Tooling Engineer, Welding

The role

You will design and build fixtures and tooling to weld complex aerospace, defense, and naval parts. You will take tools from concept and CAD through fabrication, prove-out, and daily use on the floor.

What you will do

• Design weld fixtures and tooling from concept through detailed drawings.
• Validate tooling designs with FEA and hand calculations.
• Manage tool fabrication with internal shops and outside vendors.
• Prove out, verify, and release tools to production.
• Work with welding engineers and welders to control distortion and improve fit-up.
• Design and adapt tooling for robotic welding cells and positioners.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Welding Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 4+ years designing tooling in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience designing weld fixtures or tooling, or a combined background in both welding and tooling design.
• Track record of taking tools from CAD into production and supporting them through prove-out and continuous improvement.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD (SolidWorks, NX, or CATIA).
• Proficiency in GD&T.
• Proficiency in FEA or static analysis to validate tooling.
• Working knowledge of welding processes, weld distortion, and material selection for tooling exposed to high heat and high loads.

Nice to have

• Experience building tooling for robotic or automated weld cells, including positioners, sensors, and pneumatic clamping.
• Background with large or complex welded structures in aerospace, defense, or shipbuilding.
• Experience with modular or reconfigurable fixturing systems that support multiple part variants.
• Hands-on welding or machining skills.
• Familiarity with AS9100, NAVSEA, or AWS requirements and tool verification methods such as CMM or laser tracker inspection.

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 U.S. Government export regulations, you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.

About the company

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