CNC Applications Engineer - Autonomous Factory Automation

Multicoin; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life

401k

Relocation support

Flexible vacation

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian is actively expanding its Applications Engineering team to scale manufacturing for aerospace and defense components across multiple factories in the US. The role focuses on developing 0-1 machining solutions, tooling, and process control, working with CAM, robotics, software, and quality teams.

Candidates should bring hands-on experience in machining, automation, and process optimization. Mesa, AZ-based role with growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Track record of solving difficult manufacturing problems and building technical systems that hold up in production.
• Depth in machining, manufacturing engineering, automation, robotics, metrology, simulation, tooling, or software for manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of machining fundamentals, tooling, workholding, GD&T, inspection, and process validation.
• Ability to trace a problem across process, equipment, software, and operational causes.
• Clear written and verbal communication with machinists, engineers, and factory leadership.

Responsibilities

• 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 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 to fix the issue.
• Advise as SME on tooling, machine selection, workholding, and process engineering across the factory, contributing to CAM software.
• Collaborate with CAM, CNC Controls, Robotics, Software, Quality, and Operations to integrate manufacturing systems into production.
• Support factory launches, machine bring-up, and production stabilization.

Skills

Machining

Manufacturing engineering

Automation

Robotics

Metrology

Software for manufacturing

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

HyperMILL

NX

Mastercam

Heidenhain

Fanuc

Python

Job description

Hadrian is actively expanding its Applications Engineering team to scale manufacturing for aerospace and defense components across multiple factories in the US. The role focuses on developing 0-1 machining solutions, tooling, and process control, working with CAM, robotics, software, and quality teams.

Candidates should bring hands-on experience in machining, automation, and process optimization. Mesa, AZ-based role with growth opportunities.