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title: 'Electrical Design Engineer at Podium Automation'
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# Electrical Design Engineer at Podium Automation

- **Company:** Podium Automation
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/podium-automation/8ad8f317-4eee-4009-989d-67cd13162298

## Job description

[Podium Automation](http://www.podiumautomation.com/) is reimagining industrial control panel manufacturing through software-enabled design and automated fabrication. We're building technology to create a new industrial supply chain - reducing lead times for critical electrical equipment from months to days. We've raised over $23M from top-tier investors including Construct Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Transition Ventures, Sunflower Capital, Banter Capital, and SV Angel. We are seeking a full-time electrical engineer to work across control panel design, build, and test. You will have the opportunity to work across the end-to-end process in a variety of operations from electrical design to enclosure modification through final testing.

## What You’ll Do

- Translate customer design requirements into build-ready UL 508A compliant electrical schematics
- Build out Podium’s component database and standardized symbol library
- Test, implement, and provide feedback on new software tools that help speed up the schematic creation process
- Support our operations in answering technician questions and turning those questions into process improvement sprints
- Support the automation of the panel build process through testing of new methods and tools, and ensuring necessary information is digitized during the design phase.

## Who You Are

There are 4 values that all Podium employees are expected to demonstrate (albeit imperfectly):

- Win for the customer. We sit on the same side of the table as our customers - their wins are our wins. We’re building the vendor we always wished we had.
- Default to transparency. We believe in honesty, transparency, and kindness. It’s about how you get things done and not just what gets done.
- Speed is a feature. We move fast and take ownership. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
- Win and lose as a team. Individuals drive inputs, teams drive outputs. We celebrate success together but aren’t afraid to fail and iterate. We own outcomes together and don’t deflect blame.

## What We’re Looking For

- Must have completed a 4-year degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related field
- 1-2 years of work experience in electrical engineering with good understanding of electrical fundamentals (AC vs DC voltage, function of overcurrent protection devices, sizing of wiring)
- Familiar with DTM, E3, EPLAN, or AutoCAD Electrical
- Available to work in-person in Brooklyn, NY (in person, 5 days/week)

## Nice To Have

- Experience working in a UL 508A panel shop or designing industrial control panels
- Mechanically inclined and experience doing light sheet metal modification work and wiring

Please note that sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.

## About Podium Automation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Podium Automation reimagines control panel manufacturing by combining proprietary software and automation to deliver custom UL 508A cabinets in weeks instead of months.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; $5M raised)
- **Headquarters**: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Jamie Niu Serota (Co‑Founder & CEO), Jacob Buser (Co‑Founder & CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Industrial automation / Control panel manufacturing (Automation Machinery Manufacturing)
- **Target customers**: B2B – industrial end‑users, system integrators, OEMs needing custom electrical control panels
- **Mission**: “Building the Backbone of Industrial Innovation” – to eliminate long lead times and manual processes in the control panel industry, helping rebuild America’s industrial base.

## Products & Services
- **Custom UL 508A Control Panels**: Fully designed, fabricated, and tested control cabinets shipped within four weeks. Includes point‑to‑point continuity testing, full power‑on testing by a UL Manufacturer Technical Representative, and a two‑year warranty.
- **Panel Design Service**: Flat‑fee design covering full panel layout, electrical schematic, and bill of materials. Customers own the drawings and can choose to build with Podium or elsewhere.
- **Software‑Driven Automation**: Proprietary design software that automates component selection, identifies issues early, and manages supply chain and build tracking for full transparency.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $5.0M (Seed round, March 2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: a16z (Andreessen Horowitz), SV Angel, Banter Capital
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew 166.7% YoY (15 employees as of mid‑2026)
  - Active job postings for 6+ roles (Engineering, Operations, Sales, Recruiting)
  - New factories planned in the US beyond the first co‑located factory in Brooklyn
  - LinkedIn followers increased 121.8% in the last year

## Competitive Advantages
- **Speed**: 4‑week lead time vs. industry standard 8–12 weeks
- **Software‑first approach**: Proprietary design software reduces errors, automates wiring, and enables rapid quoting (custom pricing in ~24 hours)
- **Transparency**: Flat‑fee design, real‑time build tracking, and customer‑owned drawings
- **Quality**: UL 508A and UL 698A certification; machine‑augmented with human verification

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling its automated panel factory model to new US locations
- Continuing to invest in software automation to further reduce lead times and variability
- Expanding the team across hardware engineering, software engineering, operations, and sales

## Why Work Here
- **Small, growing team with real impact** – employees make decisions that directly shape the company and product
- **On‑site in Brooklyn, NY** – situated in a vibrant maker/artist/engineering community
- **Competitive pay and benefits** – transparent compensation; 50% down / 50% on shipping payment terms for customers, but internally the company emphasizes fair pay
- **Engineering culture** – “Machine‑augmented. Human verified.”; hands‑on work with hardware and software; opportunities to design and build the next generation of industrial infrastructure
- **Values**: High integrity, grit & velocity, customer‑first, win as a team

## Sources
1. [podiumautomation.com](https://www.podiumautomation.com/) – Company overview, product details, pricing, testing process
2. [podiumautomation.com/careers](https://www.podiumautomation.com/careers) – Career page, open roles, culture highlights
3. [podiumautomation.com/about](https://www.podiumautomation.com/about) – Mission, team, investors (a16z, SV Angel, Banter Capital)
4. [linkedin.com/company/podium-automation](https://www.linkedin.com/company/podium-automation) – Headcount, funding, employee growth, industry classification
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/podium-automation](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/podium-automation) – Active job postings list

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