Hadrian Automation
Torrance, California
Job Description Job Description Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built. Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we're building the future of American manufacturing-and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen. If you're ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you're exactly who we're looking for. About the Role The Training Specialist - Welding owns welding training at their site. You will teach technicians to weld to a written standard across TIG, MIG and mechanized processes, run the evaluations that confirm they are ready, and keep the training records and documentation that the program is audited against. The role works closely with our naval customer as a representative of Hadrian. This is a senior individual contributor role. You will report to the site Training Operations Manager, with a dotted line to our welding training lead, who sets the welding curriculum and standard. You will set your own course with minimal oversight, direct trainees day to day without managing them, and make recommendations to leadership when the program needs them. What You Will Do You will lead welding training at your site, delivering hands-on instruction in the booth and on the floor and acting as the technical expert for the technicians you train. You will bring technicians to weld to the written standard across TIG, MIG and mechanized welding, with consistent execution across every shift, and you will learn new processes and methods as they are introduced and turn them into clear, teachable steps. You will own the evaluation process, including weld tests, practical assessments, quizzes, progress reporting and evaluation criteria across hard and soft skills. You will record training, evaluations and qualifications in our training software so records are complete and current, and you will maintain version-controlled, audit-ready welding training documentation and conduct training audits for procedural compliance. You will develop and refine welding curriculum with our welding training lead, adapting the core training system to your site. You will give trainees day-to-day direction and escalate performance concerns to the Training Operations Manager, and you will carry Hadrian's standards and culture into your work with our naval customer. What You Bring Required Experience in multiple welding disciplines, including TIG (GTAW), MIG (GMAW) and mechanized welding 3+ years in a training, instructing or teaching role focused on entry-level individual contributors At least 1 year welding in a production environment Proven ability to train people from entry level to mid level to weld to a written standard Openness to learning new processes and methods, and to reteaching as they change Comfort working with software to record training, evaluations and qualifications Experience maintaining training documentation to an audit-ready standard Ability to recognize patterns in how people learn and give objective, actionable recommendations to leadership A self-starter who manages their own time and priorities with minimal oversight Willingness to travel around 25%, primarily to our Los Angeles facility for training purposes Preferred, not necessary Experience welding or training to NAVSEA standards Experience with robotic welding; this can be learned and trained in role Welding certifications such as AWS Certified Welder, Certified Welding Educator or Certified Welding Inspector Experience building welding curriculum or training documentation from the ground up Ability to influence without direct authority Comfort representing a company in front of a customer High emotional intelligence; improves on feedback and coaches others Passion for training, career development and Hadrian's mission of reindustrializing the nation's workforce Our Values Surgical Precision: welds, evaluations, records and documentation have to be exact. Own the Outcome: you own the training outcome at your site and meet the intent of the standard. Build, Edit, Scale: our welding curriculum is moving from pilot to scale, and you will help refine it. Compensation For this role, the target salary range is $27 - $45 per hour (actual range may vary based on experience). This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. Benefits for Full-time Employees 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 Equity ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, 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. Use of AI in hiring Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy. Consideration of Criminal History Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment. Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. 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.
Job Description Job Description Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built. Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we're building the future of American manufacturing-and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen. If you're ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you're exactly who we're looking for. About the Role The Training Specialist - Welding owns welding training at their site. You will teach technicians to weld to a written standard across TIG, MIG and mechanized processes, run the evaluations that confirm they are ready, and keep the training records and documentation that the program is audited against. The role works closely with our naval customer as a representative of Hadrian. This is a senior individual contributor role. You will report to the site Training Operations Manager, with a dotted line to our welding training lead, who sets the welding curriculum and standard. You will set your own course with minimal oversight, direct trainees day to day without managing them, and make recommendations to leadership when the program needs them. What You Will Do You will lead welding training at your site, delivering hands-on instruction in the booth and on the floor and acting as the technical expert for the technicians you train. You will bring technicians to weld to the written standard across TIG, MIG and mechanized welding, with consistent execution across every shift, and you will learn new processes and methods as they are introduced and turn them into clear, teachable steps. You will own the evaluation process, including weld tests, practical assessments, quizzes, progress reporting and evaluation criteria across hard and soft skills. You will record training, evaluations and qualifications in our training software so records are complete and current, and you will maintain version-controlled, audit-ready welding training documentation and conduct training audits for procedural compliance. You will develop and refine welding curriculum with our welding training lead, adapting the core training system to your site. You will give trainees day-to-day direction and escalate performance concerns to the Training Operations Manager, and you will carry Hadrian's standards and culture into your work with our naval customer. What You Bring Required Experience in multiple welding disciplines, including TIG (GTAW), MIG (GMAW) and mechanized welding 3+ years in a training, instructing or teaching role focused on entry-level individual contributors At least 1 year welding in a production environment Proven ability to train people from entry level to mid level to weld to a written standard Openness to learning new processes and methods, and to reteaching as they change Comfort working with software to record training, evaluations and qualifications Experience maintaining training documentation to an audit-ready standard Ability to recognize patterns in how people learn and give objective, actionable recommendations to leadership A self-starter who manages their own time and priorities with minimal oversight Willingness to travel around 25%, primarily to our Los Angeles facility for training purposes Preferred, not necessary Experience welding or training to NAVSEA standards Experience with robotic welding; this can be learned and trained in role Welding certifications such as AWS Certified Welder, Certified Welding Educator or Certified Welding Inspector Experience building welding curriculum or training documentation from the ground up Ability to influence without direct authority Comfort representing a company in front of a customer High emotional intelligence; improves on feedback and coaches others Passion for training, career development and Hadrian's mission of reindustrializing the nation's workforce Our Values Surgical Precision: welds, evaluations, records and documentation have to be exact. Own the Outcome: you own the training outcome at your site and meet the intent of the standard. Build, Edit, Scale: our welding curriculum is moving from pilot to scale, and you will help refine it. Compensation For this role, the target salary range is $27 - $45 per hour (actual range may vary based on experience). This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. Benefits for Full-time Employees 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 Equity ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, 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. Use of AI in hiring Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy. Consideration of Criminal History Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment. Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. 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.
Hadrian Automation
Torrance, California
Job Description Job Description Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built. Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we're building the future of American manufacturing-and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen. If you're ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you're exactly who we're looking for. The Role: As our NDT Engineer, you will be the technical authority for nondestructive testing at Hadrian and the person who takes it beyond a final gate. You will own procedures, qualification, and audit readiness for aerospace, defense, and naval programs. You will also work with our automation and software teams to turn decades of inspection craft into automated, data-driven systems that run across a high-mix, high-throughput factory. This role is for an NDT professional with deep command of the craft who believes the field can go much further than it has. What You'll Do Serve as the Level III technical authority for NDT, owning the development, review, approval, and control of procedures, technique sheets, and the written practice. Own program governance, including revision control, personnel qualification and certification, calibration, and equipment traceability. Lead audit readiness and represent NDT in internal, customer, and third-party audits. Design and run POD and capability studies, and build the technical case for new and non-traditional inspection techniques. Partner with automation and software teams to specify, validate, and deploy automated inspection, while mentoring Level I and II personnel. What We're Looking For 10+ years of progressive nondestructive testing experience, including procedure development and program oversight. Current Level III certification in at least four of the following methods: MT, PT, RT, UT, and VT. Experience working in a regulated quality environment that requires strong documentation control, traceability, and audit support. Demonstrated ability to interpret technical codes, standards, and contractual requirements and turn them into compliant procedures. Experience leading or supporting external audits within a structured quality management system. What Will Set You Apart Experience supporting NAVSEA, shipbuilding, aerospace launch, propulsion, or other high-consequence defense programs. Hands-on experience with automated, robotic, or advanced inspection systems such as PAUT, FMC/TFM, or CT. A track record of challenging an inspection requirement from first principles and backing the change with data. Familiarity with digital inspection platforms, electronic quality management systems, or data analysis tools. Compensation For this role, the target salary range is $150,000 - $210,000 (actual range may vary based on experience). This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. Benefits for Full-time Employees 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 Equity ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, 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. Use of AI in hiring Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy. Consideration of Criminal History Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment. Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. 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. Compensation Range: $150K - $210K
Job Description Job Description Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built. Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we're building the future of American manufacturing-and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen. If you're ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you're exactly who we're looking for. The Role: As our NDT Engineer, you will be the technical authority for nondestructive testing at Hadrian and the person who takes it beyond a final gate. You will own procedures, qualification, and audit readiness for aerospace, defense, and naval programs. You will also work with our automation and software teams to turn decades of inspection craft into automated, data-driven systems that run across a high-mix, high-throughput factory. This role is for an NDT professional with deep command of the craft who believes the field can go much further than it has. What You'll Do Serve as the Level III technical authority for NDT, owning the development, review, approval, and control of procedures, technique sheets, and the written practice. Own program governance, including revision control, personnel qualification and certification, calibration, and equipment traceability. Lead audit readiness and represent NDT in internal, customer, and third-party audits. Design and run POD and capability studies, and build the technical case for new and non-traditional inspection techniques. Partner with automation and software teams to specify, validate, and deploy automated inspection, while mentoring Level I and II personnel. What We're Looking For 10+ years of progressive nondestructive testing experience, including procedure development and program oversight. Current Level III certification in at least four of the following methods: MT, PT, RT, UT, and VT. Experience working in a regulated quality environment that requires strong documentation control, traceability, and audit support. Demonstrated ability to interpret technical codes, standards, and contractual requirements and turn them into compliant procedures. Experience leading or supporting external audits within a structured quality management system. What Will Set You Apart Experience supporting NAVSEA, shipbuilding, aerospace launch, propulsion, or other high-consequence defense programs. Hands-on experience with automated, robotic, or advanced inspection systems such as PAUT, FMC/TFM, or CT. A track record of challenging an inspection requirement from first principles and backing the change with data. Familiarity with digital inspection platforms, electronic quality management systems, or data analysis tools. Compensation For this role, the target salary range is $150,000 - $210,000 (actual range may vary based on experience). This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. Benefits for Full-time Employees 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 Equity ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, 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. Use of AI in hiring Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy. Consideration of Criminal History Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment. Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. 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. Compensation Range: $150K - $210K
Hadrian Automation
Torrance, California
Job Description Job Description Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built. Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we're building the future of American manufacturing-and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen. If you're ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you're exactly who we're looking for. The Role Hadrian is ramping new welding capability at FX, and this role is central to getting there. As an R&D Welding Technician, you'll build and qualify the weld processes and hardware, qualification test articles and large structural assemblies, that this capability launch depends on, working hands-on with hand welding, orbital tube welding, and robotic welding cells in a fast-moving R&D environment. What You'll Do Fabricate and weld qualification test articles and large structural assemblies in support of a new welding capability ramp. Perform hand welding using both laser and arc processes on first-of-a-kind hardware. Set up and execute orbital tube welding operations to spec. Operate and support robotic welding cells, including setup and troubleshooting. Read and build to engineering drawings, weld symbols, and GD&T, and maintain build documentation to support qualification and traceability. What We're Looking For Hands-on experience with hand welding, both laser and arc processes. Experience with orbital tube welding. Experience operating robotic welding equipment. Ability to read engineering drawings, weld symbols, and GD&T. Comfort operating in an ambiguous, first-of-a-kind R&D environment rather than a locked production line. What Will Set You Apart Prior aerospace or defense welding experience. AWS D17.1 or NADCAP welding exposure. Experience supporting weld procedure or process qualification (WPS/PQR). Robotic weld cell programming or teach-pendant experience. Prior experience on qualification-article or first-article builds. Benefits for Full-time Employees 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 Equity ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, 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. Use of AI in hiring Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy. Consideration of Criminal History Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment. Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. 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.
Job Description Job Description Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built. Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we're building the future of American manufacturing-and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen. If you're ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you're exactly who we're looking for. The Role Hadrian is ramping new welding capability at FX, and this role is central to getting there. As an R&D Welding Technician, you'll build and qualify the weld processes and hardware, qualification test articles and large structural assemblies, that this capability launch depends on, working hands-on with hand welding, orbital tube welding, and robotic welding cells in a fast-moving R&D environment. What You'll Do Fabricate and weld qualification test articles and large structural assemblies in support of a new welding capability ramp. Perform hand welding using both laser and arc processes on first-of-a-kind hardware. Set up and execute orbital tube welding operations to spec. Operate and support robotic welding cells, including setup and troubleshooting. Read and build to engineering drawings, weld symbols, and GD&T, and maintain build documentation to support qualification and traceability. What We're Looking For Hands-on experience with hand welding, both laser and arc processes. Experience with orbital tube welding. Experience operating robotic welding equipment. Ability to read engineering drawings, weld symbols, and GD&T. Comfort operating in an ambiguous, first-of-a-kind R&D environment rather than a locked production line. What Will Set You Apart Prior aerospace or defense welding experience. AWS D17.1 or NADCAP welding exposure. Experience supporting weld procedure or process qualification (WPS/PQR). Robotic weld cell programming or teach-pendant experience. Prior experience on qualification-article or first-article builds. Benefits for Full-time Employees 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 Equity ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, 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. Use of AI in hiring Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy. Consideration of Criminal History Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment. Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. 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.