Materials & Process Engineer, Metallurgy

Hadrian Automation • Los Angeles, CA

1d • $130,000 - $200,000

About The Position

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. Valued at $1.6B, 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: Hadrian is developing autonomous factories to support the defense industrial base. This role supports the metallurgical integrity and material process performance of components produced within Hadrian’s manufacturing environment. The Materials & Process Engineer, Metallurgy will define, validate, and monitor metallurgical processes to ensure materials perform as intended across production and operational requirements. This position works closely with engineering, manufacturing, and supplier partners to ensure material specifications, processing methods, and quality standards are consistently achieved.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgy, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• 4+ years of experience in metallurgical engineering, materials engineering, or manufacturing environments involving metal alloys
• Working knowledge of heat treatment processes for steels, aluminum, titanium, or nickel-based alloys and associated microstructural behavior
• Experience performing material testing, metallurgical analysis, or failure investigations in a production or laboratory setting
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and material requirements and apply them within a manufacturing environment

Nice To Haves

• Experience in aerospace, maritime, defense, automotive, or other high-reliability manufacturing industries
• Hands-on experience with metallography, microscopy, hardness testing, and mechanical property evaluation
• Familiarity with aerospace material standards, certification requirements, or quality systems such as NADCAP
• Experience supporting supplier qualification, process development, or production scale-up in high-mix manufacturing environments

Responsibilities

• Develop, validate, and maintain metallurgical processes including heat treatment, material selection, and surface finishing for production components
• Perform metallurgical evaluations such as microstructural analysis, hardness testing, and material characterization to verify process outcomes
• Investigate material or process-related nonconformances and conduct root cause analysis to support corrective and preventive actions
• Collaborate with manufacturing and quality teams to translate material requirements into stable and repeatable production processes
• Support supplier material qualification, certification review, and monitoring of metallurgical process capability

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level