Office Assistant

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

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The rol

e:
We are looking for an Operations Lead 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