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HR Manager – West Coast
Location: Newark, CA; Carson City, NV
Role: Fulltime, on-site
Travel: Up to 50% travel may be required
Ready to propel your career to new heights? Welcome to Vitesse Systems, where innovation meets opportunity.
Vitesse is seeking a Regional HR Manager to lead HR operations for our West Coast sites while driving the HR Compliance and Workforce Systems Center of Excellence. Reporting to the VP of HR, you’ll serve as the go-to expert for regulatory compliance, HR process optimization, and systems integrity—ensuring legal, operational, and cultural alignment across the business.
This role is both operationally grounded and strategically expansive. You'll directly manage a regional HR team, support cross-functional leadership, and partner closely with other HR Centers of Excellence to build and maintain a world-class compliance infrastructure.
Ready to grow your career while shaping a best-in-class HR function? We’re excited to launch with you.
Why Vitesse Systems?
We're not just a company; we're a community of innovators, creators, and visionaries. We foster a culture where your ideas are not just heard but valued. Vitesse Systems’ work-life integration philosophy isn't just a policy; it's our way of life. Join us and benefit from:
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Career growth opportunities
- Community-first environment
- Continuous education and trade training support
- A culture driven by innovation, ownership, and transparency
What You’ll Do (Essential Job Functions):
- Lead HR operations for West Coast sites, serving site HR and leadership to align talent and culture strategies with business objectives.
- Directly manage the West Coast HR team, providing coaching, direction, and support for performance and growth.
- Provide strategic partnership for employee relations, talent management, and compliance to advance business goals.
- Ensure local compliance with industry-specific standards, including AS9100 requirements and client contracts.
- Coach and support cross functional leaders in building high-performing teams, using best practices in performance management, feedback, and career development.
- Drive enterprise-wide strategy and execution for HR Compliance and Workforce Systems, serving as the functional lead across all locations under the direction of the VP of HR.
- Ensure legal and regulatory compliance across the platform, overseeing adherence to Local, State, and Federal labor laws, audit readiness, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Partner with cross functional teams/leaders to ensure that policies and procedures meet business needs while maintaining strict adherence to external requirements.
- Optimize and improve HR processes and systems, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and compliance in data management, recordkeeping, and HRIS utilization.
- Serve as program lead for enterprise HR compliance functions, including EEO, AAP, VETS-4212, wage and hour audits, and other regulatory reporting requirements.
- Coordinate closely with site and regional HR teams to execute workforce compliance deliverables and train field teams on policy interpretation and system usage.
- Own workforce system integrity and analytics, managing data governance, access protocols, and reporting capabilities to support strategic workforce planning.
- Serve as a visible and accessible HR leader, building trust with employees and influencing a culture rooted in engagement, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
- Analyze and report on compliance and workforce data, using insights to guide decision-making and proactively address risks across the organization.
- Champion a culture of accountability and integrity, integrating compliance priorities into day-to-day HR practices and leadership development.
- Collaborate closely with other HR Centers of Excellence, including Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, and Employee Experience, to ensure cohesive HR service delivery.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You’ll Bring (Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):
- Proven HR leadership in multi-site or regional environments.
- Deep knowledge of employment law, compliance frameworks, and HRIS systems.
- Strong analytical mindset with experience in data integrity, reporting, and systems administration.
- Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and lead change across complex environments.
- A collaborative, people-centered approach to leadership, with a strong coaching orientation.
Your Experience (Minimum Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field.
- May be substituted with commensurate experience and/or certifications
- Minimum 5 years of HRBP or related experience required.
- Minimum 1 year of experience in manufacturing.
- Minimum 1 year of demonstrated success leading HR Professionals.
- Exposure to Aerospace and Defense preferred but not required.
- Must provide proof of US Citizenship or Permanent Residency to comply with ITAR requirements.
- Ability to pass a drug screen per Vitesse Systems’ drug testing policy.
- Ability to pass a criminal background check per Vitesse Systems’ policy.
Vitesse System, Is Proud to Offer…
- Competitive wages and friendly working conditions.
- Generous PTO policy with immediate accrual eligibility.
- Excellent health, dental, and vision options.
- Company paid short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance benefits, and employee assistance program.
- 10 paid holidays.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- 401(k) opportunities.
Work Environment and Physical Requirements:
The manufacturing facility may expose workers to loud noises, chemicals, and other occupational hazards; personal protective equipment may be provided by The Company and at request.
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands and fingers; handle, feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Job Information:
This is a full-time, permanent position. This position is eligible for the employer-sponsored benefits listed under "Vitesse Systems is Proud to Offer." This position is considered non-exempt (paid on an hourly basis and eligible for overtime pay).
Pay range: $120,000-$160,000 based on qualifications and experience.
Vitesse Systems is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) Veterans / Disabled Employer. Diversity drives innovation.
Vitesse Systems, LLC performs work controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These statutes require the protection of technical data and products. The regulations require that such data not be disclosed in written, oral, or visual form to any foreign national without prior export authorization from the Department of State. Employees must be a US person. The definition of a US person is provided under 22 CFR § 120.62 as one who:
- Who has been granted US citizenship,
- Who has a lawful permanent resident in the US,
- Who has been granted the status of “protected person”,
- Or an employee of the US government
Vitesse Systems, LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) Veterans / Disabled Employer