People Operations Specialist
Agility Robotics
$54,000 - $84,000 / year
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Description
Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.
About The Role
Our People Operations team is growing, and we're looking for a People Operations Specialist to help create a thoughtful, seamless employee experience. In this role, you'll take on the day-to-day of onboarding, HR administration, and company events. This is a great fit for someone who's organized, detail-driven, and genuinely excited to make memorable moments for their coworkers.
About The Work
- Own the new hire onboarding experience end-to-end, from offer acceptance through the first 90 days, coordinating logistics across our Fremont, Salem, and Pittsburgh offices and remote team with IT, Facilities, and Recruiting.
- Keep our onboarding touchpoints, like new hire orientation, first-week schedules and activities, and buddy programs, fresh and exciting, always bringing new creative ideas that make new hires feel welcomed, confident, and excited to be here.
- Plan and support company events, like offsites, family days, summits, and holiday parties, managing vendors, budgets, timelines, and day-of logistics.
- Manage day-to-day HRIS administration, processing employee data changes and keeping records accurate and up to date.
- Support HR systems, documentation, and workflows, always looking for ways to simplify processes and improve the employee experience.
- Work with other team members on adhoc projects.
About You
- 1-3 years of experience in People Operations, or a related role.
- BA/BS degree in Human Resources or a related field.
- Experience administering an HRIS platform, including processing employee data changes and maintaining data integrity.
- Enthusiasm for onboarding and a creative mindset for helping build and improve programs that are engaging and welcoming.
- Experience planning team events and creating fun, engaging moments that bring the team together.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to juggle multiple moving pieces.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential information.
- Proficient in Google Suite.
- Authorization to work in the USA.
Bonus Points
- Experience with Workday.
- Familiarity with federal and state leave of absence requirements.
- Experience in a fast-paced startup, manufacturing, or robotics environment.
Location
- This is a hybrid position based out of our Salem, OR or Fremont, CA office.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Agility Robotics is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions who work in other locations. These ranges may be modified in the future.
In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:
- 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
- Equity: Company stock options.
- Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
- Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
- Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Time Off:
- Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
- Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
- On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
- Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
- Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
- Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
- Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
- Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.
All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.
Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.
Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies. We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page. If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered. To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.
Benefits
- health insurance
- 401(k)
- paid time off
- stock options
- parental leave
- tuition reimbursement
- disability insurance
- professional development
- bonus
- sick leave
About this role
Agility Robotics is building the People Operations function to support its growing team across multiple offices and remote locations. This role handles the full spectrum of employee lifecycle management—designing and executing onboarding experiences for new hires, administering HRIS data and workflows, organizing company events and offsites, and identifying ways to streamline HR processes. You'd be working across three offices (Fremont, Salem, Pittsburgh) plus remote staff, coordinating with IT, Facilities, and Recruiting to ensure every new employee feels welcomed and set up for success from day one.
The ideal candidate has one to three years in People Operations or HR administration, with hands-on HRIS platform experience and a track record of planning engaging team events. You'll need strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to balance multiple concurrent projects while maintaining confidentiality. A degree in Human Resources or related field is expected, along with proficiency in Google Suite and authorization to work in the US. Experience with Workday, knowledge of leave of absence regulations, or background in a startup or manufacturing environment would be advantageous.
The position is hybrid based in Salem or Fremont, with a salary range of $54,000–$84,000. Agility offers a comprehensive benefits package including 401(k) matching, equity, fully company-paid medical and dental coverage from day one, flexible or unlimited PTO depending on employment classification, paid parental leave, and professional development support.
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