About the role

About 1X We’re building humanoid robots that work in home - doing the chores, handling the tasks, and giving people their time back. Simple, but it’s not. To do this right, we have to solve robotics, AI, manufacturing - at the same time, at scale, in a form factor that has to be safe enough to live with your family. If you’re inspired by this, you’ll thrive here. We’ve been at this since 2014 and we’re at the point where the hard problems are behind us and the hard work is in front of us. NEO is our flagship - a home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world alongside real people. We’re not demoing it - we’re shipping it. We’re excited to meet you, if this excites you. If you’ve spent your career working on problems that matter and want to see them actually reach the world - this is that moment. We’re scaling, we’re hiring with intention, and we need people who want to build something that will genuinely change how humans spend their time - safely creating abundance for all. About the Team: The People team builds the programs, systems, and employee experiences that allow 1X to scale while maintaining a high bar for operational excellence. We partner across the organization to ensure employees and managers have the support, tools, and processes they need to do their best work as we grow our engineering, manufacturing, and business operations. Your Charter: As a People Operations Generalist, your charter is to own and continuously improve the core People Operations programs that support employees throughout their lifecycle at 1X. You’ll ensure onboarding, offboarding, HR systems, payroll coordination, benefits, leave, compliance, and recurring People programs operate accurately and efficiently while delivering an exceptional employee experience. You’ll balance hands-on execution with continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to automate work, strengthen compliance, improve data integrity, and build People Operations processes that can scale with 1X. Key Outcomes: - Own a seamless and scalable employee lifecycle experience, including onboarding and offboarding, with accurate and timely coordination across People, IT, Finance, Payroll, and hiring managers. - Maintain accurate, audit-ready employee data and scalable People workflows in Rippling, while identifying and implementing automation opportunities that reduce manual work and improve the employee experience. - Ensure payroll-impacting employee changes, benefits, leaves, and employment transitions are processed accurately and on time through strong partnership with Payroll and Finance. - Deliver compliant and employee-centered administration of benefits and leave programs, including FMLA, CFRA, PDL, parental leave, and 401(k) coordination. - Maintain strong People Operations compliance and reporting practices, including I-9 administration, wage and hour requirements, EEO-1, California Pay Data Reporting, ACA reporting, policy documentation, and proactive identification of compliance gaps. Key Competencies: - Operational owner who can independently run core People programs rather than simply supporting them. - Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a strong instinct for data accuracy, documentation, compliance, and follow-through. - Process-oriented problem solver who identifies inefficiencies and builds practical, scalable solutions rather than accepting manual processes as the status quo. - Employee-focused communicator who can handle sensitive questions and transitions with discretion, judgment, and care. - Comfortable operating across systems, data, and cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced manufacturing and engineering environment. Minimum Requirements: - 3–5 years of experience in People Operations, HR Operations, or an HR Generalist role, with hands-on ownership of employee lifecycle processes. - Hands-on HRIS administration experience, including employee records, workflow configuration,