K2 Space
Senior HR Business Partner
$120K–$170K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 13, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 8+ years as an HR Business Partner.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Partners with engineering and operational leaders to shape people strategy, manage HR matters and compliance, and support organizational growth and employee retention.
What you'll do
- Advise leaders, managers, and employees on HR matters and workforce risks; support scaling across sites.
- Manage employee relations, investigations, employment-law compliance, and HR policies and processes.
- Coach managers and lead initiatives in engagement, retention, succession planning, and leadership development.
What they ask for
- 8+ years as an HR Business Partner, including work with technical, engineering, or operational teams.
- Experience in high-growth startup environments and at a California-based aerospace, engineering, technology, or hardware manufacturing company.
- Hands-on experience managing complex employee relations matters and investigations; direct California employment-law experience, including wage and hour matters and employee classifications.
- Experience with succession planning, leadership development, complex multi-stakeholder projects, HRIS and performance management tools, and AI tools and applications.
Nice to have
- Professional HR certification such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR.
- Use of people data analytics to make recommendations and impact outcomes; experience managing HR for non-exempt employees under California labor regulations.
Pay
$120,000 – $170,000 USD base salary
Tools
15Five, Rippling, Leapsome, Lattice, ADP Workforce Now
AI focus
Experience with AI tools and applications is required; specific AI work is not described.
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