling experience is required. You have configured it — workflows, permissions, reporting, integrations — not just clicked through it as an end user
- 5+ years in People Operations, including real experience supporting an hourly or shift-based workforce. Office-only backgrounds will struggle here
- Extremely organized. Nothing falls through. You run a clean system and people can feel the difference
- Data-driven by instinct. You build the dashboard rather than answer the same question five times, and you can analyze attrition, retention, and span of control rather than just report them
- AI-efficient. You use AI tooling to eliminate manual work and can show us specifically what you have automated and what it saved
- High discretion. You will hold comp data, performance records, investigations, and departures. This is table stakes and we will reference-check it
More about this role
Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native robotics manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for leading robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware. Basically, we're building robots that build robots. Our mission is to rebuild the American manufacturing industry as an AI-first, assembly-focused, dual-use contract manufacturer. As a founding member of our team, you will have a direct and significant impact on our product, culture, and ultimate success. This role is 100% in-person at our office in Emeryville, CA.
Recruiting is a leaky bucket if the thing we hire people into does not hold them. Filling the top of the funnel is wasted motion when onboarding is an admin spreadsheet, and the people systems are just a checking box exercise and not seen as what they are: a Data goldmine for high performance.
This is a systems job for someone who loves efficiency. We want the person who automates the recurring work rather than staffing around it and who runs Rippling as a real operating system rather than a filing cabinet. It also owns the mechanism that makes our hiring philosophy real: we say values drive performance and hiring...
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