Operations Associate

Poseidon Aerospace; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Relocation support

Employee Health Benefit Plans

6% Retirement matching

Flexible PTO

Free lunches, snacks, and a stocked fr

AI tools and subscriptions

Job summary

Poseidon Aerospace is seeking an Operations Associate to join our team and help keep a fast-moving aerospace startup running efficiently. You’ll work directly with our Business Operations Manager and across the broader company, handling day-to-day operational work that enables our engineering and manufacturing teams to move quickly.

This hands-on, high-ownership role rewards initiative, problem solving, and the ability to adapt as priorities shift.

Qualifications

• Organized and dependable with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to own problems and drive them to resolution.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
• Willingness to take initiative and solve unscripted problems.
• Interest in aerospace, hardware, and building early-stage companies.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with engineering, manufacturing, and business teams to unblock problems.
• Support day-to-day company and business operations.
• Jump in wherever needed to keep the company moving quickly.

Skills

Organized

Resourceful

Detail-oriented

Ownership mindset

Adaptability

Job description

About Poseidon Aerospace:

Poseidon Aerospace is reimagining how the world moves goods. We build and operate full-size autonomous cargo aircraft - capable of carrying two tons of payload over a thousand nautical miles. From remote communities to contested logistics operations, our platforms unlock a new cost curve for air freight, making it faster, cheaper, and accessible anywhere it's needed. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with locations in Washington DC, Oregon, and Maine; we're building something consequential.

Poseidon Aerospace is looking for an Operations Associate to join our team and help keep a fast-moving aerospace startup running efficiently. You'll work directly with our Business Operations Manager and across the broader company, taking on the day-to-day operational work that enables our engineering and manufacturing teams to move quickly.

This is a hands-on, high-ownership role for someone who enjoys solving problems, figuring things out, and making things happen. The work will be varied. You might be coordinating a shipment one day, improving an internal process the next, and helping solve an unexpected operational problem at a test site the day after that.

What you'll do

• Work closely with engineering, manufacturing, and business teams to unblock problems
• Support day-to-day company and business operations
• Jump in wherever needed to keep the company moving quickly

Who we're looking for

• Organized, resourceful, and highly dependable
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change quickly
• Willing to take ownership of problems even when there isn't an obvious playbook
• Excited about aerospace, hardware, and building an early-stage company

Early-career and non traditional candidates are encouraged to apply. We care more about initiative, judgment, and the ability to get things done than a specific number of years of experience.

What you get from us

• Competitive salary and meaningful early-stage equity
• Relocation support if applicable
• Employee Health Benefit Plans
• 6% Retirement matching
• Flexible PTO
• Free lunches, snacks, and a stocked fridge at our offices
• AI tools and subscriptions