Director, Supply Chain Engineering
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Listed
- 23 days ago
Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future
Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost.
Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built.
Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we’re building the future of American manufacturing-and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen.
If you’re ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you’re exactly who we’re looking for.
The Role
Hadrian is looking for a Director, Supplier Quality and Development to build and lead the function that ensures our growing external supply base meets the same quality and delivery bar as our own factories. You'll build the quality management system and compliance framework for outside manufacturing, own supplier quality performance end to end, and grow a team to support Hadrian's rapidly expanding supply chain.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and grow the supplier quality and development team
- Build the quality management system and compliance framework (AS9100/maritime) for external supply
- Own supplier quality performance end to end, including FAI, CAPA, and PFMEA discipline
- Lead supplier development, working hands-on with foundries and machine shops
- Manage supplier on-time delivery and risk across a growing mechanical commodities supply base
What We’re Looking for
- Supplier quality and/or development experience in aerospace, naval, marine, or directly transferable defense hard-goods manufacturing
- Strong FAI, CAPA, and PFMEA discipline
- Proven people leadership experience, with the ability to build and grow a team
- Willingness to travel regularly to foundries and machine shops
- Experience standing up supplier quality processes and systems from scratch at a startup or high-growth company, ideally in mechanical commodities
What Will Set You Apart
- Six Sigma Black Belt or formal Lean certification
- DoD/ITAR program exposure
- Working knowledge of NAVSEA requirements, SUBSAFE, and weld/NDT quality
Compensation
For this role, the target salary range is 190,000 - 270,000 actual range may vary based on experience).
This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Benefits for Full-time Employees
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
- Flexible vacation policy
- Equity
Itar Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Use of AI in Hiring
Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans.
If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. When necessary, the Company also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled candidates and employees, including for candidates or employees who are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment.
From Hadrian's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 17, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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