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People Operations Specialist

salient motion • United States
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This is the first dedicated People Ops hire at a fast-growing, venture-backed startup in aerospace, defense, and robotics. The role involves building and owning operational infrastructure for onboarding, compliance, HRIS, payroll, and benefits. It also supports recruiting operations, touching the full employee lifecycle from candidate to day one and beyond.

Key Highlights
First dedicated People Ops hire at a scaling startup.
Owns operational infrastructure and supports recruiting.
Requires strong organizational skills and ability to learn systems quickly.
Key Responsibilities
Administer HRIS in Rippling, including employee records, workflows, onboarding automation, and data integrity.
Manage end-to-end onboarding, including pre-boarding, Day 1 coordination, and 30/60/90 day check-ins.
Administer benefits, including open enrollment, carrier coordination, and employee questions.
Ensure compliance with I-9 management, California and federal employment law, and required policy maintenance.
Coordinate visa and immigration processes in partnership with outside counsel.
Provide payroll support by acting as the first point of contact for employee questions and discrepancies.
Own culture and engagement initiatives, including pulse surveys and engagement check-ins.
Manage company policy ownership, including employee handbook, PTO policy, and code of conduct.
Manage job posting on careers page and LinkedIn, ensuring all listings include required ITAR and location language.
Coordinate interviews and post-interview roundtable discussions.
Serve as the primary point of contact and host for all onsite candidates, managing the candidate experience.
Manage the offer workflow end-to-end in Greenhouse, including routing for approval, generating offer letters, and tracking acceptance.
Support the Recruiting team in managing outreach agent briefs, monitoring sequence performance, and maintaining candidate data in Juicebox.
Maintain Greenhouse hygiene, including stage updates, candidate disposition, background check coordination, and pipeline reporting.
Technical Skills Required
HRIS Administration Payroll Support Compliance Management
Benefits & Perks
Relocation assistance
Great benefits
Well-funded
Generating revenue
Exceptional healthcare benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
Medical is 100% covered by the company
2x salary Life Insurance - 100% covered by the company
Flexible PTO Policy
401K
Nice to Have
Rippling experience
Greenhouse experience
Juicebox experience
Other HR/Recruiting tools experience

Job Description

Salient Motion designs, manufactures, and supports advanced motion control and actuation systems for aerospace, defense, and robotics applications. We're a fast-growing, venture-backed startup building the next generation of intelligent motion systems, partnering directly with leading organizations to bring new technology from concept to deployment.
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