Director of Software Engineering, New Programs

The role

You will lead the Forward Deployed team on one or more programs and own technical outcomes. You will manage technical roadmaps, build and lead engineering teams, and maintain executive relationships with government and defense customers.

What you will do

• Own the technical roadmap and delivery.
• Bring program learnings to platform teams to improve the product.
• Own the executive relationship on the technical side.
• Run technical reviews and manage scope and schedule conversations.
• Hire and grow engineers, product managers, and designers.
• Stay hands-on by building v0 or reviewing team shipments.

Required qualifications

• Highly commercial technical leaders with excellent product judgement.
• Demonstrated history leading engineering and product teams and scaling a product from zero to one.
• Strong with external and internal executives.
• Experience owning senior customer relationships and making commitments.
• Product taste with experience shipping end to end.
• Hands-on technical with ability to support architecture and review.
• AI-native who uses AI to compress discovery to execution.
• Experience hiring builders into ambiguous roles.
• Driven by the mission and the tempo.

Nice to have

• Founder or founding-team experience.
• Background in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or where hardware, software, and operations meet.
• Forward deployed or solutions leadership at a product company.

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.