Applications Engineer

Develop manufacturing processes for complex aerospace and defense components, including machining strategy, tooling, workholding, probing, and inspection

Take 0-1 New Product Introduction parts from print to production for new customers, new materials, and new part families

Build the automation, process control, and software workflows that let production run without constant engineering attention

Set machine, tooling, and process standards adopted across Hadrian factories

Diagnose high-impact production failures across process, equipment, software, and operational causes, then change the standard so the failure stays fixed

Advise as a subject matter expert on tooling, machine selection, workholding, and process engineering across the factory, and contribute that domain knowledge to the software that automates CAM programming

Work with CAM, CNC Controls, Robotics, Software, Quality, and Operations to integrate manufacturing systems into production

Support factory launches, machine bring-up, and production stabilization

Focus areas differ across the team. After a year, engineers in this role can typically point to results like:

New manufacturing capabilities shipped into production

A standard adopted across multiple machines, cells, or factories

A previously manual engineering or production workflow that now runs automated

Measurable reductions in the engineering time required to launch new parts

Throughput, quality, or reliability improvements on production cells

A contribution to a factory launch or a major capability deployment

A track record of solving difficult manufacturing problems and building technical systems that hold up in production

Depth in one or two of these areas, with the judgment to work across the rest: machining, manufacturing engineering, automation, robotics, metrology, simulation, tooling, or software for manufacturing

Working knowledge of machining fundamentals, including tooling, workholding, GD&T, inspection, and process validation

The ability to trace a problem across process, equipment, software, and operational causes

Clear written and verbal communication with machinists, engineers, and factory leadership

Multi-axis CNC machining, mill-turn, or production experience with titanium and Inconel

CAM programming in hyperMILL, NX, Mastercam, or similar platforms

Macro programming on Heidenhain or Fanuc controllers

Automated metrology, in-process inspection, statistical process control, load monitoring, or tool life monitoring

Palletized automation, robotic machine tending, or lights-out production

Software and data skills applied to manufacturing, such as Python, version control, and production data analysis

Simulation and modeling, such as cutting dynamics, tap testing, or FEA

Experience in aerospace, defense, semiconductor, medical, energy, or similarly demanding environments

Machines, tools, software, or businesses you built on your own initiative

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 .

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