Director, AI-Driven Manufacturing Systems

Hadrian; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401k

Relocation support

Flexible vacation policy

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. As Director, you lead the Forward Deployed team on one or more programs and own its technical outcomes, working directly with government, customers, and Hadrian’s leadership.

The team will scale rapidly; you will run the technical side of multi‑billion‑dollar programs, balancing scope, schedule, and platform leverage while embedding AI-driven automation to accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• Senior technical leader with strong product judgement.
• History of leading engineering and product teams.
• Experience managing senior customer relationships and executives.
• Strong product taste and end-to-end shipping experience.
• Hands-on technical capability and architecture review experience.
• Proven ability to lead in AI-native environments.
• Experience hiring builders for ambiguous roles.
• Driven by mission and fast-paced delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap and delivery from concept to production.
• Share learnings across platform teams and influence Opus development.
• Own executive technical relationships with customers and partners.
• Build and lead the engineering, product, and design teams on your programs.
• Stay hands-on early in programs and ensure quality and speed.
• Scale the Forward Deployed team to support multi-billion-dollar programs.

Skills

Executive leadership

Product judgement

Scale product

Executive relationships

Product sense

Hands-on engineering

AI-first mindset

Hiring builders

Mission-driven

Job description

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. As Director, you lead the Forward Deployed team on one or more programs and own its technical outcomes, working directly with government, customers, and Hadrian’s leadership.

The team will scale rapidly; you will run the technical side of multi‑billion‑dollar programs, balancing scope, schedule, and platform leverage while embedding AI-driven automation to accelerate delivery.