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Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America by combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing capabilities. The company helps aerospace and defense customers build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. Following a $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding its manufacturing footprint and scaling its Factory-as-a-Service platform.
The Manufacturing Engineer plays an essential role in ensuring robust production support and facilitating the scaling of manufacturing processes. You will be responsible for integrating new customer technical expectations into the factory's capabilities, supporting the transition from low-rate to high-volume production, and spearheading the adoption of new automated production assets and software enhancements.
Key responsibilities include:
- Ensuring strict adherence to paperwork and customer requirements for quality and compliance
- Onboarding new customers and verifying the factory's technical capabilities meet their expectations
- Assisting in work prioritization and triage during peak production periods to maintain workflow efficiency
- Owning problem-solving and disposition of production defects, driving root cause analysis to impact yield and rework rates
- Leading the factory's transition from low-rate to high-volume manufacturing by identifying and implementing necessary process and infrastructure changes
- Onboarding new automated production assets and collaborating with software engineering to drive improvements in manufacturing-support software products
- Adapting shop floor structure and processes to accommodate high-volume production needs, such as implementing high-volume wash stations and creating workstations for insert installation
- Creating production processes in unstructured areas of the operational system
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or another related STEM field and 5 years of engineering experience in a production environment (or 5-6+ years in a high-intensity production environment in lieu of a degree)
- Familiarity with machining operations and experience working with very tight tolerances, especially in aerospace manufacturing
- Comprehensive knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including software engineering, to enhance production capabilities
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or eligible to obtain ITAR authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Desirable qualifications:
- Master's degree in Engineering or STEM-related field
- 5+ years of experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment
- Knowledge of quality systems, specifically AS9100
- Demonstrated experience with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies
- Experience applying software approaches (SQL, VBA, Python, etc.)
- Proficiency with various ERP/MRP systems
- Ability to articulate and defend engineering decisions
