HR Generalist

As a Sr. HR Operations Specialist at Tenstorrent, you'll be a key player in building and caring for the best possible team. You'll own critical employee lifecycle processes while ensuring we maintain compliance as we scale. If you're detail-oriented, proactive, and excited about growing your career, we want to work with you!

Why Join Us?

• Grow your career in a rapidly expanding organization that invests in its people
• Work with an HR team that values honesty, accountability, and results
• Be part of scaling a dynamic, multi-national team
• Take on increasing responsibility as we scale and build out our HR Operations function
• Have fun while doing serious work that matters

This role is hybrid, based out of Santa Clara, CA, Austin, TX, Toronto, ON, Boston, MA.

We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting.

Responsibilities:

• Employee Lifecycle & Benefits:
  • Own and execute employee lifecycle operations from offer acceptance through departure
  • Drive the logistics of onboarding, including benefits enrollment, system access, and documentation
  • Manage offboarding processes, ensuring smooth transitions and proper documentation
  • Serve as the go-to resource for benefits administration and employee inquiries
  • Own leave management processes, including tracking and compliance
  • Coordinate with payroll on benefits-related items
• Compliance & Immigration:
  • Own compliance aspects of employee lifecycle, including I-9 verification and background checks
  • Develop & manage the HR team’s compliance calendar 
  • Support immigration processes across all locations, partnering with vendors and tracking documentation
  • Help maintain HR policies and the employee handbook
  • Track completion of required employee training programs
  • Support internal and external audits as needed
• HRIS & Data Management:
  • Maintain accurate employee data across all HR systems
  • Generate reports and metrics to drive continuous improvement
  • Identify and implement process improvements and automation opportunities
  • Support ongoing HRIS projects and updates

Experience & Qualifications:

• 3+ years of HR Operations experience, with exposure to both benefits and compliance
• Strong understanding of HR systems, processes, and best practices
• Sharp eye for detail and commitment to data accuracy
• Excellent project management skills and ability to drive processes
• Strong communication skills and customer service mindset
• Track record of building scalable processes in fast-paced environments
• Experience with HRIS systems and data management
• Bachelor's degree preferred

  What Makes You Stand Out:

  • Ambition
  • Can-do attitude
  • Resourcefulness
  • Collaborative approach

  We're looking for someone who can own their work, lead with the truth, and help us build the best possible team. If you're ready to roll up your sleeves and make an impact, we want to hear from you.

Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. Experience, skills, education, background and location all impact the actual offer made.

Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.

Due to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, Tenstorrent is required to ensure compliance with licensing regulations when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries that have been licensing conditions set  by the U.S. government.

Our engineering positions and certain engineering support positions require access to information, systems, or technologies that are subject to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, please note that citizenship/permanent residency, asylee and refugee information and/or documentation will be required and considered as Tenstorrent moves through the employment process.

If a U.S. export license is required, employment will not begin until a license with acceptable conditions is granted by the U.S. government.  If a U.S. export license with acceptable conditions is not granted by the U.S. government, then the offer of employment will be rescinded.