Allencontrolsystems

Allencontrolsystems

Senior HR Generalist

Austin, TX · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 121 days ago
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About the role

  • Our innovative approach requires overcoming significant technical challenges, making this an exciting and dynamic environment for experienced professionals.
  • With an engineering-first culture, ACS values technical excellence and innovation.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the VP of HR to define the people strategy roadmap, assess current-state gaps, and build prioritized plans to close them, including the employee handbook, process guides, and compliance frameworks.
  • Help design and implement our performance management philosophy, including review cycles, feedback structures, and goal-setting frameworks, along with the tools and templates managers need to run effective conversations.
  • Support the development of a compensation philosophy and structure, including job leveling, pay bands, and manager guidance, ensuring frameworks are fair, transparent, and defensible as we scale.
  • Develop and maintain HR policies that are legally sound and clearly written
  • Design and own the full onboarding experience from offer acceptance through the first 90 days, including the systems, checklists, and communications that make every new hire's first week seamless
  • 6+ years of progressive HR experience, with meaningful time in a startup, high-growth, or build-from-scratch environment.
  • Demonstrated experience helping design or establish HR programs from scratch, not just administering existing systems.
  • Develop and maintain HR policies that are legally sound and clearly written; monitor the regulatory landscape and flag changes that require policy or process updates.
  • Design and own the full onboarding experience from offer acceptance through the first 90 days, including the systems, checklists, and communications that make every new hire's first week seamless; establish metrics and continuously improve the experience over time.
  • Familiarity with building or operationalizing performance management and compensation frameworks.

Nice to have

  • High trust, high discretion in handling sensitive information
  • SHRM-CP, PHR, or equivalent is a plus.

Compensation

  • Competitive salary

Benefits

  • ACS Equity Package
  • Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • We are developing a small, autonomous gun turret that employs advanced computer vision and control systems to precisely target and neutralize small drones and loitering munitions.
  • Own day-to-day benefits administration, enrollment coordination, and employee communications
  • build the education and support infrastructure so employees can fully access and understand their benefits.

Company info

  • Help define and operationalize our culture through engagement initiatives, pulse surveys, recognition programs, and feedback loops
  • Help define and operationalize our culture through engagement initiatives, pulse surveys, recognition programs, and feedback loops; serve as a trusted, approachable resource for employees at all levels.
  • Allen Control Systems (ACS) is a cutting-edge defense startup founded by two former Navy electrical engineers with a proven track record in robotics and software.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer, providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.

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