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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 its manufacturing footprint and Factory-as-a-Service platform.
As Manager, Tooling Engineering, you will build and lead the team responsible for designing, developing, and implementing precision tooling systems that support efficient, high-quality, large-scale manufacturing. You will set technical direction for tooling solutions across large parts and assemblies, with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability, while growing and developing the engineers on your team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building, leading, and developing a team of tooling engineers through hiring, mentorship, performance management, and career growth
- Setting technical strategy and roadmap for structural and mechanical tooling supporting large components and assemblies
- Owning delivery and quality of tooling programs across the production lifecycle, from concept through design, build, validation, and continuous improvement
- Partnering with engineering leadership, manufacturing, quality, automation, and program teams to align tooling priorities with production goals and new capability launches
- Managing vendor and supplier relationships to build, source, and implement tooling systems on schedule and budget
- Establishing standards, design reviews, and best practices for analysis, documentation, and validation across the team
- Providing technical guidance on high-load, high-temperature, and other demanding tooling challenges
- Serving as the tooling point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including on new business opportunities
You will own both the strategic roadmap for tooling and the outcomes of your team, balancing hands-on technical leadership with people management, prioritization, and cross-functional coordination required to stand up new production capabilities at pace.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience leading or managing engineers, or a track record as a senior technical lead ready to take on a formal people leadership role
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and how tooling supports quality and production efficiency
- Deep experience designing and delivering tooling systems for complex or large-scale parts and assemblies, such as machining or welding
- Ability to set direction across both prototyping and continuous improvement efforts while managing multiple concurrent programs
- Working proficiency in FEA and static analysis to validate tooling under real-world conditions, and fluency in 3D modeling and simulation tools (e.g., SolidWorks, CATIA, NX, or ANSYS) sufficient to guide and review team work
- Knowledge of material selection and fabrication techniques suitable for high-load or high-temperature environments
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required ITAR authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Physics, or a related STEM field
- Demonstrated success building or scaling an engineering team in a fast-paced manufacturing or hardware environment
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills with ability to influence across disciplines
- Comfort operating in fast-paced, multidisciplinary environments with evolving priorities
- Experience partnering with cross-functional teams including design, quality, and automation
