Operations Intern

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Robotics Center of Silicon Valley is seeking an Operations Associate to run and scale the day-to-day operations of a fast-growing robotics company from the ground up in San Francisco. You’ll work with leadership across people operations, logistics, events, vendors, and internal systems.

Responsibilities include recruiting coordination, onboarding for new hires and interns, HR records, lab logistics for 60+ robot platforms, vendor coordination, facilities, invoicing, and planning culture events

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (any major) required.
• Strong organization and communication skills, and discretion with sensitive information.
• Proactive, write-it-down-and-fix-it mindset.
• Comfort juggling multiple workstreams in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Genuine interest in startups, robotics, or AI is a plus.
• Able to work on-site in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting coordination: source candidates, schedule interviews, manage hiring pipeline.
• Onboarding for new hires, operators, and interns.
• Maintain HR records, documentation, and compliance basics.
• Lab logistics: inventory, shipping/receiving, and hardware tracking across 60+ robot platforms.
• Coordinate with vendors, suppliers, and partners.
• Own facilities and keep the lab running day to day.
• Handle invoicing, expenses, and record-keeping.
• Plan and run culture events, including monthly meetups.
• Document operational and people-ops processes as we scale.

Skills

Strong organization

Effective communication

Proactive mindset

Multi-tasking

On-site in SF

Education

Bachelor's degree (any major)

Job description

About us

Robotics Center of Silicon Valley is the full-stack robotics supply chain — hardware, data, AI training, and live deployment under one roof. Backed by Y Combinator (S25) and NVIDIA Inception, our San Francisco lab puts 60+ robot platforms within reach and powers one of the largest real-robot datasets anywhere. We're building the infrastructure layer for physical AI.

About the role

We're looking for an Operations Associate to run and scale the day-to-day operations of a fast-growing robotics company from the ground up. You'll work directly with leadership across everything it takes to keep the lab running — people operations, logistics, events, vendors, and internal systems — and own the foundation a startup is built on. This is a hands-on role with real ownership from day one.

What you'll do

People operations

• Own recruiting coordination: source candidates, schedule interviews, and manage the hiring pipeline
• Run onboarding for new hires, operators, and interns
• Maintain HR records, documentation, and compliance basics

Broader operations

• Manage lab logistics — inventory, shipping/receiving, and hardware tracking across 60+ robot platforms
• Coordinate with vendors, suppliers, and partners
• Own facilities and keep the lab running smoothly day to day
• Handle finance and administrative tasks such as invoicing, expense tracking, and record-keeping
• Plan and run culture and community events, including our monthly community meetups
• Build and document operational and people‑ops processes as we scale

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree (any major — we care more about drive than field of study)
• Strong organization and communication skills, and discretion with sensitive information
• A proactive, "write it down and figure it out" mindset
• Comfort juggling multiple workstreams and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Genuine interest in startups, robotics, or AI is a plus
• Able to work on-site in San Francisco

Why join us

You'll shape how a YC-backed robotics company runs and scales, work alongside engineers and researchers building real robots, and gain broad operations experience across people, logistics, and events that you can't get at a big company. As one of our early operations hires, you'll have real ownership and a direct line to leadership.