Human Resources Business Partner (Flexie)

Torus is headquartered in Utah and is expanding manufacturing at our 540,000-square-foot facility in Salt Lake City called GigaOne. Our mission is to build the world's first mesh energy infrastructure — built to unite people and communities through resilient, secure, and intelligent power. We design, engineer, manufacture, install, and support our systems end-to-end, standing behind them throughout their lifecycle. Torus systems help reduce costs, lower emissions, and protect facilities from outages, while strengthening the security and reliability of the broader utility grid. Torus is committed to American manufacturing, engineering excellence, and building energy systems that last.

At Torus, you will be part of something larger than a single product or technology. Your work will help build energy infrastructure that supports critical systems, industry, and communities for decades to come. We value accountability, collaboration, and clear thinking. We are looking for people who want to solve hard problems and build things that matter.

We are seeking a People Operations Partner to support our technical organization, serving as the primary people advisor to leaders across Data, Engineering, Software, Firmware, and Hardware. This role is equal parts strategic partner and hands-on operator. You’ll help technical leaders build high-performing teams while ensuring our people practices scale with the complexity of the work.

You will translate technical business priorities into clear people plans (org design, workforce planning, performance management, retention), coach leaders through decision-making and team dynamics, and proactively identify people risks before they become issues. This role requires strong judgment, comfort operating in ambiguity, and the ability to build trust with highly technical teams.

This role operates as a true HR business partner—translating business goals into people strategies, coaching leaders through growth and change, and ensuring our practices scale as the company evolves. You’ll be embedded with your stakeholder groups, balancing day-to-day support with org design, performance, and workforce planning, while also serving as a culture steward who reinforces the standards and behaviors that make us successful. Strong judgment, discretion, and the ability to anticipate people risks are essential.

• Serve as the primary People Ops advisor to assigned business leaders, providing guidance on people strategy, leadership decisions, and team effectiveness.
• Translate engineering and product priorities into people plans, including org design, role clarity, leveling, and growth paths.
• Own KPI reporting for your org(s), ensuring data cleanliness, integrity, and accurate people insights (headcount, attrition, performance, hiring progress, etc.).
• Partner on headcount planning aligned to roadmaps and forecasts, advising on what/when/why to hire and tradeoffs in capacity planning.
• Coach technical leaders on performance management philosophy, accountability, feedback, and talent decisions.
• Support onboarding and offboarding for technical teams, ensuring smooth transitions and strong team continuity.
• Partner with compensation and benefits stakeholders to ensure equitable, competitive, and consistent compensation practices for technical talent.
• Provide employee relations support for sensitive issues (conflict, engagement, performance, retention risk) with discretion and sound judgment.
• Anticipate people risks within the technical organization (burnout, attrition, role ambiguity, misalignment) and recommend proactive interventions.
• Partner closely with recruiting to improve hiring processes, candidate evaluation, and closing strategy for competitive technical roles.
• Strengthen manager capability across the technical org through coaching, decision support, and consistent application of People Ops practices.

Required Experience

• 6+ years of People Ops / HRBP experience, supporting corporate or technical teams
• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders in fast-growing environments
• Demonstrated success partnering with leaders in engineering, software, hardware, or data environments
• Strong experience in performance management, talent decisions, and leader coaching
• Experience supporting onboarding, offboarding, compensation, benefits, and employee relations
• Working knowledge of compensation practices and how they apply in competitive technical markets
• Exceptional judgment, discretion, and ability to influence without authority

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting high-growth teams building complex products (hardware + software a plus)
• Comfort partnering with leaders in highly technical domains (firmware/hardware/data science)
• Familiarity with role leveling and career frameworks for engineering functions
• Experience working closely with executive teams
• Utah-based with ability to be on-site as needed for key leader support

• Employee Rewards Package including equity
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Health Benefits Package: Choice between traditional PPO or HSA eligible medical plans; Dental insurance; and Vision insurance
• Human-centered Paid Time Off (based on employment status) including unlimited discretionary PTO; 10-days paid company holidays; Waiting period-free 100% paid parental leave.
• Torus paid Life with option to purchase additional coverage
• Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Peer Recognition Program