What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Resources Generalist position at Motional?
Mission Summary:
The Human Resources Generalist will report to the HR Business Partner and act as a trusted partner to provide core support to the HR team. You'll play a key role in creating a supportive, collaborative, and values-centric workplace where everyone feels heard and empowered to do their best work.
This role centers on building strong employee relationships, handling everyday HR needs with care, and helping bring our people programs to life. You'll support our HR Business Partners and the wider team in delivering meaningful initiatives, staying compliant, and creating positive experiences for our operations and engineering teams, with an initial emphasis on our Las Vegas office.
What you'll do:
- Support employee relations by triaging concerns, documenting cases, conducting initial fact-finding interviews under HR Business Partner guidance, and assisting with resolution plans.
- Provide guidance and support to frontline managers on performance concerns, coaching, and disciplinary processes, ensuring documentation is legally sound and consistent.
- Assist in the administration of HR programs such as performance reviews, merit cycles, employee surveys, onboarding, and offboarding.
- Serve as a frontline point-of-contact to employee and manager inquiries on company policies and general HR processes with timely and accurate information.
- Help ensure compliance with Nevada employment law; track required postings, trainings, and filings, and flag potential issues to the HR Business Partner.
- Contribute to local employee communications by drafting announcements, updating intranet content, and coordinating town halls or HR-led sessions.
- Perform core HR administrative duties, including maintaining employee records, processing personnel changes (promotions, transfers, terminations), generating reports, and managing HRIS data entry.
- Maintain HR dashboards and metrics; prepare routine reports on headcount, turnover, and program participation.
- Provide onsite HR presence in the Las Vegas office, including coordinating employee events and maintaining a welcoming HR service point.
- Perform other ad-hoc administrative projects as assigned by the HR Business Partner.
What we're looking for:
- Minimum 2–3 years of experience in Human Resources, with exposure to:
- HR administration and record-keeping
- Employee relations intake and documentation
- Policy interpretation and basic compliance
- Prior experience supporting hourly or non-exempt populations.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; comfortable managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication; able to explain HR processes clearly to non-HR audiences.
- Proficiency in HRIS systems (e.g., Workday, Oracle) and Google Workspace/Microsoft Office.
- Basic knowledge of Nevada employment law; familiarity with multi-state nuances (PA, MA, CA) is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Ability to be onsite in Las Vegas; minimal domestic travel (under 10%).
Bonus points if you have:
- SHRM-CP or PHR certification (or progress toward).
- Experience with leave management software or FMLA administration.
Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We're driven by something more.
Our journey is always people first.
We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.
Higher purpose, greater impact.
We're creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it's not only good for our business, it's the right thing to do.
Scale up, not starting up.
Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We're driven to scale; we're moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.
Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.
Salary : $84,000 - $109,500