Mechanical Engineer, Welding

The role

You will provide mechanical engineering support for a weld development center. This hands-on role involves designing tooling, parts, and fixtures while working in a development environment alongside welding engineers and welders.

What you will do

• Support welding equipment needs for weld development including CAD support for buying and setting up new equipment
• Develop concepts for automation, tooling, fixtures, and development parts
• Work directly with welding engineers and welders to weld actual parts in a development setting
• Bridge the gap between automation, tooling, and welding by translating development needs into tooled-up, automatable processes
• Coordinate across Build, Software, Tooling, Automation, and NDT to keep weld development unblocked

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Welding Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience in manufacturing or mechanical design
• Proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks, NX, or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of GD&T and tolerance analysis
• Comfort with shop-floor tooling, fixtures, and metrology
• Exposure to machining, assembly, welding, additive, and inspection processes

Nice to have

• Prior hands-on welding or weld process experience
• Experience designing tooling or fixtures for automated or robotic welding cells
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes and requirements
• A track record of thriving in an undefined, first-of-its-kind role

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need
• 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 as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the

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.