Office & Workshop Operations Manager (Hardware Robotics Startup)
2 days ago
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Summary
Silana is seeking an Office & Workshop Operations Manager to join their team in New York City. The role involves managing the engineering workspace, ensuring efficient operations, and supporting technical activities in a robotics startup.
About the Role
As the Office & Workshop Operations Manager, you will oversee the New York engineering workspace, blending operations, technical support, and hands-on workshop management. Your responsibilities will include maintaining a safe and efficient workspace, managing procurement and logistics, overseeing office operations, and implementing process documentation to improve workspace usability.
About You
Required:
- 3–6 years of experience in workshop, operations, or lab management roles.
- Hands-on experience with tools, pneumatics, or mechanical assembly.
- Proficient with spreadsheets, online procurement systems, and documentation tools.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, technical startup environment.
Preferred:
- Experience with ERP/inventory systems or industrial suppliers (McMaster-Carr, AutomationDirect, DigiKey, etc.)
Benefits
- Work at the intersection of robotics, textiles, and deep-tech innovation.
- Help shape how real-world automation systems are built and deployed.
- Be part of a small, ambitious, and international founding team.
- On-site, hands-on role in our NYC Lab.
silana
We are silana – automated fashion production. We founded this robotics startup to fully automate the production process in the fashion industry. Currently, fashion is mainly produced in Southeast Asia & (newly) in African Countries, which leads to tremendous lead times, an incredible CO2-emission through broad transportation, and slave-like working conditions. This industry faces issues in the whole tripple-bottom-line.
New York City Metropolitan Area