Paint Engineer

The role

You will own the end-to-end industrialization of the coating line in Los Angeles. This includes managing fire and life-safety compliance, leading equipment specification and vendor selection, and training the cross-functional team.

What you will do

• Own facility fire and life-safety compliance for the coating line
• Drive AHJ coordination, permitting, and fire-protection system acceptance
• Lead functional specification, vendor RFQ/evaluation, and Site/Factory Acceptance Testing
• Define process windows, qualify equipment, and write and validate work instructions
• Select and stand up the coating line's support team
• Define the operator training and certification matrix and execute train-the-trainer
• Solve yield and throughput issues during process maturation

Required qualifications

• Hands-on aerospace/defense MRO coatings experience
• MIL-SPEC/CARC and AMS-spec coatings, corrosion control, surface prep and stripping, masking, first-article inspection, and full documentation/traceability
• Applied experience with NFPA 33/86/70/30/409 and OSHA 1910 as they apply to paint operations
• Track record writing equipment specifications, managing vendor selection, and running factory/customer acceptance programs
• Experience standing up teams via train-the-trainer
• Ability to operate autonomously across code compliance, equipment engineering, and cross-functional coordination
• Comfort working on the shop floor daily

Nice to have

• Experience launching a paint, powder, or mixed-coatings line from facility bring-up through steady-state production
• NADCAP and/or AS9100 quality-system exposure
• PLC/controls fluency sufficient to review interlock and SCADA logic directly with controls engineers
• Direct experience negotiating fire-protection or insurance-carrier acceptance requirements with an AHJ
• History of building and certifying trainers who went on to independently run the line

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. They combine AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing to help aerospace and defense companies build mission-critical systems.