Nimble is an AI robotics company building the autonomous supply chain to enable fast, efficient, and sustainable commerce. We’re developing a general-purpose robot AI and a warehouse generalist superhumanoid robot, the first robot in the world capable of performing all core warehouse functions. We recently closed a $106M Series C at a $1B valuation, and we are continuing to grow our world-class team.

Mission: to empower and inspire mankind to accomplish legendary feats by inventing robots that liberate us from the menial.

Vision: invent the Autonomous Supply Chain – everything from the inside of factories and warehouses to your front door – powered by industry-generalist superhumanoids to deliver faster, more efficient, and more sustainable commerce.

Our founding team comes from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon and our board of directors include famed robotics and AI legends including Marc Raibert (founder of Boston Dynamics), Sebastian Thrun (founder of GoogleX, Waymo; Stanford Professor and considered the father of autonomous vehicles) and Fei-Fei Li (Chief Scientist of AI at Google and Director of Stanford’s AI Lab).

Join us and leave your mark on the future of robotics, AI, and global commerce.

Link: Nimble Closes $106 Million Series C Funding Round, Scales Fully Autonomous Fulfillment with FedEx

Link: FedEx Announces Expansion of FedEx Fulfillment With Nimble Alliance

At Nimble, we are committed to building legendary products, a legendary team, and a legendary legacy. Join us and become part of an ambitious, humble, and resourceful culture where your work will leave a lasting impact on the future of robotics and commerce.

Be relentlessly resourceful - Challenge conventions and overcome obstacles.

Be legendary - Be the very best and do work that inspires.

Be humble - Prioritize growth, learning, and doing whatever is needed to further the mission.

Be dependable - Take ownership and deliver with high agency.

We’re looking for an experienced HR Manager to work closely with leaders and teams across the company to scale our people practices as we grow. In this role, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to managers, helping drive performance, culture, and engagement while building HR processes that support a fast-moving tech startup environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Partner with founders and leaders to align people strategies with business goals

- Coach managers on performance management, team development, and leadership skills

- Support org design, workforce planning, and team scaling initiatives

- Oversee and improve processes across the employee lifecycle (onboarding, development, performance, offboarding)

- Act as a point of contact for employee relations matters, ensuring fair and consistent practices

- Drive employee engagement, feedback, and retention initiatives

- Support goal setting, performance reviews, and continuous feedback processes

- Identify talent gaps and partner with leadership on succession planning

- Collaborate with recruiting to ensure strong hiring practices and team fit

- Ensure HR policies and practices comply with local labor laws and regulations

- Maintain and improve HR documentation, policies, and processes

- Partner with payroll, benefits, and external vendors as needed

- Own the partnernship with our legal team ensuring swift communication with Nimble's employees seeking guidance on immigration status

- Help shape and scale company culture and values

- Support change management during periods of growth, restructuring, or transformation

- 4–8+ years of HR experience, including time as an HR Business Partner or similar role

- Experience working in a tech startup or high-growth environment

- Strong knowledge of performance management, employee relations, and employment law

- Proven ability to influence and coach leaders at multiple levels

- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes from scratch

- Excellent communication, judgment, and problem-solving skills

- Experience supporting engineering, product, or technical teams

- Exposure to global or multi-country HR operations

-Background in scaling teams from early-stage to growth-stage

- Must be able to work extended hours and weekends as needed

- Must be able to get to work locations in SOMA, SF daily and South San Francisco as needed

- Opportunity to shape people strategy at a growing tech startup

- High impact role with visibility across the business

- Collaborative, fast-paced, and mission-driven environment

- Competitive compensation, benefits, and equity

$130,000 - $180,000 a year

The above range is the base salary range. This position will also receive generous equity!

We embrace challenges and strive to make the impossible possible each day. We’re not in this to do what’s easy or to be mediocre. We want to create something legendary and leave our mark on the world. We’re ambitious, we’re gritty, we’re humble and we’re relentlessly resourceful in pursuit of our goals. If this sounds like you then you might be a great fit!

Nimble Robotics, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state, federal or local laws.

Enjoy the time you need to travel, rejuvenate, and connect with friends and family.

Nimble provides medical, dental, and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family.

Enjoy paid bonding time following a birth.

Take the stress out of commuting with access to fully-paid parking spots.

Get a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring.

Contribute towards a 401k for retirement planning.

Be an owner in Nimble through our equity program