Employee Relations Specialist II (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $70,500–$101,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops rockets, launch vehicles, and manufacturing capabilities, including the Terran R vehicle for delivering customer payloads to orbit.

What you will do

• Serve as the first point of contact for employee relations concerns, including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and misconduct.
• Conduct prompt, impartial, and confidential investigations; manage the case load and recommend corrective actions with People Business Partners, Legal, Security, EH&S, and business stakeholders.
• Manage whistleblower and internal reporting hotline cases, documentation, dispositions, reporting, trend analysis, and projects, including AI-enabled case management solutions.
• Develop, revise, and administer employment policies, procedures, and the employee handbook; educate employees and managers on policies and responsibilities.
• Build ER training programs, track annual HR compliance training, support mediation and dispute resolution, and resolve workplace conflicts.
• Monitor federal, state, and local employment laws and prepare compliance reports such as California pay transparency and EEO-1 reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• 5+ years of Employee Relations, Human Resources, or equivalent experience, including managing complex investigations.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations, labor relations, training, and conflict resolution.
• Deep understanding of FMLA, EEO laws, ADA, and other United States employment-related state and federal laws and regulations, with experience supporting a large California workforce.
• Experience working in a startup environment and/or in the technology or aerospace industry.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, reasoning, and communication skills capable of building trust and confidence.

Nice to have

• Advanced HR degree or education.
• Relevant HR or workplace investigation certifications, such as Society for Human Resource Management or Association of Workplace Investigators certifications.
• Experience creating or working with ethics and compliance rules and programs.
• Experience and understanding of cross-over compliance areas, including OFCCP government contractor compliance.
• Experience scaling an employee relations function.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a People team with broad visibility and direct collaboration across departments.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave, plus parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Environment emphasizing autonomy, ownership, impact, agility, empathy, creativity, and technical rigor.