Manufacturing Engineer

Hadrian Automation • Los Angeles, CA

6h

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.
The Role
Hadrian is building the next generation of autonomous factories for aerospace, defense, and advanced manufacturing. We’re seeking a Manufacturing Engineer (Generalist) to drive the design, development, and scaling of manufacturing processes that support high-complexity production across facilities and programs. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams — including Design, Operations, CAM/CMM, Supply Chain, and Software — to turn technical requirements into robust, repeatable manufacturing solutions that meet quality, cost, and schedule goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, or related) or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, production support, or process development, ideally in aerospace or high-precision manufacturing.
• Strong technical acumen with ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and GD&T.
• Demonstrated systems thinking and problem-solving skills. Able to work across functions to drive results.
• Excellent communicator with a proactive, ownership mindset.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with automation, robotics, CNC machining, tooling design, and process simulation.
• Exposure to high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with quality systems (ISO/AS9100) and continuous improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Support manufacturing across multiple disciplines from early DFM and process planning to production execution and continuous improvement.
• Apply systematic problem solving to identify and eliminate production bottlenecks and scale manufacturing systems and processes.
• Drive collaboration with internal engineering teams, factory operations, and external partners to ensure manufacturability, quality, and throughput objectives are met.
• Provide technical support for production launches, tooling, automation integration, process documentation, and cross-departmental initiatives
• Analyze product designs and engineering data to define manufacturing methods, tooling needs, and process flows.
• Plan, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes, including manual and automated methods across machining, assembly, fabrication, and inspection operations.
• Lead problem resolution for production issues, including root-cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
• Work with tooling, equipment vendors, and fabrication partners as needed to support process execution and new capability integration.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
• Flexible vacation policy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level