Manufacturing Engineer, Tubebending, Special Projects

Hadrian Automation • Los Angeles, CA

16h

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. Valued at $1.6B, we’re accelerating our mission with the launch of Factory 3 in Mesa, Arizona, a 290,000-square-foot facility creating 350 new jobs. We are expanding rapidly to support thousands of future hires, launching Hadrian Maritime to expand into naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts. Hadrian is backed by leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz, our fast-growing team is united around reindustrializing American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond. 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. 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! 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: This role will oversee drawing reviews, capital expenditure planning, and automation feedback for Tube Bending 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 Tube Bending 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 Tube Bending best practices, and have a deep working knowledge of production and inspection methods for Tube Bending. 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 Tube Bending is a designed-in function. We are looking for individuals who can analyze drawings at a technical level, but are also capable of planning Tube Bending lines or factories from scratch. We are interviewing at all levels.

Requirements

• SME with deep expertise in Tube Bending production and inspection
• Able to travel ~25% to DOD and prime facilities
• Able to analyse DFM, and design/plan production and inspection lines for Tube Bending
• Prior experience standing up new Tube Bending lines in Aerospace, Automotive, or other domains
• Ability to move quickly and make risk-adjusted decisions

Nice To Haves

• Software or automation experience is not required, but helpful
• Working knowledge of Tube Bending technology and CapEx

Responsibilities

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

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed