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
As a key member of Hadrian's recruiting team, you will collaborate with recruiters and hiring managers to deliver on high-priority hiring needs across multiple functions, including engineering, manufacturing, and G&A.
This role is hands-on and fast-paced, giving you the autonomy to design and execute sourcing strategies that directly fuel Hadrian’s mission. You will build and manage talent pipelines, surface hard-to-find candidates, and ensure a world-class experience at every stage of the process.
We are looking for someone who thrives in a startup environment, is excited to leverage automation and process-driven recruiting, and is flexible enough to take on a wide range of hiring priorities to help us accelerate our growth.
What You’ll Do
- Serve as a subject matter expert in modern sourcing strategies, leveraging automation, data-driven prospecting, and tooling to identify and engage top talent
- Optimize workflows by applying process automation, data extraction, and market intelligence to continuously improve recruiting efficiency and effectiveness
- Partner closely with hiring managers, anticipating team needs and ensuring high interview-to-offer conversion rates through thoughtful candidate alignment
- Build and maintain pipelines of passive talent through platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter, Ashby ATS, referral campaigns, and targeted outreach strategies
- Drive inclusive hiring by embedding diversity-focused sourcing practices into every stage of the funnel
- Manage multiple requisitions and pipelines simultaneously, assessing pipeline health, prioritizing efforts, and reallocating focus as business needs evolve
- Develop dynamic talent maps and market insights to inform engagement strategies and workforce planning
- Represent Hadrian’s mission and recruiting brand at industry events, in candidate conversations, and across digital platforms
- Collaborate cross-functionally to refine our value proposition and ensure candidates understand the unique impact of joining Hadrian
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience sourcing and recruiting, ideally for technical or hard-to-fill roles
- Proven success partnering with hiring managers and business leaders to refine role requirements and deliver strong candidate pipelines
- Familiarity with automation tools, sourcing platforms, and data-driven approaches to streamline recruiting processes
- Strong consultative skills with the ability to influence stakeholders, improve hiring outcomes, and create a best-in-class candidate experience
- Working knowledge of technical skill sets relevant to engineering and adjacent functions
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to uncover candidate motivations and ensure long-term fit
- Skilled at managing large volumes of concurrent pipelines with a sharp understanding of pipeline health, prioritization, and trade-offs between competing requisitions
- Self-directed and resourceful, capable of driving initiatives forward with limited oversight
What Will Set You Apart
- Experience sourcing for manufacturing, aerospace, or defense industry roles
- Proven ability to build rapport and communicate effectively with senior leadership and executive-level candidates.
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 space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., 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.
Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the Company’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race inclusive of traits historically associated with race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks and twists), color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin (including, in California, possession of a drivers license), ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, height or weight, medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, exercise of reproductive rights, any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws, or any combination of the above characteristics. 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.