Chief of Staff Intern

Human Computer Lab•San Francisco, CA

10d

About The Position

Human Computer Lab is a research lab building character robots that feel alive and responsive. Our first robot, LeLamp, explores a new category of consumer robotics where everyday objects become interactive and help us reshape our attachment to technology. Our goal is to push the frontier of human-robot interaction by making technology more legible, emotionally intuitive, and human-centered. We are building the foundation for a new generation of robots designed for everyday environments. What to Expect The Chief of Staff Intern works directly with our CEO and Chief of Staff during one of the highest-leverage stretches in the company's life — the run-up to our first ~1,000-unit production run. This is not a shadowing internship. You will own real workstreams: hiring pipeline hygiene, investor and partner communication drafts, vendor and manufacturing coordination, event and content execution. If you need a lot of structure to know what to do next, this isn't the right fit. If you can take a half-formed task and come back with a plan, it is.

Requirements

Built something real, even at student scale — a project, a club, a piece of research, a hack you shipped. We'll ask what you built and what broke.
Comfort with unglamorous work. Chasing a vendor invoice and drafting an investor update in the same afternoon.
Sharp writing. You'll draft things that go out under someone else's name.
Genuine curiosity about robotics and what we're building — not startups as an abstraction.
Enough organizational instinct to keep several threads moving without being reminded.
A specific strength beyond generalist COS work that you'd bring to the team — technical, creative, analytical, whatever it is. Tell us what it is and show us evidence of it.

Responsibilities

Draft first passes on memos, investor update sections, and partner communications that get edited, not originated from scratch.
Own scheduling logistics and meeting prep for key external conversations.
Keep the Ashby pipeline clean: candidate tracking, scheduling, re-engaging strong passes.
Support sourcing outreach (LinkedIn, email sequences) for open roles.
Track manufacturing logistics as we scale toward 1,000 units — BOM tracking, freight/customs paperwork, vendor follow-ups.
Coordinate contract execution (NDAs, services agreements, IP assignments, advisor agreements); run first-pass redlines and escalate substantive negotiations.
Maintain the cap table and board materials.
Turn technical milestones and pilot progress into content — photos, short-form video, social posts.
Drive partnerships with universities, companies, and labs.
Support event logistics: hosting, attending, post-event follow-through.
Whatever the company needs that week. At this size, scope moves fast.