Training Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

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.

About the Workforce Development Team

The Workforce Development team is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of manufacturing talent within a challenging, equitable, and meritocratic environment.

Our goal is to accelerate the maturity and operational effectiveness of Hadrian's factories through targeted training programs.

The team is responsible for developing and managing a comprehensive training system, driving software adoption, standardizing operational processes, and maintaining an integrated training and certification ecosystem.

The Role

As a Training Program Specialist, you will be the operational owner of training performance across a defined set of stations in our manufacturing environment. You will be responsible for translating new and updated processes into effective, on-the-job learning experiences that result in consistent execution and measurable technician proficiency. Your focus will be on velocity, quality, and team self-sufficiency.

You will be the first to master new procedures, working closely with technicians and trainer cohorts to ensure flawless adoption of every process. You will monitor and act on training velocity (time to full crew readiness) and training quality (adherence to standards), closing gaps proactively. Your north star: Every station in your scope runs to standard, every shift, with a self-sufficient team.

This is a full-time, hourly position and includes equity and comprehensive benefits.

What You’ll Do

• Lead all training activities for your assigned area, delivering on-the-job instruction and acting as the technical expert.

• Work directly with technicians to understand process nuances, pain points, and improvement opportunities.

• Master every process in your area and convert new methods into clear, teachable steps.

• Train technicians and technician-trainers to ensure consistent, standard execution across all shifts.

• Adapt coaching approaches to individual learning styles and support trainees through challenges.

• Mentor technician-trainers to promote best practices in training delivery.

• Own the full evaluation process, including quizzes, assessments, and progress reporting.

• Create and refine evaluation criteria covering both hard and soft skills.

• Partner with process designers to define tasks and decision points using structured “if/then” logic.

• Maintain up-to-date, version-controlled training content that is always audit-ready.

• Ensure returning technicians are aligned with the latest training standards.

• Conduct and support training audits to ensure 100% procedural compliance.

• Manage a blend of on-the-job and off-the-job training formats.

• Collaborate with Learning System Engineers to develop and execute continuous improvement roadmaps.

• 10–25% travel as needed to additional Hadrian locations to support training delivery, program implementation, and global workforce initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• 1+ years of experience in a training, instructing, or teaching role with a focus on entry-level individual contributors

• At least 2 years of experience working in a production / inspection environment

• Proven ability to train people with experience ranging from entry level – mid level

• Aptitude for rapid learning, reteaching, and influencing process adoption

• Ability to independently recognize human patterns (both macro + micro) and provide actionable, objective, and mature recommendations to leadership

What Will Set You Apart

• Passionate about training, employee career development, and the Hadrian mission of reindustrializing the nation’s workforce

• Training, instructing, or teaching experience in an operational environment

• The ability to influence others without direct authority – you will not be a people manager, but your success is directly tied to influencing ability

• High emotional IQ – able to self-improve after receiving feedback, provide guidance to trainers, and continuously learn and grow through the role

• 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

• Equity

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.

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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.