Director, CAD & Technical Data Migration

Hadrian Automation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k and equity

Relocation support

Flexible vacation policy

Job summary

Hadrian is seeking a Director to build and run a high-volume technical operation focused on converting legacy technical data into modern, manufacturing-ready models. You will scale a small founding team into a large organization while delivering throughput and quality per program.

You will lead through data-driven decisions, hire and develop leaders, and align with software to automate processes. This role requires deep engineering-drawing knowledge and ITAR awareness.

Qualifications

• Built and ran a high-volume technical operation, such as production, engineering services, or drawing conversion.
• Hired and trained people quickly, and kept them engaged in repetitive work.
• Runs an operation on throughput and quality data.
• 3+ years leading other leaders.
• Engineering or STEM degree, or equivalent hands-on experience.

Responsibilities

• Build the operating model for each program, starting with the migration and establishing workflow, training, and quality controls.
• Collaborate with software team to improve processes and automation, reducing manual effort per package.
• Plan and run the hiring ramp: sourcing, location, training, and retention.
• Balance capacity across programs, track throughput and quality against schedules, and fix bottlenecks.
• Hire and develop the leaders who run the team day to day.
• Meet program data-handling rules while keeping the quality call.
• Throughput, Quality, Ramp: monitor metrics and adjust staffing.
• Build a scalable team structure as migration ramps.

Skills

High-volume operations

Leadership of leaders

Hiring and training

Throughput and quality data

GD&T & Model-based Definition

Decision making

Education

Engineering or STEM degree

Job description

Hadrian is seeking a Director to build and run a high-volume technical operation focused on converting legacy technical data into modern, manufacturing-ready models. You will scale a small founding team into a large organization while delivering throughput and quality per program.

You will lead through data-driven decisions, hire and develop leaders, and align with software to automate processes. This role requires deep engineering-drawing knowledge and ITAR awareness.