Automation & Robotics Engineer, Additive Manufacturing

Multicoin; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America and is expanding its automation capabilities in Torrance, CA. The role focuses on designing, deploying, and maintaining AM cell automation with safety-critical requirements for aerospace and defense production.

You will collaborate with the automation team to standardize interfaces and ensure high reliability while enabling redeployment to multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
• 4+ years designing, deploying, and sustaining automation solutions in production environments.
• Hands-on experience with industrial robotics, material handling systems, and machine tending automation.
• Competency in machine safety design per ISO 12100/13849 and interlock implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and commission automation for cell workflows (powder handling, build plate exchange, depowdering, downstream logistics).
• Own safety architecture for AM cell automation and validate against aerospace/defense requirements.
• Engineer automation around powder handling, inert gas, and NFPA 484 practices in coordination with EHS and process teams.
• Define automation interface requirements (mechanical, electrical, data) for integration with OPUS.
• Partner with Hadrian Automation to standardize interfaces and drive the AM cell automation roadmap.
• Execute FAT/SAT and define performance criteria based on cycle time, throughput, and reliability.
• Own reliability and maintenance programs, preventive schedules, and root-cause analysis.
• Identify bottlenecks to improve throughput and machine utilization using data from manufacturing systems.
• Document solutions for easy redeployment to additional Hadrian factories.

Skills

Industrial robotics

Automation design

Safety engineering

PLC programming

Factory automation integration

Education

Bachelor's in Robotics/ME/EE/Mechatronics

Tools

OPUS

Job description

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America and is expanding its automation capabilities in Torrance, CA. The role focuses on designing, deploying, and maintaining AM cell automation with safety-critical requirements for aerospace and defense production.

You will collaborate with the automation team to standardize interfaces and ensure high reliability while enabling redeployment to multiple sites.