Manufacturing Engineer, Factory Construction

About this role

Hadrian seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to oversee construction execution for autonomous factory facilities serving aerospace and defense. You'll act as the owner's representative on-site, driving schedule adherence, coordinating with contractors, and ensuring built facilities align with production requirements while managing costs and timelines.

What you'll do

• Serve as day-to-day owner's representative overseeing general contractors and subcontractors on active construction sites
• Own near-term lookahead planning, critical path awareness, and schedule recovery strategies
• Intake and translate engineering facility requirements into construction execution while pushing back on unnecessary complexity
• Manage RFIs, submittals, pay applications, and change orders using Procore and Bluebeam
• Participate in design reviews and provide constructability and sequencing feedback
• Coordinate inspections, testing, commissioning, and turnover documentation for regulated environments

What they're looking for

• Construction management and field execution
• Procore and Bluebeam proficiency
• Schedule planning and critical path management
• Contractor and subcontractor oversight
• Design review and constructability analysis
• Change order and RFI management
• Problem-solving and first-principles thinking
• Experience in regulated or high-consequence industries preferred

Benefits

• Salary range: $120,000–$185,000 based on experience
• Work on cutting-edge autonomous manufacturing technology
• Opportunity to shape factory construction for aerospace and defense sector
• Backed by leading investors (Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Lux Capital)
• Rapid company expansion with growth opportunities
• Involvement in reindustrializing American manufacturing