Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Heat Treatment, Special Projects

Location

Los Angeles

Full time

On-site

Special Projects

Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster and up to 2x cheaper. By combining advanced software, robotics, and full‑stack manufacturing, we are reinventing how America produces its most critical parts.

We recently raised $260 million in Series C to accelerate this mission. We are excited to launch a new factory in Mesa, Arizona, a 270,000‑square‑foot facility that will create 350 new jobs immediately. We are opening a new headquarters to support thousands of future hires, launching Hadrian Maritime to serve the naval production sector, and introducing a Factory‑as‑a‑Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts.

Hadrian collaborates with startups, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, and major defense contractors across aerospace, shipbuilding, and aviation to scale production, reduce costs, and expedite delivery on mission‑critical programs—leading investors, including Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz. Our fast‑growing team is united by a shared mission to reindustrialize American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond!

The factories‑as‑a‑service team analyzes our current customers' production and supply chain challenges, builds data‑driven presentations, designs and scopes factories of the future, and assists the Federal and Strategic sales team in forming long‑term partnerships with the DOD, Primes, and other manufacturers.

This specific team is responsible for scoping, design, cost, schedule, and technology analysis, as well as proposals for major programs and manufacturing transformations across all manufacturing methods and domains.

With several major programs in flight, we are hiring rapidly for this team that will effectively analyze, design, scope, plan, and hand‑over (or join) execution of large‑scale manufacturing efforts.

• This role will oversee drawing reviews, Cap Ex planning, and automation feedback for Heat Treatment as part of the Factories as a Service team.
• The Factories as a Service team works across all manufacturing methods, and this role is expected to be the Lead Engineer for scoping, designing, planning, and automation feedback for Heat Treatment across all material types and configurations.
• You’ll be able to review drawings for manufacturability quickly, select the right Cap Ex for part numbers and assemblies, advise the Cap Ex heatcapur automation team on best practices for Heat Treatment, and gain a deep understanding of production and inspection methods for Heat Treatment.
• This role will both assist in building new factories for existing production scope, as well as contribute to the manufacturing processes of new products where Heat Treatment is a designed‑in function.
• You’ll recruit and lead 1‑2 Heat Treatment MEs to assist, and work with Hadrian’s Automation and Factories Leadership teams to design and ship comprehensive Heat Treatment production and inspection lines.
• We are looking for individuals who can analyze drawings at a technical level, but are also capable of planning Heat Treatment lines or factories from scratch. We are interviewing at all levels.

• Analyse customer drawings and current state of production to design, build, and guide automation of Heat Treatment DFM, Production, and Inspection Lines.
• Contribute as a key player in factories as a service efforts.
• Deliver cost/schedule/solutions in partnership with our customers and the Federal team.
• Own Cap Ex planning, vendor selection, and costing.

• Senior Manager or above level who’s technically in the weeds, with deep expertise in Heat Treatment production and inspection.
• Able to travel ~25% to DOD and prime facilities.
• Capable of leading 1‑2 Heat Treatment MEs.
• Able to analyse DFM, and design/plan production and inspection lines for Heat Treatment.
• Prior…