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HR Generalist

TerraFirma · Robot Ranch (Austin, TX) · On-site

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About TerraFirma

TerraFirma is transforming construction through automation and bold engineering—faster, safer, and cheaper. Join us in building the future from Texas. Backed by Kleiner Perkins.

About the role

Take full ownership of TerraFirma's HR function, including existing infrastructure (Rippling) and the processes, policies, and practices that need to be built around it Serve as the primary point of contact for employee relations, benefits administration, and day-to-day HR support across all teams

What they're looking for

  • 3+ years of HR experience, including employee relations, compliance, and HR program ownership
  • Demonstrated experience building or significantly shaping HR processes and infrastructure, not just operating within an existing system
  • Strong understanding of employment law and HR compliance requirements in Texas
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across a workforce ranging from engineers to field operators
  • Experience as a founding or early HR hire at a startup or fast-growing company
  • Experience supporting a workforce that includes both office-based and field/manufacturing/construction personnel
More about this role

At TerraFirma, we’re redefining how the world moves earth for construction. Founded by former SpaceX engineers and backed by Kleiner Perkins and Bain Capital Ventures, TerraFirma is automating construction to make it faster, cheaper, and safer.

At SpaceX, we were part of the teams that built the largest rocket in human history, launched the largest constellation of satellites ever made, and delivered connectivity to millions of people worldwide. What we learned was simple: infrastructure is everything.

At Starbase, the biggest barrier to launching missions to Mars was not building the rocket. It was how slow, expensive, and complex it was to build the infrastructure around it. We lacked buildings, roads, water, power, communications, and waste management, and constructing them took far more time and resources than it should have.

From a first-principles perspective, that doesn't make sense. It shouldn't be this hard or costly to create the foundations for progress. That’s when we realized something important: the same engineering mindset that enabled us to tackle space exploration and mass manufacturing could be applied to infrastructure. By bringing the principles of...

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