Employee Relations Partner

Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future

Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster and up to 2x cheaper. By combining advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we are reinventing how America produces its most critical parts.

We're accelerating our mission with the launch of Factory 3 in Mesa, Arizona, a 290,000-square-foot facility creating 350 new jobs. We are expanding rapidly to support thousands of future hires, launching Hadrian Maritime to expand into naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts.

Hadrian is backed by leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz, our fast-growing team is united around reindustrializing American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond.

The Role

The Employee Relations Partner will serve as Hadrian's dedicated resource for managing and resolving complex employee relations matters across both exempt and non-exempt populations. Core focus areas include conducting workplace investigations, managing the reasonable accommodation process end-to-end, supporting policy development and compliance training, and building the ER infrastructure needed to scale with the business. This role sits at the intersection of legal risk management and people care. Responsible not just for resolving cases, but for supporting employees and managers through difficult processes with consistency, integrity, and humanity.

As Hadrian grows, this person will be a key contributor to a broader People Partner model, bringing ER depth as a foundation for strategic business partnership.

What You'll Do

• Conduct thorough investigations of complaints of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation and other complex employee relations matters including preparing investigative reports
• Manage reasonable accommodation requests from intake through resolution including leading interactive process discussions and making determinations
• Assist with employee handbook updates and rollouts and contribute to policy development
• Partner with People Ops on compliance and completion of regulatory trainings
• Prepare, track and maintain ER metrics for accommodations and investigations and assist with reports for senior management
• Analyze investigation and accommodation case activity to determine trends/recommendations
• Proactively and strategically support ER programs at Hadrian
• Other duties as assigned

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience supporting both exempt and non-exempt populations, ideally in environments with manufacturing, engineering, or high-compliance requirements
• Strong execution mindset. Resourceful and thoughtful about how to leverage the support around you to get things done quickly.
• A track record of work that required interpersonal sensitivity, empathy, and discretion in working with confidential people data.
• Excellent verbal and written comms; clear and concise style.
• Excels at working on open-ended problems and running them down to completion.
• Ability to build and run processes that enhance culture and the employee experience.
• Establishes and maintains trust and credibility across all levels of the company.
• Strong knowledge of employment laws and applicable policies

What Will Set You Apart

• Comfortable presenting to and working with large groups and facilitating discussions to create a positive and engaging experience.
• Superb organizational skills, with experience triaging many requests and priorities in a high-volume, dynamic environment.

Compensation For this role, the target salary range is $150,000 - $165,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).

Benefits for Full-time Employees

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
• Flexible vacation policy

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.

Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the Company's policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race inclusive of traits historically associated with race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks and twists), color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin (including, in California, possession of a drivers license), ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, height or weight, medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, exercise of reproductive rights, any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws, or any combination of the above characteristics. When necessary, the Company also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled candidates and employees, including for candidates or employees who are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.