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Salary: USD 106,000 - 181,000 / annual
Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America by combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing to help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. The company recently closed a $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation and is rapidly expanding manufacturing capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more.
In this role, you will translate structural needs of production equipment into real, permitted, built facilities. You'll design foundations—concrete slabs, equipment foundations, piles, and steel support structures—that carry heavy and precision machinery. Working directly with equipment OEMs, you'll intake loads, anchoring, vibration, and tolerance requirements and turn them into engineered foundation drawings. You'll be Hadrian's primary point of contact with external Architect and General Contractor partners, shaping early structural and foundation requirements driven by equipment selection and operational flow, informing site selection, and leading structural schematic design through to construction.
Key responsibilities include: (1) Intake structural requirements from engineering, geotechnical surveys, and OEM equipment vendors; lead development of equipment foundations structural scope from initial concept through completion of construction drawings for permitting and on-site execution. (2) Design equipment foundations, concrete slabs, and steel support pedestals for heavy and precision manufacturing equipment; work directly with OEMs to capture load, anchoring, vibration, and tolerance requirements; engineer anchor bolt and embed details. (3) Strategically identify critical path items relating to structural design, procurement, and construction phases; manage critical path and blockers; apply first-principles thinking to recover lost time and protect delivery milestones. (4) Collaborate closely with manufacturing, construction, facilities, geotechnical, and cross-disciplinary teams to address end-user requirements, resolve integration challenges, and coordinate structural systems against architectural, mechanical, and electrical designs.
This role requires someone who makes forward progress through ambiguity, takes smart calculated risks, and treats schedule and budget as real design constraints. You'll partner closely with engineering to intake requirements and turn them into a built reality on schedule and on budget. Travel up to 25% is required.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Architectural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or related field
- Professional licensure (PE preferred); SE license a plus
- 5+ years of experience in structural or building-systems design
- Experience designing for new manufacturing or production facilities, ideally in environments with engineering and production complexity comparable to Hadrian's
- Experience designing concrete foundations and equipment foundations (slab-on-grade, pads, pedestals, and anchorage for heavy or precision equipment)
- Working knowledge of structural codes and standards (IBC, ASCE 7, ACI 318, AISC 360) and foundation design for industrial facilities
- Proficiency with Procore or equivalent construction management platform
- Willingness to travel up to 25%
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in highly regulated or high-consequence industries (nuclear, energy, aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing)
- Direct experience coordinating with equipment OEMs to design and qualify equipment installations against load, anchoring, and tolerance requirements
- Familiarity with foundations for dynamic equipment (ACI 351.3R) and vibration-isolation design for rotating/reciprocating or vibration-sensitive machinery
- Experience designing for crane and overhead material-handling loads (AISC Design Guide 7, CMAA)
- Proficiency with structural analysis and modeling software (SAP2000, ETABS, STAAD, RISA) and Revit/AutoCAD
- Excellent interpersonal skills for interfacing with diverse engineering disciplines, stakeholders, and external partners
- Practical knowledge of field installation methods, means, and materials, including troubleshooting constructability issues
- Exposure to design-for-construction or design-for-operations efforts
- Experience working on expedited timelines or in fast-paced industries
ITAR REQUIREMENT: Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
