Mechanical Design Engineer

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

- Build accurate CAD models from naval prints, aerospace drawings, legacy prints, and other customer technical data.

- Create internal CAD models and drawings for each manufacturing state (M-state) of a part.

- Own PLM data structure and move parts through the release workflow.

- Execute customer and internal changes across part families, including the customer geometry and all related M-states.

- Partner with manufacturing, tooling, programming, and inspection teams, delivering clean, parametric models they can build on and fast design changes when production needs them.

What We're Looking For

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.

- 3+ years of professional mechanical design experience, including production CAD models and drawings for manufactured hardware.

- Proficiency in at least one parametric 3D CAD platform (NX, CATIA, Creo, or SolidWorks), including building models from complex 2D drawings and from incomplete or missing drawings.

- Working knowledge of GD&T (ASME Y14.5), engineering drawing standards, and PLM-based release and change control.

- Experience working directly with manufacturing teams and managing your own release schedule and priorities across multiple products.

What Will Set You Apart

- Experience using Siemens NX on production parts.

- Experience with naval or shipyard drawings, customer technical data packages, and legacy prints.

- Experience with both naval and aerospace hardware.

- Experience creating in-process (M-state) models and drawings, and running customer and internal change processes in parallel.

- Experience with machining, welded assemblies, tooling design, and CMM or scan-based inspection.

Compensation:

For this role, the target salary range is $150,000 - $220,000 (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 https://www.hadrian.co/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.