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Hadrian

Automation Engineer, Material Conveyance

Los Angeles, CAfulltimemidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

Hadrian seeks an Automation Engineer to design and deploy material-flow systems across autonomous factories, including AMR fleets, conveyance networks, and overhead handling equipment. You'll integrate these systems with factory software (MES/WMS) and ensure safe, efficient part movement in high-volume aerospace and defense manufacturing.

What you'll do

  • Scope, select, and commission AMR fleets from multiple vendors with configuration, testing, and ramp support
  • Design conveyor and material-handling runs with cycle-time analysis, buffering, and failure recovery
  • Plan overhead movement systems (cranes, gantries, hoists) where floor-based solutions don't fit
  • Manage traffic, charging zones, and safety boundaries for mixed human-robot factory environments
  • Integrate material-handling equipment with MES/WMS via VDA 5050, OPC-UA, MQTT, and PLC protocols
  • Simulate throughput and layouts using tools like AnyLogic or FlexSim before hardware deployment

What they're looking for

  • AMR/AGV fleet deployment and management
  • Conveyance system design (belt, roller, chain, pallet)
  • Crane, gantry, and overhead hoist integration
  • VDA 5050, OPC-UA, MQTT, REST, PLC handshakes
  • Manufacturing simulation (AnyLogic, FlexSim, Plant Simulation)
  • Safety systems for mixed pedestrian-robot areas
  • MES/WMS integration
  • Python and data analytics (preferred)

Benefits

  • Salary range $140,000–$220,000 based on experience
  • Opportunity to build standards for rapid factory scaling
  • Hands-on role directly impacting aerospace and defense manufacturing
  • Work with cutting-edge robotics and autonomous systems
  • Backed by leading investors (Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, others)
  • Rapid growth and expansion (new 290,000 sq ft facility launching)
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Hadrian

Hadrian builds aerospace and defense manufacturing systems, offering enterprise software platforms, advanced tooling design, and highly automated production capabilities for the sector. The company is hiring full stack engineers, manufacturing and tooling specialists, infrastructure and identity management experts, and workforce systems architects to support its rapid scaling.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a complete AMR fleet deployment you personally led—from vendor selection through production ramp. What went wrong, and how did you fix it?
  • Describe a material-flow system you designed that integrated AMRs, conveyance, and MES/WMS. How did you handle the handshake logic between systems?
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