Director, CAD & Technical Data Conversion

Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost.

Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built.

Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we’re building the future of American manufacturing—and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen.

If you’re ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you’re exactly who we’re looking for.

The Role

Much of the technical data behind US defense systems is decades old: scanned paper, hand-marked prints, and drawings that were never turned into 3D models. Hadrian is building a team to turn that data into modern, manufacturing-ready models and drawings. Customers can then keep their systems running, and those parts can be quoted, made at Hadrian, or procured.

The team supports multiple defense programs that need this work now. The first priority is a large, multi-year technical data migration for a defense customer. The team works alongside Hadrian's software to convert each technical data package and confirm it is right before it goes to the customer.

As Director, you build and run that operation, growing it from a small founding team into a large organization. You report to the Senior Director of Central Quality and NPI.

What You'll Do

• Build the operating model for each program, starting with the migration: the standard workflow, the training, and the quality controls that confirm each package matches its source data before it goes to the customer.
• Work with the software team so the process and the automation tools improve together, and the manual effort per package keeps falling.
• Plan and run the hiring ramp: sourcing, location, training, and retention.
• Balance capacity across programs, track throughput and quality against each program's schedule, and fix the bottleneck.
• Hire and develop the leaders who run the team day to day.
• Meet each program's data-handling rules while keeping the quality call.

How Success Is Measured

• Throughput. Technical data packages delivered each month against each program's plan.
• Quality. Share of packages the customer accepts on first submission, and errors found after delivery.
• Ramp. Hires on plan, time for a new hire to reach full output, and retention.

The Team

You start with a small team of engineers and specialists who define the process. Headcount rises quickly as the migration ramps and more programs come on, and the team is expected to divide into separate groups.

• Conversion Engineers. Define the process, work with the software team on the automation, and check the work.
• Conversion Specialists. Convert technical data packages using Hadrian's software, and check the output.
• CAD Modelers. Build 3D models from 2D drawings when no model exists, for programs across Hadrian.

What We're Looking For

• Built and ran a high-volume technical operation, such as production, engineering services, or drawing conversion, and grew it to 50 or more people.
• Hired and trained people quickly, and kept them engaged in repetitive work.
• Runs an operation on throughput and quality data.
• 3+ years leading other leaders.
• Enough engineering-drawing depth to own the quality bar, including GD&T and model-based definition.
• You raise problems early and make decisions without waiting for full consensus.
• Engineering or STEM degree, or equivalent hands‑on experience.

What Will Set You Apart

• Built a team from the ground up at a startup or a fast-growing company.
• Ran a large legacy-to-modern technical data or PLM migration, including the team and its throughput.
• Worked alongside a software team to automate a manual engineering process.
• Teamcenter or CATIA experience.
• Naval, submarine, or federal technical data program experience.

Compensation

For this role, the target salary range is $200,000 - $240,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).

This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

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
• Equity

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, 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.

Use of AI in hiring

Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy.

Consideration of Criminal History

Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment.

Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. 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.