Full-Time

Office & Facilities Coordinator

Podium Automation

Podium Automation

11-50 employees

Automated UL panel design and fabrication

No salary listed

New York, NY, USA

In Person

On-site in Brooklyn, NY; occasional travel for tradeshows.

Category
Administrative & Executive Assistance
Required Skills
Inventory Management

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Requirements
  • 3+ years in office management, facilities, workplace operations, or a similar high-ownership operations role
  • A bias toward action: you see what needs doing and handle it without being asked
  • Strong vendor and stakeholder management; comfortable being the face to landlords, contractors, and the city
  • Highly organized, with the judgment to juggle competing priorities and the follow-through to close loops
  • Comfortable in a physical environment — a manufacturing floor, not just a desk
  • Warm, people-first instincts; you care about how it feels to work here
Responsibilities
  • Run the rhythms that make this a great place to work: Wednesday team lunches, birthdays and celebrations, holiday and summer parties
  • Assist with new-hire setup end to end — desks, chairs, laptops, monitors, and account provisioning (Gmail, Slack, Brivo) so people are productive on day one
  • Build and run visitor management: a sign-in system with a short-form NDA, food when needed, and lightweight event support
  • Be the point person with our landlord and the building super on the basics: bathrooms and plumbing, annual fire extinguisher service, and AC/heating maintenance
  • Manage building vendors, including cleaner coordination and waste management
  • Own facilities compliance, including fire drills, first aid supplies and training
  • Handle the unglamorous-but-critical: laundering arc flash suits, patio maintenance, coordinating electricians and building improvements, and dealing with the city or contractors when they dig a hole in front of our loading door (true story)
  • Keep the office and warehouse stocked — snacks, coffee, paper goods, etc.
  • Keep the space organized, lead facility rebranding, and solve ad-hoc issues from time to time
  • Order and manage swag, merch, and booth materials; handle shipping to and from events
  • Coordinate hotel blocks and travel schedules for the team
  • Maintain a master calendar for each event
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in a startup, manufacturing, or warehouse environment
  • Familiarity with tools like Brivo, Slack, Google Workspace, or Odoo
  • First aid / OSHA awareness or willingness to get certified

Podium Automation designs and fabricates UL-listed industrial control panels. It uses a software-enabled workflow and an automated factory to deliver instant quotes, rapid electrical design, 2D/3D layouts, a bill of materials, and a full schematic in under 72 hours, with panel fabrication in under three weeks. It differentiates itself by combining software automation with automated manufacturing to provide fast, transparent pricing and UL 508A/UL 698A compliance, aiming to be the Protolabs for control panels. Its goal is to dramatically cut lead times for custom panels and grow capacity through its automated factory and configuration tools, backed by seed funding from a16z, SV Angel, and Banter Capital.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$23M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2024

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Addresses a major industrial bottleneck with shorter lead times.
  • Total funding reached $23 million after the June 2026 Series A.
  • Expanding US factories can serve warehouse automation and defense customers.

What critics are saying

  • Brooklyn-only capacity limits deliveries if demand scales faster than production.
  • Component availability errors can break quote accuracy and delay shipments.
  • A UL 508A quality failure can trigger recalls and blacklist Podium.

What makes Podium Automation unique

  • Software automates control panel design, quoting, and fabrication.
  • Ships UL 508A panels in under four weeks.
  • Brooklyn factory combines automated manufacturing with design software.

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6 month growth

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1 year growth

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2 year growth

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Podium Automation
Jun 15th, 2026
Podium Automation Raises $18M Series A - Podium Automation

Today we're announcing our $18M Series A, led by Construct Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Transition Ventures, Sunflower Capital, and Banter Capital.

Podium Automation
Mar 26th, 2025
Podium Automation Secures $5M Seed Funding

Podium Automation has secured a $5M seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism team, with participation from SV Angel and Banter Capital. The funding will support team expansion and the development of software-enabled factories to reduce lead times for UL 508A industrial control panels. Podium has more than doubled its customer base in the past month and aims to revolutionize the industrial supply chain. The company is expanding in Brooklyn and is hiring.