--- title: 'Office Manager & Executive Assistant at Sygaldry Technologies' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/office-manager-executive-assistant-sygaldry-technologies-ann-arbor-skxrp4fzfxnw' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-05' --- # Office Manager & Executive Assistant at Sygaldry Technologies - **Company:** Sygaldry Technologies - **Location:** Ann Arbor, MI - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-22 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sygaldry-technologies/12df44f3-4c3c-487e-8b87-7bd8735bd10e ## Job description ## About Sygaldry Sygaldry Technologies is building quantum-accelerated AI servers to exponentially speed up training and inference. Our AI servers address the problem of rising compute and energy costs for scaling AI, enabling companies to innovate faster and more affordably. We're building the infrastructure for quantum super intelligence. We pioneer new domains in physics, engineering, and AI, tackling the hardest challenges with a grounded, optimistic, and rigorous culture. Our team is growing — we're looking for people who want to shape how quantum and AI intersect, and unlock the potential of both together. ## About The Role Sygaldry is seeking an organized, dependable, and proactive Office Manager & Executive Assistant to support the daily operations of our Ann Arbor office and provide administrative support to company executives. This person will help keep the office organized, stocked, and welcoming while coordinating schedules, travel, meetings, and day-to-day administrative needs. The ideal candidate enjoys helping others, takes initiative, and is comfortable balancing hands-on office tasks with executive support. Responsibilities: Office Support - Own the day-to-day operations of the office and ensure it is organized, welcoming, and running smoothly - Keep the office stocked, and ready for use, including meeting rooms, kitchen, shared spaces and supply areas. - Receive, sort, and distribute mail, packages, and deliveries, notifying employees promptly of time-sensitive arrivals. - Order and coordinate food and beverages for team lunches, meetings, visitors, and office events. - Handle setup and breakdown for lunches, meetings, and events. - Welcome visitors and help coordinate their on-site experience. - Assist with vendor appointments, office projects, workspace changes, and new employee workstation setup. - Maintain basic office inventories, checklists, receipts, and order records. - Identify office or facilities needs and communicate them promptly. Executive & Administrative Support - Provide day-to-day administrative and operational support to Co-founder - Manage calendars, scheduling, and meeting coordination across internal and external stakeholders - Coordinate domestic and international travel, including flights, hotels, ground transportation, and itineraries - Help executives prioritize their time by proactively identifying scheduling conflicts, dependencies, and follow-ups - Coordinate meetings, including logistics, materials, and other preparation as needed - Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and sound judgment - Anticipate needs and proactively solve problems before they become blockers ## Qualifications - Previous experience in administrative support, executive assistance, office operations, hospitality, or events is preferred. - Organized and attentive to detail, with strong follow-through. - Proactive, dependable, and comfortable with hands-on tasks. - Warm and professional communication style. - Able to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing schedules in a fast-moving environment. - Comfortable coordinating calendars, travel arrangements, and meeting logistics. - Proficient with Google Workspace and comfortable using Slack and other common workplace tools. - Sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive information. Physical Requirements - Ability to move throughout the office and assist with routine meeting and event setup. - Ability to occasionally move or lift office supplies, packages, food orders, and event materials, with reasonable accommodations available as needed. ## How We’re Different At Sygaldry, curiosity and intellectual courage drive our work. We approach ambitious challenges with a grounded, optimistic, and rigorous culture and know that kind people build the strongest teams. We prioritize mission over ego and collaborate openly with a strong sense of shared purpose. We dream big, yet we execute with a love of detail. We’re looking for scientists, engineers, and operators to forge new paths with us at the intersection of quantum and AI. Culture & Benefits We lean into thoughtful use of agentic AI tools. Claude Code, Codex, and AI-assisted workflows are part of daily operations across the team, and we expect this role to benefit from these tools too. How you explore, assess, and leverage emerging AI tools is something we actively value. - Compensation - We value your contribution and invest in your future with a competitive salary and meaningful equity. - Benefits - Your well-being matters. We provide company-sponsored health coverage to give you and your family peace of mind. - Connection - Whether it’s company offsite or casual crew socials, we make time to connect, recharge, and have fun together. - Time Off - We trust you to take the time you need. Unlimited PTO so you can rest, recharge, and come back ready to make an impact. We encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. If you don’t think this role is right for you, but you believe that you would have something meaningful to to contribute to our mission, please reach out at letsbuild@sygaldry.com. Location: This position will be based on-site in our Ann Arbor, MI office. ## About Sygaldry Technologies ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Sygaldry Technologies is building quantum-accelerated AI servers that combine multiple qubit types in a fault-tolerant architecture to exponentially speed up AI training and inference. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, USA (with offices in San Francisco, California and Ann Arbor, Michigan) - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Chad Rigetti, Idalia Friedson, Michael Keiser ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Quantum computing, AI infrastructure, hardware - **Target customers**: AI companies, enterprise AI developers (B2B) requiring faster, cheaper training and inference. - **Mission**: To build the infrastructure for quantum superintelligence – enabling affordable, sustainable, personalized, and secure AI that augments human capabilities. ## Products & Services - **[Quantum-Accelerated AI Servers]**: Hardware systems that combine multiple complementary qubit modalities within a single fault-tolerant architecture. This design mimics classical computer design (e.g., RAM, storage, processor) and is intended to deliver exponential compute speedup for AI training and inference at a fraction of the cost and energy of GPUs alone. - **[Tools & Integrations]**: Software tools and APIs that allow AI researchers and engineers to integrate quantum capabilities into existing AI models and workflows, enabling faster fine-tuning, faster token generation, and new model architectures. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: $139 million raised in a Series A round (led by Breakthrough Energy and Initialized Capital, announced April 2026) [sygaldry.com](https://sygaldry.com/) plus a prior $125k seed round [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sygaldry-technologies). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Breakthrough Energy, Initialized Capital, Y Combinator (Spring 2025 batch), Nicolas Dessaigne (Primary Partner at YC). - **Growth Signals**: 10% monthly headcount growth; 21 employees as of mid‑2026; 11 active job postings; appearances in Fortune, Bloomberg, and Inc. Magazine; expanding presence in the US, Austria, and Singapore. ## Competitive Advantages - **Multi‑qubit‑modality architecture**: Sygaldry’s approach of combining different qubit types within one fault‑tolerant server is unique in the quantum industry, analogous to how classical computers use different technologies for RAM, storage, and logic. - **Experienced leadership**: Co‑founder Chad Rigetti previously founded Rigetti Computing (YC S14, NASDAQ: RGTI), a public quantum computing company. Idalia Friedson helped take Rigetti public and has deep tech policy experience. Michael Keiser brings AI/ML expertise. - **Strong funding & backing**: Backed by Breakthrough Energy and Y Combinator, providing both capital and strategic network effects. - **AI‑focused hardware**: Addresses the specific cost, energy, and scaling bottlenecks that classical GPUs face for advanced AI workloads. ## Strategic Focus - Scaling quantum‑accelerated servers for AI data centers. - Developing fault‑tolerant quantum computers that leverage multiple qubit types. - Building an ecosystem of tools, partnerships, and GTM channels to integrate quantum into mainstream AI pipelines. - Expanding the team across quantum physics, AI/ML, engineering, and commercial roles. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as “grounded, optimistic, and rigorous” with a focus on tackling the hardest challenges at the intersection of quantum and AI. - **Growth & opportunity**: Rapidly scaling startup (10% monthly headcount growth) with meaningful equity potential and the chance to shape foundational infrastructure. - **Work locations & flexibility**: Offices in San Francisco, CA and Ann Arbor, MI; roles range from fully in‑office to hybrid [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/sygaldry). - **Team & perks**: Small, high‑caliber team (21 people) with strong alumni from Keysight, NSF, and University of Michigan. Perks not publicly detailed, but competitive for a well‑funded Series A company. - **Impact**: Directly contributing to the next generation of AI hardware, with potential breakthroughs in cosmology, materials science, and quantum gravity. ## Sources 1. [sygaldry.com](https://sygaldry.com/) 2. [Y Combinator – Sygaldry Technologies](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sygaldry-technologies) 3. [LinkedIn – Sygaldry Technologies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sygaldry-technologies) 4. [Built In – Sygaldry Careers](https://builtin.com/company/sygaldry) 5. 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