UFORCE exists to make aggression unaffordable.
Founded in Ukraine and headquartered in London, UFORCE is a defence-technology company with operations across Europe, the United States and Asia.
UFORCE builds uncrewed vessels, ground robotics and aircraft, autonomy software, and the command-and-control layer that operates them together. Each platform is deployable on its own, and stronger as part of the system. Its product lines include the MAGURA family of uncrewed surface vessels, the NEMESIS family of strike platforms, the LIUT family of ground robotic platforms, and counter-UAS systems.
UFORCE is standing up its first US manufacturing site, and we're looking for an People Operations Generalist to be the people ops engine behind it.
You'll own payroll for the site — hourly and salaried — end to end: accurate, on time, and audit-ready. Around that sits everything a new site needs day to day: onboarding, compliance reporting, benefits coordination, training, and being the person employees come to with HR and payroll questions.
You won't be building this from nothing. The global People team has built the policies, guidelines and procedures and will stand up the HRIS, and you'll have a Senior Payroll Specialist alongside you for setup and the complex items. Your job is to make it all work on the ground — and to land global people cycles locally with managers who have a production line to run.
What you'll doComplete payroll and timekeeping setup for the site — payroll tool configuration, timekeeping system, UI registration and tax liabilities — with our Senior Payroll Specialist, validated before the first employee is paid.
Independently run accurate, on-time payroll for hourly and salaried employees, including overtime, shift differentials and off-cycle corrections.
Prepare payroll reporting on cadence, keep payroll operations documented, and support Finance through audit.
Own recurring compliance reporting and filings: payroll tax, wage and hour, I-9 and E-Verify, exempt vs. non-exempt classification, labor-law postings and record retention.
Run onboarding end to end in the HRIS — paperwork, verification, benefits enrollment, training assignment and orientation — for both hourly and salaried hires.
Maintain the HRIS and personnel files as an accurate, compliant, audit-ready system of record.
Coordinate benefits vendors and brokers on enrollment, eligibility, open enrollment, renewal and ACA reporting, and flag where the offer isn't landing for the hourly population.
Manage training assignments and track completion.
Act as the day-to-day point of contact for employee HR and payroll queries at the site, against clear service standards.
Land global people cycles locally — performance and probation reviews, engagement survey, people comms — briefing managers, running local logistics, chasing completion and feeding issues back to global People.
Independent, end-to-end ownership of US payroll for both hourly and salaried employees, including timekeeping, overtime and corrections.
Strong US employment compliance and reporting: federal and state filings, wage and hour, I-9, exempt vs. non-exempt classification and record-keeping.
Hands-on HRIS administration (Rippling, ADP, Paylocity, BambooHR, UKG, Workday or similar), with responsibility for data integrity and audit-readiness.
Experience standing up HR at a new or greenfield US site, or transitioning a company off a PEO into in-house payroll and HR.
Manufacturing, plant, warehouse or other industrial HR experience with a significant hourly population — ideally in cleared-facility or defense manufacturing.
Comfort operating as the sole on-site HR person: self-directed, organized under ambiguity, leaves clean and auditable records.
Federal contractor environment: E-Verify, OFCCP, or export-control-adjacent HR experience.
Direct experience registering and running payroll and tax in multiple states.
Benefits administration depth: open enrollment, carrier and broker coordination, ACA.
LMS or training program administration.
Experience delivering centrally designed people processes with frontline managers.
SHRM-CP / SHRM-SCP, PHR / SPHR, FPC or CPP certification.
The nature of combat has changed.
Tomorrow’s battlefield success depends on autonomy, speed, and adaptability.
And UFORCE is ready.
Are You?
Skills Required
- Independent, end-to-end ownership of US payroll for hourly and salaried employees, including timekeeping, overtime, and corrections.
- Strong US employment compliance and reporting experience, including federal and state filings, wage and hour requirements, I-9, exempt versus non-exempt classification, and record-keeping.
- Hands-on HRIS administration experience with systems such as Rippling, ADP, Paylocity, BambooHR, UKG, Workday, or similar.
- Experience establishing HR operations at a new US site or transitioning from a PEO to in-house payroll and HR.
- Manufacturing, plant, warehouse, or industrial HR experience with a significant hourly workforce.
- Ability to operate as the sole on-site HR professional in an organized, self-directed manner under ambiguity.
- Federal contractor experience involving E-Verify, OFCCP, or export-control-adjacent HR.
- Experience registering and running payroll and tax processes across multiple states.
- Benefits administration experience, including open enrollment, carrier and broker coordination, and ACA reporting.
- LMS or training program administration experience.
- Experience delivering centrally designed people processes with frontline managers.
- SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, FPC, or CPP certification.
What We Do
UFORCE is a Ukrainian-founded defense-technology company developing combat-proven unmanned systems for allied militaries. Its portfolio spans uncrewed surface vessels, strike aircraft and drones, ground robots, counter-UAS systems, and command-and-control and autonomy software. It combines deployable hardware with battlefield-informed iteration to strengthen defense and deterrence across air, land, and sea, aiming to deliver capabilities at lower cost than traditional platforms for modern allied forces.
