Director of Cost Estimation
About The Position
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 be launching 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 naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts. Hadrian works with startups, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, and major defense contractors across space, shipbuilding, and aviation to scale production, reduce costs, and accelerate delivery on mission-critical programs. We are backed by 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! We are seeking a Director of Cost Estimation to lead and scale our design-for-manufacturing (DFM), estimation and quote function. This is a critical senior leadership role that will own manufacturability analysis, quote estimation, and pricing strategy and execution for a highly automated manufacturing system, currently focused on precision machining. You will be expected to engineer and build scalable systems that enable us to rapidly ingest and analyze thousands of complex part packages per year, quote with accuracy, and attain quality and profitability targets. You will build a world-class technical team to support this, while influencing system-wide changes across engineering, software, factory, sales, and operations. You will scale your team to support new capabilities, materials, factory locations, part types, and customer complexity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
- 10+ years overall experience, including 5 years directly leading teams
- 3 years of experience in precision parts manufacturing, including one or more of: 5-axis CNC machining, mill-turn, turn-mill
- Demonstrated experience rapidly scaling DFM, estimation/quoting teams and systems
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing large cross-functional teams (engineering, commercial, manufacturing operations)
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder-management skills (everything from executives to engineers to sales managers and customers)
- Experience in aerospace, defense, maritime, and/or aviation environments, including part portfolios and procurement cycles
- Experience building teams at a hypergrowth startup
Responsibilities
- Own design-for-manufacturing analysis (DFM) and recommendations for new and existing customers that leads to high factory throughput, low rework, reduced manufacturability risk, and smoother New Product Introduction.
- Own DFM engineering, profitability, adherence, and time-to-quote goals
- Build a cost estimation function that scales ahead of business growth, including customer + part volume, material types, manufacturing capabilities, and factory capacity
- Own bid analysis, pricing, and risk estimate recommendations
- Generate and drive new capabilities roadmap, including materials, machines, factory capabilities, and capacity
- Drive strong feedback loops with factory operations, sales, supply chain, and customer success teams.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
