About the posting
“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.”
Read the full posting on Hadrian Automation's site
Seen live Oct 23, 2026; first seen Oct 22, 2026.
Pay in context
This posting lists $116,000 to $180,000 a year, a midpoint of $148,000.
The midpoint is higher than 45 percent of engineering (not software) postings in Los Angeles, CA that list pay.
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How long it has been open
Posted Oct 19, 2026, 4 days ago, and seen on Hadrian Automation's careers page today.
At 4 days old, it is under the 65-day median.
Hadrian Automation at a glance
Hadrian Automation has 149 open postings that we can see, 22 in engineering (not software); 77 percent list pay.
The application
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Seniority
The posting mentions 7+ years.
Place and cost of living
On site in Los Angeles, CA; prices in CA run 11 percent above the US average.
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From Hadrian Automation's posting
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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
The Business Process Engineer partners cross-functionally with leaders and teams throughout the organization to solve messy problems, set up new processes, capture data, action upon it, and enable others to do the same.
This position drives consistency and harmonization with frameworks, playbooks, templates, while maintaining velocity and focus on value.
Understand the operational landscape in depth and create solutions to operationalize our Build – Edit – Scale strategy.
Responsibilities
- Develop and roll out business processes, frameworks, and resources across a diverse set of stakeholders and programs.
- Setup processes for integrated scheduling and planning, defining process across systems from a user perspective. Systematize and automate to efficiently scale.
- Foster adoption and make business processes and frameworks actionable by creating tactical resources to implement them. Champion best practices.
- Drive creation and validation of dashboards, metrics, and operations models, including for labor standards and capacity. Demonstrate what good looks like with proactive insights and driving outcomes.
- Build relationships and influence change. Collaborate closely with engineers, technicians, and program managers to deeply understand their pain points, needs, and workflows.
What We’re Looking For
- 7+ years of experience in operations, consulting, transformation, industrial engineering, change management, or project management.
- Demonstrated experience defining and implementing business processes in fast-paced environments.
- Ability to collaborate and influence across all levels and disciplines.
- Process thinker with a business impact mindset.
- Ability to partner with stakeholders and drive accountability. Strong communicator and relationship builder.
What Will Set You Apart
- Experience leading organizational change.
- Experience successfully taking new products and/or production systems from development to full-scale production.
- Undeterred by ambiguity and proven delivery of meaningful outcomes.
- Ability to bring structure and process to fast-paced environments while maintaining velocity.
- Ability to tailor communication strategies to match stakeholders.
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 https://www.hadrian.co/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.