Toolmaker -- Full-Time

Job Description 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 factories-as-a-service team analyzes our current customers' production and supply chain challenges, builds data-driven presentations, designs and scopes factories of the future, and assists the Federal and Strategic sales team in forming long-term partnerships with the DOD, Primes, and other manufacturers.
This team is responsible for scoping, design, cost, schedule, and technology analysis, as well as proposals for major programs and manufacturing transformations across all manufacturing methods and domains.
Design structural and mechanical forge tooling for ferrous and non-ferrous aerospace components and assemblies for the complete suite of forging processes, focusing on mechanical, hydraulic, screw, and horizontal hot forming presses.
Conduct FEA, flow simulations, and die stress analyses to validate designs
Document technical specifications, usage guides, and safety procedures
Drive testing, validation, and iteration of forge tooling solutions
Support automated forge tooling integration in collaboration with controls engineers, for the exchange of perishable tooling and changeover.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Physics, or a related STEM field.

• Strong understanding of the various forge manufacturing processes and first principles of bulk deformation for ferrous and non-ferrous products, and how forge tooling supports quality and production efficiency.
• Experience in designing forge tooling systems for complex and high production parts and their integration with larger assemblies and downstream operations, such as machining or welding.
• Demonstrated ability to perform FEA and die stress analysis to validate forge tooling under real-world conditions with proficiency in 3D modeling and simulation tools (e.g., SolidWorks, CATIA, NX, ANSYS, DEFORM, Forge, Q-Form, or related software).
• Knowledge of tool steel selection, fabrication, heat treatment, and assembly techniques suitable for high-load and high-temperature environments.
• Knowledge of material behavior for hot bulk forming processes, such as upsetting and extrusion of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

Experience working with cross-functional teams including design, quality, and automation.

• Industry experience with critical operations such as designing for assembly, OSHA requirements, and essential considerations of lifting, rotating, and handling of hot tooling assemblies.
• Industry experience with tool steels for hot working, heat treatment, and coatings, as well as tool performance under high heats and loads with an understanding of thermal cycling and efficiency of changeover.
• Industry experience working and interacting within a multidisciplinary team, including engineers, technicians, suppliers/vendors, and facility personnel.

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
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