Head of Engineering, Product

Employment Type: FullTime

Workplace Type: OnSite

Department: Engineering, Product, Design Team: Product

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.

What you’ll do:

Define and own product strategy and requirements from discovery and requirements definition to launch, adoption, and iteration.

Provide cross-functional leadership and communication to drive product success and accomplishment of business objectives, not only for current product lines but across the portfolio as we continue to expand.

Work closely with and source requirements directly from the users you’re designing for, including: Technicians, CAD programmers, Manufacturing engineers, Operations leadership, etc.

Translate customer workflows into clear software and hardware requirements with a seamless user experience.

Synthesize and collaborate with core stakeholders to build the product roadmap ensuring business objectives are achieved, stakeholders are informed, and efforts are prioritized appropriately.

Maintain a complete system approach to problem solving ensuring all interdependencies, future expansion, and change management are accounted for.

Actively contribute to the product management culture and foundation of product management at Hadrian.

What we are looking for

• 5+ years of product management experience, including at least 3+ years of experience in hardware, software and/or robotics.
• Strong track record of delivering end-to-end success across complex hardware and software systems.
• Ability to assess the essence of the problem, provide a structured approach to finding solutions, and organization to align the team.
• Proven ability to think critically about tactical challenges while also maintaining a clear long term strategic perspective.
• Ease in aligning and prioritizing cross-functional teams, including engineering, operations, and supply chain.
• Experience synthesizing a variety of inputs into a product roadmap that ultimately achieves business objectives.
• Enthusiasm towards the mission of rebuilding the American industrial base.
• Organization and ability to build processes and align diverse groups of stakeholders.
• Strong data driven approach with experience leveraging metrics, dashboards, and analytics to inform decisions.
• Familiarity with CNC Machining, additive manufacturing, MES/ERP systems, or factory automation preferred but not required.

Compensation

For this role, the target salary range is $170,000 - $240,000 (actual range may vary based on experience and performance).

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.