- Robot type
- Industrial Automation
- Location
- TorranceCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 10, 2026
- Salary
- $240,000–$299,000 a year
Systems Engineer, Systems Test
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 responsibilities
- Build and lead the Systems Test division — hire and grow a team of test engineers and simulation test engineers, establishing technical standards, tools, and processes for the group
- Drive full test plan coverage across all Autonomous Factory Systems programs, from early development through production release, ensuring systems are validated against real-world operating conditions
- Direct simulation test development — build out simulation test that model the edge cases and off-nominal conditions identified in systems test plans, translating those test plans into simulation test coverage of…
- Set technical direction across disciplines — design test approaches spanning hardware sub-components developed in-house and the integrated Autonomous Manufacturing Cells that combine machines, robotics, and…
- Stay deeply technical — focus on test architecture, simulation test methodology, and engineering standards as a hands-on technical leader; this is not a people-management position
- Partner cross-functionally with hardware, robotics, and software integration teams to embed testability and simulation test coverage into system design from the start
- Define quality gates — establish the criteria and processes that determine when a system is ready to move from development to release
Job requirements
- B.S. in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline; formal systems engineering training (e.g.
- 10+ years of systems engineering or test engineering experience for complex electromechanical or robotic systems, with a track record of technical leadership
- Experience building and scaling test strategies for integrated hardware and software systems
- Experience directing simulation test environments used to model system behavior, edge cases, and failure modes ahead of or alongside physical testing
- Familiarity with robotics, industrial automation, or manufacturing cell environments (machines, robotic arms, orchestration/control software)
- A track record of technical leadership — setting direction, raising the bar on engineering practices, and growing the technical capability of a team
- Comfort operating across the full stack of a program: from hardware sub-component test cases to system-level simulation test of autonomous behavior
- Excellent communication skills — translating test and simulation test findings into clear, actionable input for engineering and program leadership
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