Office Manager

Pyka is looking for an Office Manager to coordinate and oversee the daily operations of our Oakland office.  In this role, you will work to ensure that the office is organized, welcoming, and running smoothly. You will also serve as the lead on planning and coordinating company events, including team-building events, site visits to our facilities and testing operations, and customer demos and visits.

Candidates who love keeping things organized, having a variety of different tasks and responsibilities, and planning events will thrive in this role.

About Pyka

Pyka’s goal is to provide society with a new form of fast, environmentally friendly, and accessible transportation enabled by autonomous electric aviation.

To get there, we’re taking a different approach than most. We're applying our technologies to every industry where electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs. In doing so, we're building useful, game-changing products manufactured at scale, while perfecting the safety, reliability, and capabilities of our autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems. 

Today, we supply our aircraft to agricultural service providers and farmers as an autonomous tool that makes aerial crop protection safer, more targeted and less harmful to surrounding environments. Our vehicles are highly economical to operate and easy to deploy. What you work on at Pyka makes people’s lives better now and brings the future of electric aviation one-step closer each day.

We design, develop and manufacture an ecosystem of technologies including proprietary flight control software, avionics, high power density motors, motor controllers, batteries, and custom carbon-fiber composite airframes.

We foster a welcoming community within our company that promotes experimentation, asking questions, making simple solutions to complex problems, and expressing different views and opinions. We are a transparent company both internally and externally and do not believe in operating in “stealth mode.” Lastly, we don’t work 60 hour weeks, and don’t expect you to either. In this role you will have a great deal of responsibility, earn a competitive salary and benefits,  and contribute to the development of groundbreaking technology.

Responsibilities:

• Greet and welcome guests and ensure that the check-in is handled in accordance with company policy
  
• Organize office and assist employees in ways that optimize productivity
  
• Manage logistics of hosting external visitors and employees from other offices
  
• Lead planning and coordination of company events including team-building events, site visits, and demos
  
• Coordinate and schedule phone, video, and in-person interviews
  
• Onboard new employees and manage account and workspace tool set up for new hires
  
• Assist in office space and resource planning, procurement, and maintenance of office equipment and furniture
  
• Maintain onsite inventory of office supplies, snacks, and drinks
  
• Assist in communications with facilities vendors and partners, including janitorial, catering, maintenance, and security personnel
  
• Resolve office-related malfunctions and respond to requests or issues
  
• Schedule and plan meetings and appointments
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1-4 years of experience in an office manager or equivalent role with startup experience or small to mid-size engineering companies
  
• Must be able to lift, push, pull up to 25 lbs
  
• Experience with administrative tasks and event planning
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
• Strong attention to detail
  
• Ability to juggle many different projects and to work independently with minimal direction
  
• Proficient in Google Workspace (Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Forms) and in  working with digital tools for project management, communication, password management, etc.
  
• Ability to work well with others is a face-paced, collaborative team environment
  

Company Perks

• $60,000–$72,000 per year base salary + equity. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Salary ranges are subject to change.
  
  
• Employer-sponsored health, dental and vision insurance, FSA with employer matching, and 401(k)
  
• Paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
  
• Free catered lunch and plenty of snacks
  

Export Control Requirements

This position requires access to technology, software and other information that is subject to governmental access control restrictions, due to export controls.  Employment in this position is conditioned on the continued availability of government authorization to authorize release of such items, to the extent required, including without limitation an export license, or other documentation required to establish authorization to receive access to such items. 

Company may delay commencement of employment, rescind an offer of employment, terminate employment, and/or may modify job responsibilities, compensation, benefits, and/or access to Company facilities and information systems, as Company deems appropriate, in order to ensure compliance with applicable government access control restrictions.