Senior Welding Engineer & Team Lead (Aerospace/Defense Manufacturing)

hadrian • United State

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AI Summary

Lead a welding engineering team at Hadrian’s Los Angeles facility, developing and qualifying mission-critical welds for aerospace, defense, and maritime hardware. Oversee process selection, equipment implementation, and team growth while ensuring seamless transition from R&D to high-volume production. Requires 6+ years of welding engineering experience with aerospace/defense expertise and leadership in process development.

Key Highlights

Lead a welding engineering team with hiring, mentorship, and performance management responsibilities

Develop and qualify weld processes for high-strength alloys (e.g., titanium, aluminum, nickel) under aerospace/defense standards (NAVSEA, ASME Section IX, AWS D17.1)

Select and implement robotic/automated welding systems for mission-critical hardware production

Key Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of welding engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development

Oversee the development, qualification, and production transition of weld processes for aerospace, defense, and maritime hardware

Select and implement welding equipment and processes, from vendor evaluation to installation and acceptance testing

Collaborate with production, tooling, automation, quality, and program teams to align welding priorities with manufacturing goals

Establish welding standards, documentation practices, and serve as the internal/external welding point of contact

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Technical Skills Required

Weld Process Development Aerospace/Defense Manufacturing Standards Robotic/Automated Welding Systems

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans

401k retirement plan

Relocation support for eligible candidates

Equity compensation

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Nice to Have

Experience with laser beam, friction stir, or orbital welding

Background in high-mix, low-volume or advanced manufacturing environments

Experience building a welding team or capability from an early stage

Job Description

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.

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