Human Resources Generalist

When you work at Daktronics, you’ll be part of something amazing. We design, engineer, manufacture, and support bold, eye-catching digital LED display technology and audio systems.

Our products bring excitement to professional, college and high school games. They attract customers for businesses around the world, and even provide direction for people as they travel, work and play.

As part of the Daktronics team, you’ll have interesting, impactful work with flexible opportunities. You can learn and grow at a company that provides competitive compensation and meaningful benefits – and the people are second to none.

Our global Human Resources Generalist team partners with our HR teams and leaders to foster long-term mutual prosperity for each individual and for the organization. HR Generalists engage closely with employees, leaders, HR Business Partners, HR Professional Services, and HR Operations teams.

In this role, you will help accelerate Daktronics’ success through people in the Brookings factory by partnering closely with leaders and teams on recruiting, candidate experience, employee experience, and HR process excellence.

As a Human Resources Generalist, you will support the full employee lifecycle—including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and transitions—while serving as a trusted HR resource. You will collaborate with HR teams and leaders to implement best practices aligned with Daktronics’ philosophies, continuously improving processes and contributing to people and organizational initiatives.

This position is located in Brookings, SD. This position will be required to report to our Brookings campus during the week. Daktronics offers flexibility to work from a home office occasionally. Exact working hours are flexible, but this position will be based on working during regular business hours.

We are seeking individuals with demonstrated success in HR, leadership, or supervisory roles at Daktronics or other organizations. Relevant experience includes applying and enforcing policy, strong attention to detail, managing multiple priorities, and leading projects or process improvements.

This role offers an opportunity to accelerate your growth as an HR professional. Successful HR Generalists build trust-based relationships through follow-through, effective communication, confidentiality, and professionalism. Strong candidates are customer-focused, collaborative, and action-oriented, with the ability to navigate complexity and adapt in a fast-paced environment.

The competencies most likely to be helpful to and developed in this experience include Communicates Effectively, Instills Trust, Customer Focused, Collaborates, Action Oriented, Managing Complexity, Nimble Learner, Informing, Demonstrates Self Awareness, Plans and Aligns, Manages Ambiguity, and Optimizes Work Processes.

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Supervisory or Human Resources experience is preferred.
• Ability to effectively exercise discretion, objectivity, and independent judgment, and maintain strict confidentiality.
• The selected individual must be able to travel by air and ground and comply with the Daktronics Driver Eligibility Policy to begin and maintain employment. This requirement will be verified through a motor vehicle record (MVR) check conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, provincial, and local laws.
• Fluent in English, written and verbal.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
• Daktronics does not sponsor, renew, or extend immigration visas for this position.

Daktronics is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.