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title: 'Executive Assistant at Maven Robotics'
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# Executive Assistant at Maven Robotics

- **Company:** Maven Robotics
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/mavenrobotics/jobs/5456490008?gh_jid=5456490008

## Job description

## About Maven

Maven Robotics designs, builds, and deploys intelligent robotics for logistics and manufacturing. Maven is building the first general-purpose robotics system for industrial work. Our mission is to activate autonomous labor at scale and build toward infinitely elastic industrial capacity. We’re a team of engineers, researchers, and operators who have spent our careers working on the hardest problems in AI, robotics, engineering, and autonomous systems. We work at the intersection of advanced research and real-world engineering, turning ideas into prototypes and deployed systems.

At Maven, we build around the realities of industrial work. The robots are designed from first principles for complex physical environments and rigorous commercial standards. They master real tasks that deliver immediate impact, industrial-grade reliability, and intelligence that compounds at scale. We’re growing an ambitious team of people who think in systems, move quickly, and are builders at heart.

## About the Role

As an Executive Assistant at Maven Robotics, you will partner closely with and provide high-level support to our CEO, with the potential to expand support to our CFO over time. We're looking for more than someone who can manage administrative tasks—we're looking for a trusted strategic partner who brings positive energy, exceptional organization, and a genuine passion for making things run better.

The ideal candidate is optimistic, proactive, resourceful, and energized by bringing structure to a fast-moving environment. You naturally anticipate needs, enjoy building processes from the ground up, and take pride in creating organization out of ambiguity. This is a highly visible, high-trust role for someone who thrives in a dynamic startup, approaches challenges with a can-do attitude, and enjoys wearing multiple hats across executive support, special projects, and office operations.

## What You’ll Do

- Act as a strategic partner to the CEO, understanding priorities, anticipating needs, and ensuring time and attention are focused on the highest-impact work
- Own complex executive calendars and inbox management, proactively managing scheduling, communications, priorities, and follow-ups
- Coordinate meetings, travel, agendas, and logistics while anticipating needs and resolving issues before they become blockers
- Serve as a trusted point of contact for employees, candidates, investors, partners, and external stakeholders, handling sensitive information with professionalism and discretion
- Build and improve processes, systems, and workflows that bring greater organization, efficiency, and consistency to executive and day-to-day operations
- Support office management and workplace operations, including vendors, supplies, team meals, visitors, and other needs to keep the office running smoothly
- Take ownership of special projects and operational needs, bringing structure, creativity, and practical solutions to ambiguous problems

## What We’re Looking For

- 6+ years of Executive Assistant experience, including significant experience supporting C-level or senior executives, preferably in a technology company or technical environment
- An upbeat, optimistic, and energetic personality with a genuine enthusiasm for helping others, solving problems, and contributing to a positive team environment
- A passion for organization and process improvement—you love creating structure, building systems, and finding smarter, more efficient ways to get things done
- Demonstrated ability to operate as a strategic partner, anticipating needs, understanding the bigger picture, and exercising independent judgment
- Exceptional organizational and time-management skills, with experience managing complex calendars, executive inboxes, and rapidly changing priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a warm, approachable, and professional communication style
- A proactive, resourceful, and can-do attitude with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to remain adaptable and solutions-oriented in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work onsite in Santa Clara, CA

## Nice to Have

- Previous support for a founder, CEO, or multiple senior executives
- Background in an early-stage or high-growth startup environment
- Familiarity with robotics, AI, hardware, or another deeply technical industry
- Exposure to office management, workplace operations, or vendor coordination
- A track record of building processes and bringing structure to fast-moving environments

## Equal Opportunity

Maven Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

## About Maven Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Maven Robotics is building the world's leading general-purpose AI robots, starting with an industrial robot that combines strength, dexterity, mobility, and reliable physical AI to unlock productivity across manufacturing and logistics.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed round raised in September 2024 with 3 investors)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, United States (with presence in Germany)
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Hamza Derbas (Co-Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Robotics Engineering / Industrial Automation / AI Robotics
- **Target customers**: Large global manufacturing and logistics organizations, with a cost-efficient design that also makes automation accessible to businesses of every scale (SMB to Enterprise).
- **Mission**: "We believe the future of technology holds incredible promise, with many kinds of robots unlocking productivity, enhancing creativity, and improving life for humans everywhere. Our first step is to tackle real-world industry challenges, proving value and scalability to establish the foundation for a truly brighter future."

## Products & Services
- **General-purpose industrial robot (prototype)**: A hardware/software/AI system purpose-built for industry, combining strength, adaptive dexterity, fluid mobility, and the most reliable physical AI to work safely alongside people. Designed to be cost-efficient for businesses of all scales.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding amount not publicly available (Seed round with 3 investors, September 2024)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not named in available sources; the company states they are "working with some of the largest global manufacturing and logistics organizations."
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew 52.4% year-over-year to 28 employees (as of mid-2025) [linkedin.com]
  - High-profile talent sourcing: alumni from Apple (9), Tesla (1), Ford, Aptiv, Caterpillar, and others [linkedin.com]
  - Active hiring across 14+ roles as of July 2025: robotic AI, ML perception, manipulation, motion planning, embedded software, mechanical and electrical engineering, Data Collection Operator [mavenrobotics.ai]

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-principles, customer-focused approach** – the company prioritizes solving real industrial pain points before generalizing, ensuring near-term traction
- **Small, elite team** – composed of engineers and scientists with deep experience from top tech and robotics companies (Apple, Tesla, Ford, Intuitive Surgical, etc.)
- **Cost-efficiency** – the robot is designed to be affordable enough for SMBs, not just large enterprises, widening the addressable market
- **Full-stack robotics** – in-house capabilities in hardware design (actuators, mechanisms), embedded systems, AI/ML (perception, manipulation, foundation models), motion planning, and simulation

## Strategic Focus
- **Near-term**: Prove value and scalability in industrial manufacturing and logistics through customer deployments; ship the first generation robot
- **Long-term**: Use the industrial foundation to build general-purpose robots that can tackle diverse real-world challenges, ultimately "unlocking human potential through intelligent robotics"

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a small team of engineers and scientists with "bold ambition, relentless curiosity, and belief in unlocking human potential through intelligent robotics." Emphasis on inventing, creating, and innovating from Silicon Valley.
- **Work model**: On-site or in-office workspace at the Santa Clara, CA headquarters. BuiltIn lists offices as "In-Office or Remote" but also states employees work from physical offices; typical time on-site is not specified. The careers page implies hands-on hardware/software work that likely requires presence. [builtin.com]
- **Notable perks/engineering culture**: Deep technical challenges across AI, perception, controls, embedded, mechanical, and electrical engineering. The team includes world-class experts from Apple, Tesla, Ford, etc. Opportunities to shape a product from prototype to deployment. Open roles include robotic AI, ML engineering, motion planning, embedded software, and hardware engineering.
- **Growth trajectory**: Rapidly growing startup (52% YoY headcount increase) with strong investor interest and a clear industrial go-to-market strategy.

## Sources
1. [mavenrobotics.ai](https://www.mavenrobotics.ai/)
2. [mavenrobotics.ai/join-us](https://www.mavenrobotics.ai/join-us)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/maven-robotics)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maven-robotics)
5. [craft.co](https://craft.co/maven-robotics)

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