Office Assistant

Office Assistant - onsite Hawthorn, CA (Los Angeles) - 5 days a week.

***** No Working Visa Sponsorship provided****

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The rol**

e:

We are looking for an Operations L ead to own the operational backbone of a cutting-edge photonics defense startup. This is a hands-on, high-autonomy role reporting directly to the CEO — ideal for someone hungry, disciplined, and excited to build processes from scratch at a company backed by Palmer Luckey and $10.6M in fundi

**ng.

What will you be do**

ing?

Managing logistics for equipment delivery, clean room setup, lab supplies, and vendor coordin

ation

Handling travel scheduling, candidate interview coordination, and calendar management for the CEO an

d team

Owning day-to-day workplace operations including food delivery, inventory, and supply proc

urement

Coordinating with outside accountants, tracking expenses, and supporting financial recor

dkeeping

Context-switching rapidly across insurance, recruiting outreach, vendor research, and facility o

**perations

Key Re**

quirements

U.S. person (citizen or lawful permanent resident) required per ITAR

regulations

Based in the LA area and able to work on-site 5 days/week in H

awthorne, CA

Highly disciplined, organized, and able to manage many concurrent workstreams with mini

mal oversight

Excellent verbal and written commun

ication skills

Hungry and mission-driven — no consulting backgrounds; startup ment

ality preferred

5 days in-office in Hawthorne,

CA (Los Angeles)

Executive assistant OR Office assistant OR office manager OR Administrative assist

ant OR Op

erations

Seniority0 - 3 years of experience in operations, EA, or office manag

ement at a start

up

Work experience:

Operations experience at early- stage or

high- growth startup

Managed vendor procurement, POs,

and delivery tracking

Experience at hardware, aerospa

ce, or defense company

Directly supported a founde

r or C- l

evel executive

Education

Degree in Operations, Business,

or Industri

al Engineering

Hard skillsProficient in Google Workspace, spreadsh

eets, expense/travel tools

Experience coordinating with outside accoun

ting firms

on monthly close

Soft skillsManages 10+ concurrent workst

reams without

dropping items

MiscellaneousU. S. person (citizen or

**permanent resident) per ITAR

Based in LA area; on-**

**site 5 days/week in Hawthorne

Must also have working experience in start up companies exprience**

**& exposure amongst others.

Must definitely be ha**

nds- on in

dividual & worker.

Tech stackGoogle Workspace, Spreadsheets, Expense Management Platforms, Travel Management P

latforms, Slack, Microsoft Office