--- title: People Partner at Normal Computing in Palo Alto, CA description: Normal Computing is hiring for the People Partner role in Palo Alto, CA. Pays $144K–$205K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/people-partner-at-normal-computing-01a158ba-e980-75ff-8d35-1a43e4f95414 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Normal Computing as People Partner in Palo Alto, CA. Pays $144K–$205K per year. Full-time, on-site role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/biq0xp.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Normal Computing | | **Location** | Mountain View, CA | | **Salary** | $145K/yr - $200K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 20, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Normal Computing sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 1 H-1B petition (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** Normal Computing uses E-Verify. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $104,000 – $183,000 a year (median $128,000). ## Description ## **Normal Computing | Build with Us** Normal is an applied AI company solving the hardest problems in AI and silicon. We build foundational hardware and software for the semiconductor industry, critical AI infrastructure, and the broader systems that power our world, in partnership with the world's most advanced institutions. We work as one team across New York City, Silicon Valley (Mountain View), and London. ### **Your Role in Our Mission** We’re looking for a founding People Partner to help Normal achieve its business goals by building effective teams and developing the talent we need as we grow. You’ll partner with leaders and employees across research, engineering, hardware and business teams to strengthen performance, development and how teams work together. You’ll establish the People Partner function at Normal, balancing opportunities to strengthen performance and development with the need to address people challenges and risks early. You’ll bring clear recommendations to inform our priorities and use insights from your work with leaders and employees to shape our broader People programs, with ownership of specific initiatives. ### **What you will own** - **Partner strategically with leaders.** Understand business priorities, anticipate people needs, and advise leaders on talent, organizational change and the capabilities their teams need as we grow. - **Coach and develop managers.** Help managers set clear expectations, give useful feedback, delegate effectively and handle difficult conversations. Deliver coaching, team training and resources as we build out our leadership development work, drawing on the challenges you see across teams. - **Guide performance and development.** Support managers through performance reviews, helping them assess performance and turn feedback into development plans they follow through on. Bring recommendations as we continue to build our approach. - **Understand and improve team health.** Use employee conversations, pulse survey results, exit themes and people data to identify concerns and retention risks early. Facilitate discussions on role clarity and working relationships, and work with leaders to agree on actions and assess whether they help. - **Advise on employee relations and change.** Work with managers on performance concerns, employee issues and conflict, handling sensitive situations fairly and with care. Advise leaders on communicating and managing team changes, and involve People leadership and counsel in complex or high-risk matters. ### **What we are looking for** - Experience advising leaders as a People Partner, HRBP or in a comparable role within a tech or hardware company. - Experience across early-stage startups and larger companies - Experience building practical People tools or delivering program components - Experience coaching managers through feedback, performance and development - Sound judgment in employee relations, including fact-finding, confidentiality and knowing when to involve People leadership or counsel - Experience using employee feedback and people data to recommend a change and assess whether it helped. - Clear, candid communication, with examples of building trust and influencing leaders through difficult decisions or disagreement. - Experience supporting employees and managers across multiple countries; you know when to draw on local expertise. ### **Bonus Points** - Experience using Rippling, Ashby, Lattice, Deel, Notion, Slack. - Experience supporting research or hardware teams, with an understanding of how their work shapes team structure, performance and development. - An HR or project management certification such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR or PMP. - Experience supporting reductions in force, setting up or international entity arrangements, and PEO setups. ***Equal Employment Opportunity Statement*** *Normal Computing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.* ***Accessibility Accommodations*** *Normal Computing is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations@normalcomputing.com.* ***Privacy Notice*** *By submitting your application, you agree that Normal Computing may collect, use, and store your personal information for employment-related purposes in accordance with our* [*Applicant Privacy Notice*](https://normalcomputing.com/applicant-privacy-notice)*.* ## Skills - Project Management - Notion - Influencing - Slack - Senior Professional in Human Resources - Performance Management - HR Analytics - Employee Relations - Professional in Human Resources - Confidentiality - SHRM Certified Professional - Rippling - HR Business Partnering - Project Management Professional Certification - SHRM Senior Certified Professional - Fact-Finding - Ashby - Human Resources - Advising - Lattice - Leadership - Drawing - Deel - Communication - Coaching - Equities ## Benefits - Leadership Development ## Related - [Human Resources jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/human-resources?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [HR Operations jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/human-resources/hr-operations?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Human Resources Generalist / Business Partner jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/human-resources/hr-operations/human-resources-generalist-business-partner?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Human Resources Business Partner jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/human-resources/hr-operations/human-resources-generalist-business-partner/human-resources-business-partner?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260761 jobs - [Semiconductor Manufacturing](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/semiconductor-manufacturing?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 33130 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)