- Robot type
- Industrial Automation
- Location
- TorranceCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Salary
- $225,000–$280,000 a year
Manager, Tooling Engineering
Job description
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…
Job requirements
- Experience leading or managing engineers, or a track record as a senior technical lead ready to take on a formal people leadership role.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and how tooling supports quality and production efficiency.
- Deep experience designing and delivering tooling systems for complex or large-scale parts and assemblies, such as machining or welding.
- Ability to set direction across both prototyping and continuous improvement efforts while managing multiple concurrent programs.
- Working proficiency in FEA and static analysis to validate tooling under real-world conditions, and fluency in 3D modeling and simulation tools (e.g., SolidWorks, CATIA, NX, or ANSYS) sufficient to guide and review the…
- Knowledge of material selection and fabrication techniques suitable for high-load or high-temperature environments.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Physics, or a related STEM field.
- Demonstrated success building or scaling an engineering team in a fast-paced manufacturing or hardware environment.
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