Lead Manufacturing Engineer — Scale High-Volume Quoting

InvestedintheMission; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401k

Relocation support

Flexible vacation

Equity

Job summary

Hadrian is seeking a Lead Manufacturing Engineer to own the operational engine of our Design for Manufacturability function. You will lead a growing team of manufacturing engineers, shape the workflow, and ensure fast, reliable quoting as Hadrian scales from two factories toward five-plus sites.

You will partner with Sales, Supply Chain, Applications Engineering, and software teams to improve tooling, measure throughput, and drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in manufacturing engineering, operations, or a closely related technical field.
• Working knowledge of CNC machining and precision manufacturing, enough to lead engineers making manufacturability and cost decisions.
• Experience leading people or directing the work of others (as a manager, team lead, or project/process owner).
• A track record of improving how work gets done: making a workflow, process, or operation measurably faster or more reliable.
• Strong cross-functional communication and comfort operating in ambiguity.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the daily quoting workflow end to end: intake, triage, queues, and work-in-process.
• Treat the process as a production system: instrument it, see where work hangs up, and remove the bottlenecks.
• Design and maintain the operational mechanics (WIP limits, prioritization, intake metering) that keep throughput high and predictable.
• Drive measurable improvement in quoting speed and reliability as volume grows.
• Build and run the team's operating cadence: a daily and weekly read on whether the team is on track.
• Define and maintain throughput and performance metrics at the process-step level.
• Report performance clearly upward, and use it to drive decisions rather than just describe status.
• Make the state of the function visible to leadership and to partner teams.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of manufacturing engineers.
• Keep a team doing high-volume, decision work engaged, challenged, and growing.
• Build the bench: onboard and ramp new engineers and develop the skills the function needs as it scales.
• Set clear expectations and hold the team to them, so the team performs without constant intervention.
• Own the working relationship with Sales on intake, capacity, and commitments.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain, Applications Engineering, and other partners on the inputs that gate quoting.
• Partner with software and product teams to improve the tooling the workflow depends on.
• Manage stakeholders so partner teams trust the function's output and its cadence.
• Identify and drive operational improvements to how the function works.
• Build repeatable processes and documentation that let the team run consistently and scale.
• Contribute to how work is routed, prioritized, and escalated.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Operations leadership

People management

Cross-functional comms

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

CNC machining knowledge

Cost estimation tools

Job description

Hadrian is seeking a Lead Manufacturing Engineer to own the operational engine of our Design for Manufacturability function. You will lead a growing team of manufacturing engineers, shape the workflow, and ensure fast, reliable quoting as Hadrian scales from two factories toward five-plus sites.

You will partner with Sales, Supply Chain, Applications Engineering, and software teams to improve tooling, measure throughput, and drive continuous improvement.