Manufacturing Engineer, Production

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’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
The Manufacturing Engineer, Production is essential in ensuring robust production support and facilitating the scaling of manufacturing processes. This role is responsible for integrating new customer technical expectations seamlessly into the factory's capabilities, supporting the transition from low-rate to high-volume production, and spearheading the adoption of new automated production assets and software enhancements.
 

What You’ll Do

- Ensure strict adherence to paperwork and customer requirements for quality and compliance

- Interpret customer drawings and specifications, translating requirements into shop floor work instructions and inspection criteria

- Lead quality planning activities during NPI, including control plans, FAI documentation, and first article reporting

- Onboard new customers, ensuring the factory's technical capabilities meet their expectations

- Assist in work prioritization and triage during peak production periods to maintain workflow efficiency

- Own problem solving and disposition of ...