Manufacturing Engineer, CNC

The role

You will lead CNC machining process development and research for complex aerospace and defense parts. You will define machining processes, qualify production, and support capital equipment selection and factory development.

What you will do

• Lead CNC machining process development and research end to end
• Qualify processes to capable, repeatable production
• Serve as the CNC subject-matter expert for capital equipment selection
• Support the factory development team during equipment installation and commissioning
• Provide Design for Machinability feedback and tolerance definition
• Drive cycle-time and cost-down improvements

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in CNC machining processes in aerospace & defense, precision manufacturing, medical device, or consumer electronics environments
• Deep multi-axis expertise in 3–5-axis simultaneous milling and turning/mill-turn
• CAM proficiency (e.g., hyperMILL, NX CAM, Mastercam)
• Hands-on experience machining titanium, Inconel, or other difficult-to-machine alloys
• Strong fundamentals in GD&T (ASME Y14.5)
• Workholding/fixture design, inspection, and process validation experience
• Demonstrated data-driven method (SPC, DOE, process capability analysis)

Nice to have

• 5-axis machining (strongly preferred)
• mill-turn (a plus)
• Capital equipment qualification experience
• Process development pedigree at scale
• Large-format machining and/or mill-turn programming and process development experience
• Entrepreneurial ownership
• Automation and data skills (macro programming, in-process metrology, tool-life monitoring, or production data analysis)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations
• Flexible vacation policy
• Equity

Before you apply

• To conform to ITAR, you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

About the company

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America by combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing. They help aerospace and defense companies build mission-critical systems.