Hadrian
Manufacturing Engineer, Forging
About this role
Hadrian seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineer specializing in forging to lead capital expenditure planning, automation strategy, and factory layout design for their Factories-as-a-Service division. You'll coordinate cross-functional teams to design and build automated forging production lines for aerospace and defense customers, translating technical drawings into efficient manufacturing solutions.
What you'll do
- Analyze customer drawings and production specifications to design and guide automation of forging, design-for-manufacturability, production, and inspection lines
- Lead capital expenditure planning, vendor selection, costing, and implementation schedules for forging equipment and systems
- Coordinate tooling, process, and automation teams to develop manufacturing plans and select appropriate equipment
- Design factory layouts and process flows for new forging capabilities across multiple programs
- Partner with suppliers, customers, Federal sales teams, and executives to deliver cost, schedule, and technical solutions
- Travel approximately 25% to DOD and prime facilities to support factory development efforts
What they're looking for
- Metals forming and forging production expertise
- Automation and material handling systems knowledge
- Design-for-manufacturability (DFM) analysis
- Factory layout and process flow design
- Capital equipment selection and vendor management
- Technical drawing and specification analysis
- Project execution and risk management
- Cross-functional team coordination
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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.
View all jobs at HadrianLikely interview questions
- Walk us through a time you stood up a new forging or metals forming capability from the ground up. What were the key challenges and how did you overcome them?
- Describe your experience analyzing product drawings for manufacturability in forging. How do you approach determining feasibility and identifying process efficiencies?