Autonomous Robotics & Additive Manufacturing Engineer

Roboticsconnected; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life

401k

Relocation support may be provided

Flexible vacation policy

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America and scale a Factory-as-a-Service platform for aerospace and defense manufacturing. This role focuses on designing, deploying, and commissioning automated AM cells with robust safety architectures, NFPA 484 compliance, and reliable maintenance programs.

You will collaborate with machine controls teams, define interface requirements, and lead FAT/SAT to ensure performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or related field.
• 4+ years designing, deploying, and sustaining automation solutions in production manufacturing environments.
• Hands-on experience with industrial robotics, material handling systems, and machine tending automation.
• Competency in machine safety: risk assessment and functional safety design per ISO 12100 and ISO 13849; safety interlock implementation and validation.
• Experience commissioning automation equipment and executing structured acceptance testing against defined performance criteria.
• Familiarity with machine integration and control interfaces in a factory automation context.
• Ability to work on site full time in Torrance, California, and travel to deployment sites up to 25%.
• Must be a U.S. person for ITAR purposes.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and commission automation for AM cell workflows: powder handling, build plate exchange, depowdering, part removal, and downstream logistics.
• Own the safety architecture for AM cell automation: risk assessment, guarding, presence sensing, emergency stop and interlock logic.
• Engineer automation around powder safety per NFPA 484, inert gas handling, and grounding/bonding with site teams.
• Define automation interface requirements—mechanical, electrical, data—and ensure representation in OPUS.
• Partner with the Hadrian Automation team on interfaces and roadmaps, leveraging vendor equipment where suitable.
• Execute FAT and SAT for automation equipment with defined performance criteria.
• Own reliability and maintenance programs, preventive maintenance schedules, and root cause analysis.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks to improve throughput and machine utilization.
• Document and standardize cell automation for redeployment to additional Hadrian factories.

Skills

Industrial robotics

Material handling

Machine tending automation

PLC‑level familiarity

Safety interlock implementation

Automation commissioning

Acceptance testing

ISO 12100 / ISO 13849

On-site work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics

Tools

OPUS

PLC programming

Job description

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America and scale a Factory-as-a-Service platform for aerospace and defense manufacturing. This role focuses on designing, deploying, and commissioning automated AM cells with robust safety architectures, NFPA 484 compliance, and reliable maintenance programs.

You will collaborate with machine controls teams, define interface requirements, and lead FAT/SAT to ensure performance.