Founders Associate

SAEKI - Manufacturing at software speed Europe's defense industrial base cannot respond at the speed modern conflict requires. Legacy suppliers operate on month long timelines. Tribal knowledge is retiring. Supply chains are fragile. SAEKI is building the operating system for autonomous factories - the infrastructure that lets Europe manufacture mission-critical components at software speed. You'll be the person who keeps SAEKI running while it scales. When the company doubles in size, enters a new market, or closes a financing round - you are in the middle of all of it, making sure nothing falls through the cracks.

The Role As Founders Associate, you work directly with the Chief of Staff and CEO on everything it takes to run and scale a fast-growing deep tech company. Your day might start with onboarding a new hire, continue with preparing materials for a board meeting, and end with coordinating a shipment to Factory ONE in Munich. There is no "typical day" - and that's the point.

You are the operational backbone. HR, accounting, logistics, office management, compliance, vendor coordination - you own the day-to-day so the rest of the team can focus on building. But this isn't just an admin role. You'll also contribute to strategic workstreams - financing rounds, expansion planning, partnerships - executing on direction from leadership and growing into more ownership over time.

You are resourceful, fast, and unfazed by ambiguity. When something needs to happen and nobody owns it yet, you raise your hand.

Based at Factory ONE in Munich.

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