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Salary: USD 135,000 - 175,000 / annual
Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America by combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing for aerospace and defense companies. The company helps customers build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and 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 manufacturing footprint and scaling its Factory-as-a-Service platform.
As Program Manager for Additive Manufacturing, you will serve as the program execution backbone for Hadrian's additive manufacturing buildout, managing cross-functional delivery across engineering, operations, supply chain, software, and customer-facing programs. This is an ownership role, not a coordination role. You will own end-to-end delivery of AM programs from requirements and process development through equipment qualification, factory integration, and production handoff, including LPBF system commissioning and FAT/SAT execution.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own end-to-end delivery of additive manufacturing programs from requirements through production handoff
- Define and maintain program planning artifacts: WBS, integrated master schedules (IMS), risk registers, and EVM reporting
- Lead process qualification efforts, owning parameter development cycles and establishing production baselines
- Drive automation and subsystem integration across the AM production cell (laser and scanner systems, powder and gas handling, recoater and z-stage, thermal management, safety interlocks, control systems)
- Establish and continuously improve machine monitoring and reliability programs
- Serve as primary technical and programmatic interface for aerospace and defense customers and partners
- Act as connective tissue across sales, supply chain, and engineering teams, identifying and resolving execution risks early
- Manage CapEx budget for AM facility buildouts and coordinate with contractors and internal stakeholders
- Advocate for strategic investments in AM equipment, facility requirements, process automation, and infrastructure
- Partner with sales on program shaping, proposal development, BOE generation, and DFARS/ITAR-compliant delivery frameworks
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in technical program management within aerospace, defense, or advanced manufacturing environments with a track record of delivering hardware-intensive programs on time
- Direct, hands-on experience with metal additive manufacturing: process development, equipment qualification, or production industrialization
- Proven ability to take complex manufacturing systems from development through production-grade reliability
- Strong cross-functional coordination skills across engineering, operations, supply chain, and software in fast-paced, resource-constrained environments
- Ability to communicate program status, risks, and decisions crisply to both senior technical stakeholders and executive leadership
- Familiarity with NIAR qualification frameworks or experience guiding AM programs through third-party process certification and audit readiness
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or closely related technical field
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State (ITAR requirement)
