Manufacturing Engineer, Casting

About the role

Manufacturing Engineer, Casting This is the team that will restore casting to a core American industry This role will oversee drawing reviews, CapEx planning, and automation feedback for casting 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 casting 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 casting best practices, and have a deep working knowledge of production and inspection methods for casting. 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 casting is a designed-in function. We're looking for generalists with a broad knowledge of foundry operations and multiple casting methods (such as sand and investment casting) across various materials, primarily steel and CuNi, for naval and aerospace applications, as well as deep specialists with expertise in a specific casting method or material type. You'll recruit and lead 1-2 casting MEs to assist, and work with Hadrian's Automation and Factories Leadership teams to design and ship comprehensive casting production and inspection lines. We are seeking individuals who can analyze drawings at a technical level, as well as plan casting lines or factories from scratch. We are conducting interviews at all levels.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• Senior Manager or above level who's technically in the weeds, with deep experti

Additional Information

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. 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 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-leading investors, including Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz, back us. 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.

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