Technical Recruiter & People Partner

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're looking for our first dedicated Technical Recruiter & People Partner to own how we attract, hire, and take care of the people building Podium. You'll run full-cycle recruiting across engineering, production, and business operations, and you'll also own the experience employees have from offer letter through their first months on the team. This is a rare opportunity to shape both the talent and people functions at a hardware startup company from the ground up.

You'll source creatively, close hard, and bring rigor to hiring. You'll also build the systems and rituals that make Podium a place where great people do their best work - clean onboarding, smooth employee setup, thoughtful people programs, and a culture that reflects how we operate.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Recruiting

- Own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles across software, hardware, controls, manufacturing, and operations

- Partner with the founders and hiring managers to scope roles, build hiring plans, and define interview loops that actually predict performance

- Source proactively. Most of our best hires won't be applying through a job board; you'll find them, engage them, and bring them in

- Run a fast, high-signal candidate experience that reflects how we operate as a company

- Build the operating system for talent at Podium: ATS hygiene, scorecards, structured interviews, referral programs, and reporting

PEOPLE PARTNER

- Own onboarding end-to-end — from offer acceptance through ramp — so every new hire shows u...