Jobs at Applied Industrial Technologies

Build and mature the People Operations operating model by standardizing processes, documentation, controls, metrics, audits, and automation. Serve as a functional Workday owner, improve data fidelity, support employee and organizational changes, resolve complex cases, and lead cross-functional process redesigns. Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, Recruiting, Payroll, and People Business Partners while using AI and low-code tools to improve employee experiences and operational efficiency.

Own the global employment compliance program and employee relations case management. Responsibilities include developing compliance frameworks, auditing practices, managing policies and records governance, monitoring legislative changes, overseeing reporting, background checks, training, and workplace investigations. The role requires strong California and multi-state employment law expertise, global experience, sound judgment, program ownership, and precise written communication.

Lead and grow a data infrastructure engineering team responsible for large-scale storage systems and the full data lifecycle. Define the technical roadmap, architecture, reliability, and operational standards across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Drive scalable ingestion, indexing, storage, and retrieval for autonomous vehicle and physical AI workloads while recruiting talent and partnering cross-functionally on technical direction.

Provide hands-on HR support across EMEA: benefits administration, employment contracts, Workday data maintenance, onboarding/offboarding, culture programs, events, and scalable People operations. Use AI tools to automate workflows and partner with global People team for regional rollout.

The People Business Partner will shape and execute people strategy for assigned client groups, advising leaders and managers on talent management, workforce planning, performance, compensation, succession, employee relations, organizational design, change management, engagement, and development. The role owns key employee lifecycle programs, uses people analytics to improve organizational outcomes, and supports a high-growth technology company through strategic and operational HR initiatives.

Develop and evolve compensation programs, advise business leaders on compensation strategy, lead benchmarking and market analysis, support compensation reviews and job architecture, and create scalable processes. The role requires expertise in cash and equity compensation, pay equity, leveling frameworks, financial forecasting, stakeholder management, and AI-enabled people solutions across functions and geographies.

Develop, deploy, and validate autonomy software on vehicles, integrating sensors and autopilots, performing field deployments and testing, implementing CI/CD and simulation-based validation, and integrating third-party software for multi-agent autonomous systems.

Build and own internal people-intelligence products used by company leaders, including performance, workforce planning, headcount, budgeting, and organizational analytics tools. Develop Go services and React/TypeScript frontends, data pipelines, integrations, metrics, and visualizations. Deploy and operate systems on GCP and AWS, modernize legacy Python/Flask applications, and protect sensitive people and financial data. Partner directly with leaders and internal teams to define and deliver reliable solutions.

Serve as a strategic HR business partner for assigned groups, advising leaders on talent management, workforce planning, performance, compensation, employee relations, and organizational design. Drive people programs, conduct investigations and PIPs, support lifecycle processes, and use data to improve engagement, retention, and performance.

Leads the electrical engineering organization for drone platforms, overseeing power, avionics, sensors, wiring, PCB design, aircraft integration, validation, flight testing, and production readiness. Responsibilities include building and mentoring the engineering team, owning the electrical roadmap, ensuring manufacturability and serviceability, managing suppliers, and partnering with autonomy, mechanical, software, and flight-test teams.

Leads and scales the drone hardware engineering organization across mechanical, electrical, systems integration, and test disciplines. Owns hardware architecture, roadmap, product lifecycle execution, manufacturing readiness, reliability, failure investigations, and customer delivery. Builds technical leadership, partners with autonomy, software, manufacturing, and program teams, and guides products from prototyping through flight testing and high-volume production.

Leads and grows the mechanical engineering team developing drone airframes and integrated aircraft systems. Owns the mechanical roadmap, technical tradeoffs, design quality, prototyping, flight testing, failure investigations, manufacturability, and field serviceability. Partners with autonomy, avionics, electrical, software, and flight test teams while hiring, mentoring, and managing engineers throughout the product lifecycle.

Leads company-wide recruiting operations and transformation initiatives, including ATS and scheduling systems, automation, AI sourcing, candidate experience, employer brand, process governance, analytics, and talent partnerships. Partners with executives and recruiting leaders on organizational design, headcount planning, and scaling strategy while managing cross-functional program teams. Requires strong technical fluency in integrations, APIs, backend workflows, and recruiting data systems.

Leads end-to-end mechanical and electrical hardware architecture for drone platforms. Designs, prototypes, integrates, debugs, and tests aircraft hardware; owns survivability, reliability, SWaP optimization, sensor and avionics integration, environmental qualification, and failure analysis. Serves as the technical authority across engineering and flight-test teams, leads design reviews, establishes standards, mentors engineers, and supports flight campaigns and field operations.

Owns the day-to-day security posture of classified information systems across two facilities. Maintains RMF authorization packages, performs vulnerability scanning and continuous monitoring, hardens enclaves, manages access controls, responds to incidents, supports inspections and assessments, and coordinates with government authorizing officials, DCSA, ISSM, and program security teams. Requires active DoD clearance, U.S. citizenship, Secret-level access, and eligibility for Special Access Program briefings.

Performs embedded software integration and validation at an automotive customer site. Responsibilities include software flashing, board bring-up, vehicle and bench testing, communications debugging, defect triage, release validation, technical customer sessions, and documenting integration procedures. Requires hands-on automotive software and hardware debugging, knowledge of embedded operating systems and vehicle domains, CI/CD experience, strong technical communication, and willingness to work onsite and travel.

Design and build scalable corporate IT infrastructure; respond to help-desk requests and provide onsite/remote technical support; administer systems across Linux, Windows, and Mac; manage networking (VPN, DNS, firewalls, switches) and SaaS integrations; create IT processes and lead platform implementations for global teams.

The Business Sourcer will develop top-of-funnel recruiting strategies and pipelines for SGA roles across multiple corporate functions. Responsibilities include talent mapping, research-driven sourcing, engaging passive candidates, partnering with hiring managers, collaborating with recruiters, and using market data to improve sourcing strategies. The role requires strong communication, organization, relationship-building, and sourcing experience, preferably in software, autonomous vehicles, or enterprise technology.

Design and develop drone airframes, structures, landing gear, and mechanical systems from concept through flight testing and production. Integrate propulsion, batteries, avionics, and payloads while balancing weight, strength, aerodynamics, and performance. Build and test prototypes, conduct structural, thermal, and vibration analyses, investigate failures, and improve designs for manufacturability, repairability, and field serviceability in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Build and lead the hardware technical program management function from the ground up. Define the end-to-end hardware product development process, hire and develop TPMs, oversee 10+ concurrent hardware programs, manage schedules, quality, cost, risks, and cross-functional alignment, and report portfolio health to senior leadership. The role partners with engineering, software, operations, procurement, and business development across multiple industries.