R&D Welding Engineer — Tooling, Fixtures & Automation

Hadrian; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Equity

Relocation

Flexible vacation

Job summary

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. As an R&D Engineer supporting welding, you will design tooling, fixtures, and parts, support equipment buys, and bridge the gap between weld development and production in a hands-on, shop-floor role.

You will collaborate with welding engineers and welders in a development environment, working on automation concepts and development parts while ensuring manufacturability and quality in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Welding, or Industrial Engineering.
• 2+ years in manufacturing or mechanical design.
• CAD experience with SolidWorks, NX, or equivalent; GD&T knowledge.
• Comfort with shop-floor tooling, fixtures, and metrology.
• Exposure to machining, assembly, welding, additive, and inspection.

Responsibilities

• Support welding equipment needs for weld development, CAD support for buying and setting up new equipment.
• Develop concepts for automation, tooling, fixtures, and development parts.
• Work directly with welding engineers and welders to weld actual parts in a development setting.
• Bridge the gap between automation, tooling, and welding by translating development needs into tooled-up, automatable processes.
• Coordinate across Build, Software, Tooling, Automation, and NDT to keep weld development unblocked.

Skills

CAD proficiency

GD&T

Mechanical design

Shop floor tooling

Welding processes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

NX

Job description

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. As an R&D Engineer supporting welding, you will design tooling, fixtures, and parts, support equipment buys, and bridge the gap between weld development and production in a hands-on, shop-floor role.

You will collaborate with welding engineers and welders in a development environment, working on automation concepts and development parts while ensuring manufacturability and quality in a fast-paced setting.