HR Manager

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Hawthorne, CA, USA
In-Office
100K-130K Annually
Senior level
Energy • Solar • Renewable Energy
The Role
Lead and scale people operations including full employee lifecycle, performance management, compliance, employee relations, benefits administration, HR systems, and compensation support. Partner with legal on export control (ITAR/EAR) and immigration processes, track visa status, and build scalable HR policies and culture for a fast-growing, multi-state organization.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced, hands-on HR Manager to build and run our people operations as we scale. This role will own core HR functions, from employee relations, performance management, and compliance while helping create a thoughtful, transparent, and high-performance culture.

This is a high-trust, high-impact role that works closely with leadership and managers across the company.

Responsibilities
  • Own the full employee lifecycle: performance management, promotions, transitions, and offboarding

  • Serve as a trusted resource for employees and managers on HR questions, policies, and workplace concerns

  • Support performance reviews, feedback cycles, and manager development

  • Help shape company culture, values, and internal communications

  • Develop, implement, and maintain HR policies and employee handbook

  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local labor laws (including multi-state compliance if applicable)

  • Manage employee relations issues, investigations, and separations with professionalism and discretion

  • Partner with legal counsel as needed on employment matters

  • Administer benefits programs (health, retirement, leaves, etc.) and serve as point of contact for employees

  • Support compensation planning, benchmarking, and equity programs

  • Manage HR systems (HRIS, payroll coordination, performance tools, etc.) and ensure clean data and reporting

  • Build scalable HR processes appropriate for a fast-growing organization

  • Anticipate people-related risks as the company grows and proactively address them

  • Coordinate export control–related onboarding processes, including employee eligibility, access controls, and required trainings (e.g., ITAR/EAR), in partnership with legal counsel

  • Serve as the internal point of contact for export compliance workflows related to hiring, role changes, and terminations

  • Manage immigration processes for employees and candidates (e.g., visas, work authorization, renewals) by coordinating with outside immigration counsel

  • Track visa status, deadlines, and compliance requirements to ensure continuity of employment and regulatory compliance

Ideal Qualifications
  • 5+ years of HR or People Operations experience, ideally in a startup or growth-stage company

  • Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practices

  • Experience working in a regulated environment, including exposure to export controls (e.g., ITAR/EAR) and/or immigration processes, in partnership with legal counsel

  • Experience handling employee relations issues and sensitive matters with discretion

  • Comfortable operating both strategically and tactically (this is a hands-on role)

  • Excellent communication, judgment, and organizational skills

  • Ability to build trust quickly across all levels of the organization

  • Experience in tech, engineering, or high-growth environments

  • SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, PHR/SPHR, or similar certification

  • Experience supporting distributed or multi-state teams

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.

We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.

Benefits

Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.

  • Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy

  • Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K

  • Unlimited paid time off, two-weeks per year encouraged

  • Healthy lunches provided daily

Equal Opportunity

Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

More about Reflect Orbital:

Learn more about our team here.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of HR or People Operations experience
  • Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practices
  • Experience working in a regulated environment with exposure to export controls (ITAR/EAR) and immigration processes, partnering with legal counsel
  • Experience handling employee relations issues, investigations, and separations with discretion
  • Comfortable operating both strategically and tactically (hands-on role)
  • Excellent communication, judgment, and organizational skills
  • Ability to build trust quickly across all levels of the organization
  • Experience in a startup or growth-stage company
  • Experience in tech, engineering, or high-growth environments
  • SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, PHR/SPHR, or similar certification
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The Company
HQ: Los Angeles, CA
26 Employees
Year Founded: 2021

What We Do

Reflect Orbital is developing technology to sell sunlight to those who need it. We imagine a future where sunlight continues powering solar farms and providing lighting after the sun sets. We’re a small team of engineers who make progress by building things quickly and iteratively. Time is our greatest constraint. Join us.

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