Autonomous Factory Systems Test Architect

Hadrian Automation; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401k

Relocation support

Flexible vacation

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian is shaping the future of American manufacturing with autonomous factories. The Senior Systems Test Lead will build and lead the Systems Test division for Autonomous Factory Systems, owning test plans and simulation environments across development and release.

You will hire and grow a team of test engineers, drive full plan coverage, and collaborate with hardware, robotics, and software teams to ensure high-quality, validated systems ready for production.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of systems engineering or test engineering for complex electromechanical or robotic systems.
• Experience building and scaling test strategies for integrated hardware and software systems.
• Experience directing simulation test environments to model behavior, edge cases, and failures.
• Familiarity with robotics or manufacturing cell environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the Systems Test division — hire and grow a team of test engineers and simulation test engineers, establishing technical standards, tools, and processes for the group
• Drive full test plan coverage across all Autonomous Factory Systems programs, from early development through production release, ensuring systems are validated against real-world operating conditions
• Direct simulation test development — build out simulation test that model the edge cases and off-nominal conditions identified in systems test plans, translating those test plans into simulation test coverage of manufacturing cell operation
• Set technical direction across disciplines — design test approaches spanning hardware sub-components developed in-house and the integrated Autonomous Manufacturing Cells that combine machines, robotics, and orchestration software
• Stay deeply technical — focus on test architecture, simulation test methodology, and engineering standards as a hands‑on technical leader; this is not a people‑management position
• Partner cross-functionally with hardware, robotics, and software integration teams to embed testability and simulation test coverage into system design from the start
• Define quality gates — establish the criteria and processes that determine when a system is ready to move from development to release

Skills

Systems engineering

Test engineering

Technical leadership

Simulation testing

Robotics & automation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S. in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related

Job description

Hadrian is shaping the future of American manufacturing with autonomous factories. The Senior Systems Test Lead will build and lead the Systems Test division for Autonomous Factory Systems, owning test plans and simulation environments across development and release.

You will hire and grow a team of test engineers, drive full plan coverage, and collaborate with hardware, robotics, and software teams to ensure high-quality, validated systems ready for production.