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# Director of People Operations at MicroVision

- **Company:** MicroVision
- **Location:** Orlando, FL
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/microvision/a9a65852-3539-4783-ac10-91777c983908

## Job description

MicroVision is defining the next generation of lidar-based perception solutions for automotive, industrial, and security & defense markets. As the industry moves beyond proof of concept toward value, deployment, and commercialization, MicroVision delivers integrated hardware and software solutions designed for real-world performance, automotive-grade reliability, and economic scalability. With engineering centers in the U.S. and Germany, MicroVision leads the industry in depth and breadth of its portfolio, with both short- and long-range lidar solutions, featuring solid-state sensors with varying wavelengths, advanced sensor architectures, design-to-cost engineering, and open software solutions.

MicroVision has an immediate opportunity for an experienced People Operations Director. This role will be on site in our Orlando office, with some level of hybrid work possible, but this is not a remote position. We are looking for an experienced HR leader with excellent interpersonal communications skills to lead our human resource function. The People Operation Director will lead the development, implementation and administration of best practices, policies, and strategies in the HR function. The individual will be a key business partner providing hands-on operational and strategic human resources leadership for our company. They will be a significant contributor to build upon and help optimize our processes and tools landscape to provide a phenomenal experience for our employees and managers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Serve as a trusted advisor and thought leader to the executive team, broader leadership team, and an advocate for employees
- Develop and lead the talent acquisition strategy, improving the hiring process, candidate evaluation, and hiring manager effectiveness
- Lead change management initiatives to support the company’s growth, scalability, and evolving needs
- Stay up-to-date with HR best practices, industry trends, and regulatory changes to ensure the organization remains competitive and compliant
- Partner with senior leadership to shape the company’s culture (including by facilitating increased in-person collaboration), ensuring alignment with organizational values, mission, and vision
- Ensure provision of effective human resources services by overseeing the operations and employees of the People Operations department, including performance evaluations, training, maintenance of records, employee lifecycle, writing/updating personnel manual, and documents
- Ensure positive Employee Relations practices; counsel and/or coach employees and managers regarding employee issues including performance management, facilitation of formal/informal complaints to resolution
- Prepare budget and justify budget requests and adjustments. Establish departmental strategy, goals, and objectives and ensure efficient and economical use of department funds, staff resources, materials, facilities, and time
- Monitor and analyze people data to identify trends, address potential challenges, and make data-driven recommendations to improve people practices
- Assist employees in understanding policies and utilizing benefits, including cash and equity compensation plans, 401(k) plan, leave of absence coordination
- Mentor and support growth of the People Operations and recruiting team members
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Engineering, and Operations, to ensure the alignment of People initiatives with company priorities and legal compliance

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or other related degree. SPHR or related certification is a plus
- 12+ years in HR with graduated experience and responsibility experience preferably within a technology environment
- 7+ years of management experience in human resources, people operations, or related leadership roles
- Knowledge of current laws and regulations governing human resource matters with a solid understanding of federal and state employment laws; experience with international labor laws a plus
- An excellent communicator, both verbal and written, with the ability to develop and maintain high levels of credibility to forge solid professional relationships with subordinates/peers and become a trusted advisor to upper management
- A multi-tasker with strengths in setting priorities and completing projects within deadlines
- Knowledge of ERISA, HIPAA, FMLA, EEO Compliance, Worker’s Compensation, Unemployment Claims processing and COBRA
- Demonstrated ability to act with professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality
- Proven ability to present and translate People Operations data and analytics into meaningful recommendations for executive leadership

Benefits:

MicroVision is proud to offer a comprehensive benefit program including:

- Competitive compensation and equity program
- Choice between an HSA Medical plan with 100% employer-paid premiums for employees and generous contributions or a Buy-Up PPO Medical plan
- Buy-Up PPO Dental plan 100% employer-paid for employees
- Vision coverage 100% employer-paid for employees
- 401(k) plan with company match to help you save for your future (50% of your contributions up to the first 6% of your eligible pay)
- Generous time off package including a flexible vacation program as well as incidental personal/sick days and standard holidays
- Supplemental pay for Parental Leave
- Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance and long-term disability

MicroVision is committed to an inclusive workplace.  MicroVision is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran or any other basis prohibited by local, state or federal law.  Please let us know if you need reasonable accommodation in completing the application, attending and/or participating in an interview or in taking any test required for employment.

MicroVision is an E-Verify participant.  We will provide the Social Security Administration, and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employees’ Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.  Please note that we do not use this information to pre-screen job applicants.

## About MicroVision

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: MicroVision is a global leader in solid-state lidar sensors and perception software enabling ADAS, autonomous driving, industrial automation, and security & defense applications.
- **Entity Type**: Public — NASDAQ: MVIS
- **Headquarters**: Redmond, Washington, USA (additional offices in Detroit, USA and Hamburg, Germany)
- **Founded**: 1993
- **Founders**: Not named in cited sources (company founded as a pioneer in MEMS-based laser beam scanning technology)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Lidar hardware and perception software for autonomy and mobility — serving Automotive, Industrial, and Security & Defense markets
- **Target customers**: Automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, industrial mobility and autonomy companies (robotics, automated warehouse, agriculture, mining), and security & defense contractors — primarily B2B/Enterprise
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Defining the next generation of lidar-based perception solutions" — delivering integrated hardware and software built for real-world performance, automotive-grade reliability, and economic scalability.

## Products & Services
- **MOVIA™**: Flash-based solid-state short- to mid-range lidar sensor for near-field perception.
- **MAVIN™**: MEMS-based 905nm long-range lidar sensor capable of small object detection at distance.
- **IRIS**: 1550nm time-of-flight long-range lidar (acquired from Luminar Technologies); achieved start of production in April 2024 and is currently in vehicles for road data collection and system training.
- **HALO**: Next-generation 1550nm long-range lidar built on the IRIS architecture with improved performance and reduced size/cost (acquired from Luminar).
- **Scantinel 1550nm FMCW Lidar**: Lidar-on-chip solution using frequency-modulated continuous wave technology, targeting long-range use cases with particular advantages for commercial vehicles (acquired January 2026).
- **SENTINEL**: Full-stack software platform (under development) supporting safety and autonomy applications for passenger vehicles and commercial trucks.
- **Perception Software Stack**: Automotive-qualified software with advanced features like localization and fusion, plus customer-specific application software development.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed in cited sources; publicly traded on NASDAQ as MVIS
- **Key Metric**: Public company — detailed financial results available in the March 2026 10-K filing; deep IP portfolio of **735 issued and pending patents** (more than any peer, per company materials)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Specific investors not cited; notable strategic acquisitions include Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH (January 2023), Scantinel Photonics GmbH assets (January 2026), and the worldwide lidar business of Luminar Technologies, Inc. (February 2026)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Completed two major strategic acquisitions within two months (Scantinel and Luminar lidar business), significantly expanding the product portfolio and market reach
  - Only lidar company claiming 50+ years of combined experience (via Ibeo heritage)
  - Engineering teams in the U.S. and Germany; delivers products into automotive, mobility, agriculture, and warehousing industries
  - Open roles listed across digital design (RTL), hardware design, product engineering, program management, HR, and IT — indicating active hiring

## Competitive Advantages
- **Broadest solid-state portfolio**: Multiple lidar architectures (flash, MEMS, 1550nm ToF, 1550nm FMCW) on a unified core technology, spanning raw point clouds to an open software framework — rare breadth in the lidar industry.
- **Automotive-grade pedigree**: Ibeo launched the first lidar sensor to be automotive-qualified for serial production with a premium Tier 1 supplier, currently in passenger cars from premium OEMs.
- **Deep IP moat**: 735 issued and pending patents, built on 30+ years of MEMS laser beam scanning expertise.
- **Vertical integration**: Combined hardware + software + edge computing expertise, allowing delivery of high-value, low-power products with customer-specific application software.
- **Strategic consolidation**: Acquisitions of Ibeo, Scantinel, and Luminar's lidar business position MicroVision as one of the few surviving consolidators in a heavily shaken-out lidar market.

## Strategic Focus
- **ADAS and autonomy expansion**: Targeting advanced driver assistance systems and autonomy features across automotive, commercial vehicle, and industrial markets.
- **Commercial vehicle push**: The 1550nm FMCW Scantinel solution is specifically cited for compelling advantages in the commercial vehicle market.
- **Security & defense growth**: Leveraging 3D point cloud + real-time mapping capabilities for surveillance, search and rescue, and GNSS-denied environments.
- **Software-defined lidar**: Building out the SENTINEL full-stack software platform as a safety/autonomy layer across vehicle classes.
- **Cost engineering**: Design-to-cost engineering and economic scalability to win mass-market OEM programs.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: MicroVision describes itself as a place where employees "work with a team of exceptionally talented engineers and thought leaders looking to change the future of mobility" — encouraging innovation, collaboration, and boldness. The company is "generous with knowledge—open and accessible" and committed to inclusion and diverse hiring.
- **Work model**: Multi-country collaboration across offices in Redmond, Detroit, and Hamburg; engineering teams in the U.S. and Germany.
- **Benefits**:
  - **Unlimited vacation** — with a strong company push to take at least 10 days off per year for intentional rest
  - **Healthcare**: Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug insurance; full coverage for employees and up to 70% for dependents
  - **401(k)**: Immediate eligibility with 50% match on the first 6% of employee contribution
  - **Income protection**: Basic life and AD&D insurance at no cost
  - **Parental leave**: Supplemental pay benefits matching usual weekly earnings for medical leave (pregnancy or bonding with a new child)
- **Growth opportunity**: As a growing company, employees are encouraged to "take on more than their job description asks" and "learn unfamiliar skills" — suited for people who want creative solutions for what hasn't been done before.
- **Active hiring areas**: Digital design (Sr. RTL Engineer, Staff RTL Engineer), hardware design, product engineering, program management, corporate HR, and IT.

## Sources
1. [microvision.com](https://microvision.com/)
2. [microvision.com/about/careers](https://microvision.com/about/careers)
3. [ir.microvision.com — 10-K Filing (03/04/2026)](https://ir.microvision.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001493152-26-008898/0001493152-26-008898.pdf)
4. [jobs.lever.co/microvision](https://jobs.lever.co/microvision)
5. [ir.microvision.com/company-information](https://ir.microvision.com/company-information)

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