Founder's Associate (Working Student)

Your Role

As a Founder's Associate, you will provide general operational support across a wide range of projects, helping build internal processes, structuring core operational workflows, and executing ambitious ideas end-to-end. You will work closely with the founders and contribute directly to keeping the company running smoothly as we scale.

Your Main Responsibilities

• General operational support across a wide range of projects, including building internal processes, structuring core operational workflows, and executing ambitious ideas end-to-end.
• HR and People operations support, including hiring channels, active recruiting, onboarding of new hires and students, and contribution to an open, high-performance company culture.
• Finance & Accounting support, including sorting and processing incoming invoices, supporting basic bookkeeping workflows, and liaising with external accountants as needed.
• Office & Procurement management, including sourcing and comparing quotes (Angebote einholen), placing orders, managing office supplies and vendor relationships.
• Hands-on hardware support, including occasional assembly or preparation of engineering models and prototypes in coordination with the technical team.

About You

We do not expect a perfect match to every bullet point, but you should recognize yourself in most of the profile below.

Must-Have

• Enrolled student (Bachelor or Master), preferably in business, operations, engineering management, or a related field.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Structured, reliable, and proactive working style.
• Comfortable working with digital tools (Microsoft 365, documentation tools, basic spreadsheets).
• Very good English (spoken and written); German is a plus.
• Willingness to occasionally work hands-on in a hardware/lab environment.

Preferred

• Proof of proactive mindset, demonstrated through extracurricular activities or personal initiative.
• First experience in operations, HR, startups, or student initiatives.
• Interest in space, aerospace, or deep tech startups.
• Ability to work independently and handle sensitive information responsibly.

Why Orbint

At Orbint, you will be joining an ambitious team where your work directly shapes a new space-based SIGINT capability for European defence and security. As a Founder's Associate, you will have hands-on responsibility from day one across core operational, HR, IT, and strategic topics — ownership of real initiatives, not just support tasks.

Our Benefits

• Hands-on responsibility from day one across core operational, HR, IT, and strategic topics in a growing space startup.
• Flexible working time.
• Combination of working in the office, at home, and on the go.
• Direct collaboration with the founders, including exposure to strategic decision-making and high-impact projects.
• Steep learning curve through ownership of real initiatives, not just support tasks.
• Deep insight into how a deep-tech hardware company is built and scaled from the inside.
• A technically strong, low-ego team culture with room to contribute ideas and shape internal processes.

How to Apply

Please send the following to career@orbint.de:

• CV
• A brief motivation letter explaining how you became aware of Orbint, why working in operations at a space-based SIGINT startup is motivating for you, and how your previous experience would strengthen the Orbint team.
• Your earliest possible starting date.