Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Casting, Special Projects

Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future

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 dollar 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, back us. 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 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 handover (or join) execution of large-scale manufacturing efforts.

The Role:

Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Casting

• This is the team that will restore casting and forging to a core American industry

• This role will oversee drawing reviews, CapEx planning, and automation feedback for casting as part of the Factories as a Service team.

• The Hadrian 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 casting across all material types and configurations.

• You’ll be able to review drawings for manufacturability rapidly, select the right CapEx for part numbers and assemblies, advise our automation team on casting best practices, and have a deep working knowledge of production and inspection methods for casting.

• 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 casting is a designed-in function.

• We’re looking for generalists with broad knowledge of foundry operations and multiple casting methods (sand, investment, etc.) across various materials, mainly steel and CuNi for naval and aerospace uses, as well as deep specialists with expertise in a specific casting method or material type.

• You’ll recruit and lead 1-2 casting MEs to assist, and work with Hadrian’s Automation and Factories Leadership teams to design and ship comprehensive casting production and inspection lines.

• We are looking for individuals who can analyze drawings at a technical level, but are also capable of planning casting lines or factories from scratch, and are interviewing at all levels.

What You’ll Do:

• Analyse customer drawings and current state of production to design, build, and guide automation of casting 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 CapEx planning, vendor selection, and costing

What We’re Looking For:

• Senior Manager or above level who’s technically in the weeds, with deep expertise in casting production and inspection

• Able to travel ~25% to DOD and prime facilities

• Capable of leading 1-2 casting MEs

• Able to analyse DFM, and design/plan production and inspection lines for casting

• Prior experience standing up new casting lines in Aerospace, Automotive, or other domains

• Ability to move quickly and make risk-adjusted decisions

What Will Set You Apart:

• Software or automation experience is not required, but helpful

• Working knowledge of casting technology and CapEx

Benefits:

• 100% coverage of medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees

• 401k

• Relocation stipend if you’re moving from outside of LA

• Flexible vacation policy

ITAR Requirements:

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer:

It is the Company’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race inclusive of traits historically associated with race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks and twists), color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin (including, in California, possession of a drivers license), ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, height or weight, medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, exercise of reproductive rights, any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws, or any combination of the above characteristics. When necessary, the Company also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled candidates and employees, including for candidates or employees who are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.