About Us:
Hadrian builds software-defined high-precision component factories for the top aerospace companies in the world. We are in search of individuals with the drive to augment manufacturing, helping enable our engineers to build complex, yet elegant software as well as machinists who have a passion for pushing the trade forward.
Position Overview
The Manufacturing Engineer is essential in ensuring robust production support and facilitating the scaling of manufacturing processes. This role is responsible for integrating new customer technical expectations seamlessly into the factory’s capabilities, supporting the transition from low-rate to high-volume production, and spearheading the adoption of new automated production assets and software enhancements.
Key Responsibilities
- Production Support:
1. Ensure strict adherence to paperwork and customer requirements for quality and compliance.
2. Onboard new customers, ensuring the factory’s technical capabilities meet their expectations.
3. Assist in work prioritization and triage during peak production periods to maintain workflow efficiency.
4. Own problem solving and disposition of production defects, drive root cause problem solving to impact yield and rework rates
- Scaling Efforts:
1. Lead the factory’s transition from low-rate to high-volume manufacturing, identifying and implementing necessary changes in processes and infrastructure.
2. Onboard new automated production assets, collaborating with software engineering to drive improvements in software products that support manufacturing processes.
4. Adapt shop floor structure and processes to accommodate high-volume production needs, such as implementing high-volume wash stations and creating workstations for insert installation.
5. Create production processes in unstructured areas of our operational system
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or another relevant STEM field, and 1 or more years of applicable engineering experience.
- In lieu of a degree, at least 3 years of experience in a high-intensity production environment may be considered.
- Familiarity with machining operations and experience working with very tight tolerances, especially in aerospace manufacturing.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including software engineering, to enhance production capabilities.
Success Factors
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Intelligence: Find signal and prioritize in an environment with high variability.
- Example: Analyzes production data to identify bottlenecks and implement targeted improvements in machine utilization and process flows.
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Autonomous: Create targeted and pragmatic goals for individual workstreams that tie to larger business outcomes.
- Example: Independently develops and executes a plan to integrate a new automated inspection system, reducing quality control times and increasing throughput.
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Fair/Predictable: Understand the importance of standardization of people and physical processes.
- Example: Leads the standardization of machining processes across different production lines to ensure uniform product quality and reduce variance.
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Decisiveness: Drive quick decisions and action instead of remaining stuck in analytical hell.
- Example: Quickly decides on a corrective action plan in response to a critical production issue, minimizing downtime and maintaining production schedules.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., 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.
